DC School Host Educator Astronaut Program

Florida’s First Lady Columba Bush joins NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 11:15 a.m. EST to officially roll out the start of the agency’s Educator Astronaut recruitment program. Hardy Middle School, located at 1819 35th street N.W. in Washington, will host the event

Dr. Adena Loston, NASA Associate Administrator or Education, Education Specialist Debbie Brown, astronauts Kent Rominger, Barbara Morgan, and Leland Melvin will join Florida’s First Lady and Administrator O’Keefe.

NASA Television will broadcast the event live from the school. The announcement will also be web cast from NASA’s homepage on the Internet. Reporters interested in attending the announcement should call the District of Columbia Public Schools Communications Office at 202/442-5635.

NASA Television is available on GE-2, Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz and audio of 6.8 MHz. The web cast is available on the Internet at

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ntvweb.html

Information about the Educator Astronaut Program will be on the Internet Jan. 21 at:

http://edspace.nasa.gov

Additional information about NASA’s education programs is available on the web at:

http://education.nasa.gov/

Information about Florida’s First Lady can be found on the Internet at:

http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/governorsoffice/firstlady/

Additional information about Hardy Middle School and the District of Columbia School System is available on the Internet at:

http://www.k12.dc.us