After orbiting the earth for 14 days aboard NASA’s Space
\nShuttle Endeavour and visiting the International Space
\nStation in June, Flat Stanley — a cutout image of a Virginia
\nstudent — will return home to the Potomac Elementary School
\nin Dahlgren, Va.<\/p>\n
\nMedia representatives are invited to join NASA Administrator
\nSean O’Keefe and astronauts Sandra Magnus and Leland Melvin
\nat 9:30 a.m. Dec. 2 when they return Flat Stanley to his
\nowner, student Vernon Tate. Potomac principal DeBorah Bushrod
\nand Dr. Candace F. Brown, King George County School
\nSuperintendent, will also attend the ceremony in the school’s
\ngymnasium at 16495 15th Street, Dahlgren, Va.<\/p>\n
\nAstronauts Magnus and Melvin will give presentations
\nhighlighting NASA’s astronaut program and recent shuttle
\nmissions and will answer students’ questions.<\/p>\n
\nFlat Stanley came to life in 1964 in the imagination of
\nauthor Jeff Brown. Character Stanley Lambchop had an accident
\nthat left him flat. Undeterred by being depth-disadvantaged,
\nFlat Stanley travels the globe by mail.<\/p>\n
\nChildren all over the world have taken part in Flat Stanley’s
\nadventures by making cutouts of themselves. The students
\ncolor the cutouts and send them by mail to friends, relatives
\nor total strangers afar. The students and their teachers
\nwrite letters requesting the recipients to take the cutout on
\nan adventure. In this case the adventure was out of this
\nworld. Once the adventure is complete, the recipient sends
\nback a letter or postcard describing the adventure and sends
\nthe cutout on another adventure.<\/p>\n
\nNASA is committed to educating the next generation of
\nexplorers, scientists and researchers as only as NASA can.
\nFor information on NASA’s educational programs go to:
\nhttp:\/\/education.nasa.gov\/<\/p>\n
\nFor additional information on the Flat Stanley project go to:
\nhttp:\/\/flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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