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New York Students to Hear from NASA, JAXA Astronauts on Space Station

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
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WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Students from Harlem Link Charter School will have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station .

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  • WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Students from Harlem Link Charter School will have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station .
  • NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will answer prerecorded video questions from students and alumni of the Harlem Link Charter School in New York City.
  • Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance, and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
  • For more than 20 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked on the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth.

NASA Updates Live Coverage of Agency's SpaceX Crew-1 Return to Earth

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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b"WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission withNASAastronauts Michael Hopkins , Victor Glover , and Shannon Walker , and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. EDT Saturday, May 1, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

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  • b"WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission withNASAastronauts Michael Hopkins , Victor Glover , and Shannon Walker , and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. EDT Saturday, May 1, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
  • Resilience also will return to Earth important and time-sensitive research.
  • Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA.\nNASA's Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry.
  • This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science, and more commercial opportunities.