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A. Participating Astronauts, Hosts, and Other Presenters
Aboard the International Space Station
Astronaut Sunita Williams, currently ISS Commander, bio
Suni has been operating SSEP Mission 1 and 2 Experiment Payloads Antares and Aquarius II
Astronaut Kevin Ford, bio
In Moving Beyond Earth gallery at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Claudine Brown, Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, Smithsonian Institution, bio
General J.R. “Jack” Dailey, Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, bio
Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, bio
Leland D. Melvin, Astronaut, Associate Administrator for Education, NASA, bio
Jeff Goldstein, Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, SSEP Program Director, bio
Michael Hulslander, Manager of Onsite Learning, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, bio
B. Program [all times Eastern Standard Time]
11:35-11:45 am (10 min): Welcoming Remarks and Connection Established to ISS
General Jack Dailey
Tony Miller
11:45 am-12:05 pm (20 min): Questions from Students for Astronauts Aboard ISS
Space Station Commander Sunita Williams
Astronaut Kevin Ford
Moderator: Michael Hulslander
12:05-12:55 pm (50 min): Continued Program in Moving Beyond Earth Gallery
Leland D. Melvin (20 Min) – Addresses Remaining Questions from Students
Leland D. Melvin (15 min) – Short Presentation: Inspiring the Next Generation of Space Explorers
Jeff Goldstein (5 min) – Short Presentation: Engaging America’s Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
with the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Claudine Brown, Closing Remarks
C. Communities Participating in the Video-Conference, and Asking Questions for the Astronauts
The following 25 Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) communities in the U.S. and Canada will be on the live video conference, with 9,900 students, teachers, family members, and VIP guests in attendance across all the live venues. Each community will be asking the astronauts a question live via video-conference. Using the links below. you are invited to explore how each community is participating in the SSEP, and see their local organizational partners. Over 280 organizational partners make SSEP possible.
Communities are listed below in the order in which questions will be asked on the video-conference:
1. Washington, DC [District of Columbia]
District of Columbia Public Schools, Capitol Hill Cluster Schools
Asking the question: Sarah Carleton, Lia Johnson, and Nicholas Pehrson
Grade 7, Stuart Hobson Middle School
2. Pleasanton and Callaway, Nebraska
Callaway School District & Pleasanton School District
Asking the question: Mariah Zwiener, SSEP Mission 1 to ISS Researcher; Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 12, Pleasanton High School
3. Presidio, Texas
Presidio Independent School District
Asking the question: Gwyn Vladimir Condino
Grade 4, Presidio Elementary School
4. Valley Center, Kansas
Valley Center Public Schools, Valley Center High School
Asking the question: Caleb Claussen, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 10, Valley Center High School
5. Hilo, Hawai’i
Hilo/Waiakea Complex
Asking the question: Kiani Nishimoto, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 8, Waiakea Intermediate School
6. Portland, Oregon
Portland Public Schools
Asking the question: Margo Stermer, Redsea Truong, and Makenzie Kuhns
Grade 8, Vestal K-8
7. Cicero, Illinois
Cicero School District #99
Asking the question: Gisela Munoz, on SSEP Mission 2 to ISS Flight Experiment Team (experiment on ISS now)
Grade 8, Unity Junior High School
8. Willis, Texas
Willis Independent School District
Asking the question: Keely D. Wilson, Edin Inestroza, and Crash Nesom, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researchers
Grade 5, Mel Parmley Elementary
9. Russell County, Virginia
Russell County Schools
Asking the question: Zoe Lowe
Grade 10, Castlewood High School
10. San Marino, California
San Marino Unified School District San Marino High School
Asking the question: Truong, Jacqueline
Grade 12, San Marino High School
11. Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City Area Public School
Asking the question: Kelsey Cosens, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 11, Traverse City West Senior High
12. Lake County, Indiana
Avicenna Academy, Hammond Academy
Asking the question: Maria Khan, on SSEP on STS-135 Flight Experiment Team
Grade 7, Avicenna Academy
13. Inwood, New York
Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island
Asking the question: Shmuel Liss, Eitan Caroll, Yair Oppenheim, and Yehuda Willamowsky; Eitan was SSEP on STS-135 Researcher
Grade 5-8, Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island
14. El Paso, Texas
El Paso Community College
Asking the question: Michelle Butcher
Sophomore, El Paso Community College
15. Lincolnwood, Illinois
Lincolnwood School District 74
Asking the question: Izabella Kosiba
Grade 7, Lincoln Hall Middle School
16. Pennsauken, New Jersey
Pennsauken Township Public Schools
Asking the question: Melek Cokgoren
Grade 8, Phifer Middle School
17. Ida County, Iowa
Galva Holstein Community School District
Asking the question: Gretchen Kistenmacher and Dana Hustedt, on SSEP on STS-135 Flight Experiment Team
Grade 12, Ridge View High School
18. Guilford County, North Carolina
Guilford County Schools
Asking the question: Ashka Shah, on SSEP Mission 2 to ISS Flight Experiment Team (experiment on ISS now); SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 8, Johnson St. Global Studies
19. Ida County, Iowa
Odebolt Arthur – Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District
Asking the question: Jessica Gunderson, on SSEP Mission 1 to ISS Flight Experiment Team (experiment on ISS now)
Grade 10, OABCIG High School
20. Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, Lincoln Middle School
Asking the question: Ksenia Zinkevich and Cole Pillar
Grade 8, Lincoln Middle School
21. Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Public Schools, Skinner West Classical, Fine Arts, and Technology School
Asking the question: Zachary Majca
Grade 5, Skinner West Classical, Fine Arts, & Technology School
22. Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
Interlake School Division
Asking the question: Tess Derksen, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 5, Stony Mountain Elementary
23. New York City, New York
New Explorations in Science Technology & Math (NEST+m), New York City Department of Education
Asking the question: Maury Ahram, SSEP Mission 3 to ISS Researcher
Grade 5, NEST+m
24. East Lyme, Connecticut
East Lyme School District
Asking the question: Zachary Vinelli
Grade 6, East Lyme Middle School