NASA TO PRESENT TEXAS FLAG FLOWN IN SPACE TO SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL

NASA TO PRESENT TEXAS FLAG FLOWN IN SPACE TO SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL

November 2, 2005

Debbie V. Nguyen
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281/483-5111



Report #JE05-014

NASA TO PRESENT TEXAS FLAG FLOWN IN SPACE TO SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL

A Texas flag flown aboard space shuttle Discovery during the STS-114 mission
last July will be presented to Oak Hills Elementary School in San Antonio by
NASA during a visit on Thursday, Nov. 3 as part of a NASA Explorer Schools
activity. Johnson Space Center's Acting Director of Education, Phil West,
will share the Vision for Space Exploration with the future explorers at Oak
Hills during the event at the school. Oak Hills was selected as a NASA
Explorer School in May 2005. Media are welcome to attend the event.

When: 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3
Who: Phil West, Acting Director, Office of Education, NASA Johnson Space
Center
Whe Oak Hills Terrace Elementary, 5710 Cary Grant, San Antonio, school
cafeteria

A media availability will be held at 2 p.m. in the school library following
the program. Media interested in arranging interviews with West should
contact Debbie V. Nguyen at 832-567-1081 and Pascual Gonzalez at
210-397-8550.

A family night will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the school to engage parents and
discuss the importance of science and math education.

West joined NASA in Houston as a cooperative education student in 1984. Upon
graduation from college in 1988, he became an engineer developing advanced
spacesuits. He later managed a team designing tools for spacewalkers. West
is currently serving as the acting director of the Office of Education at
JSC where he helps to inspire the next generation of explorers through
NASA's unique mission and content.

The NASA Explorer Schools Program provides educators, students and families
with classroom resources and innovative technology based on NASA's unique
research, discoveries and missions. During the three-year partnership, NASA
assists schools in addressing needs in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.

For information about the NASA Explorer Schools Program on the Internet,
visit:

http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

For more information about NASA and the Vision for Space Exploration on the
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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