Jacques van Oene
April 27th 05, 02:56 PM
Debbie V. Nguyen
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281/483-5111
Report #J05-019
HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOLERS CREATE ASTRONAUT TRAINING TOOLS
Houston area high school students will present to NASA training equipment
they built for International Space Station astronauts in a 10 a.m. Monday,
May 2, ceremony at Clear Creek High School.
Media are invited. The ceremony will be in the high school's auditorium,
2305 East Main St. in League City. Media planning to attend should contact
the Clear Creek Independent School District Office of Public Information,
281/338-5803, no later than 9 a.m. May 2.
The student-built equipment has been constructed under a unique program
offered by NASA to high school students across the nation called High school
students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH). The partnership gives
students hands-on experience designing and constructing training hardware
for Station and provides NASA a significant reduction in the cost of the
training gear.
The students' products include replicas of Station audio terminal units,
panels aboard the Station that control communications among parts of the
spacecraft and with Earth. Other hardware fashioned by the students includes
Station stowage lockers, medicine cabinets and caution and warning panels
that alert the crew of abnormal conditions.
Last year, the program began with one Texas school and two Alabama schools.
This year, it has grown to include a school in Montana, two schools in
Alabama and seven schools from the Houston area in four districts: Clear
Creek, Cypress-Fairbanks, Houston and Pasadena.
Guest speakers include HUNCH Project Manager Stacy Hale, NASA's Chief
Education Officer Dr. Adena Williams Loston and Texas Commissioner of
Education Dr. Shirley Neeley. Following the ceremony, students will be
available to talk about their work on display at a reception.
For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281/483-5111
Report #J05-019
HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOLERS CREATE ASTRONAUT TRAINING TOOLS
Houston area high school students will present to NASA training equipment
they built for International Space Station astronauts in a 10 a.m. Monday,
May 2, ceremony at Clear Creek High School.
Media are invited. The ceremony will be in the high school's auditorium,
2305 East Main St. in League City. Media planning to attend should contact
the Clear Creek Independent School District Office of Public Information,
281/338-5803, no later than 9 a.m. May 2.
The student-built equipment has been constructed under a unique program
offered by NASA to high school students across the nation called High school
students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH). The partnership gives
students hands-on experience designing and constructing training hardware
for Station and provides NASA a significant reduction in the cost of the
training gear.
The students' products include replicas of Station audio terminal units,
panels aboard the Station that control communications among parts of the
spacecraft and with Earth. Other hardware fashioned by the students includes
Station stowage lockers, medicine cabinets and caution and warning panels
that alert the crew of abnormal conditions.
Last year, the program began with one Texas school and two Alabama schools.
This year, it has grown to include a school in Montana, two schools in
Alabama and seven schools from the Houston area in four districts: Clear
Creek, Cypress-Fairbanks, Houston and Pasadena.
Guest speakers include HUNCH Project Manager Stacy Hale, NASA's Chief
Education Officer Dr. Adena Williams Loston and Texas Commissioner of
Education Dr. Shirley Neeley. Following the ceremony, students will be
available to talk about their work on display at a reception.
For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info