Programs

NATIONAL STS-118 STUDENT CONTEST

Challenger Center is one of three sites chosen to have a 20-minute live question-and-answer downlink session with mission specialists Barbara Morgan (Educator Astronaut) and Benjamin Alvin Drew during the flight of STS-118 on Thursday, August 16th. The STS-118 downlink will be held at the Challenger Center of Greater Washington located at Challenger Center Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The 20-minute Q&A session will include an invited audience including students (20 will be chosen to ask questions via our national poster contest), teachers and special guests (including many astronauts).

Participating Challenger Learning Centers submitted one illustrated question from students in their communities focused on the STS-118 mission (living and working on the International Space Station).

Challenger Center STS-118 Student Posters

Click on this link to see the winning posters

Students are encouraged to visit NASA STS-118 resources, and teachers and Challenger Learning Center (CLC) educators are directed to NASA STS-118 educational resources to integrate into their curriculum to support the project.

Mission specialist Barbara Morgan was the back up to Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space, and is a long-time member of the Challenger Center Council of Advisors. Through STS-118, Barbara Morgan will bridge the objectives set forth in the Teacher in Space Program of the mid-1980's to NASA's current Educator Astronaut Project.

NASA Biographies of Barbara Morgan and Benjamin Alvin Drew

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/morgan.html
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/drew-ba.html

Additional Information

For more information on Challenger Learning Center programs, please contact a Learning Center Coordinator via e-mail at info@challenger.org; by telephone at (877) 443-5701 or (816) 471-7770; or by completing the Feedback Form.