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Deputy Secretary Simon Moderates Discussion with International Space Station (November 14, 2006)
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Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) answer students' questions live via a downlink. ISS crew members are an American astronaut, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria; a Russian cosmonaut, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin; and a European Space Agency astronaut, Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter of Germany.

Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) answer students' questions live via a downlink. ISS crew members are an American astronaut, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria; a Russian cosmonaut, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin; and a European Space Agency astronaut, Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter of Germany. Deputy Secretary Simon moderates a downlink discussion at the U.S. Department of Education between students of three area high schools and the crew of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14.
Educator Astronauts Barbara Morgan and Ricky Arnold participate in a discussion between students of three area high schools and the crew of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14. Deputy Secretary Simon moderates a downlink discussion at the U.S. Department of Education between students of three area high schools and the crew of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14.
Educator Astronauts Ricky Arnold and Barbara Morgan answer students' questions after the live downlink discussion with crew members of the International Space Station. Deputy Secretary Simon, NASA Assistant Administrator for Education Joyce Winterton, and Educator Astronauts Barbara Morgan and Ricky Arnold with students who participated in the downlink discussion with the ISS crew. The students are from McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA, and Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, MD.

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