NASA Astronauts on Station Connect with Oklahoma, Texas Students

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured conducting maintenance tasks inside the International Space Station's Harmony module.
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Students from Oklahoma and Texas will have separate opportunities this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The two space-to-Earth calls will air live Monday, Aug. 14, on NASA Television, theNASA app, and the agencyswebsite.

At 12:10 p.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio will answer prerecorded questions from students in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The event, hosted by Kingfisher High School, will connect the students knowledge of agriculture to plant science on station and STEM career opportunities. U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, will give opening and closing remarks.

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