K12> NASA WEBCAST TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT SPACECRAFT

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Subject: NASA WEBCAST TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT SPACECRAFT
 
Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington                 November 19, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

Lynn Chandler
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/286-2806)

NOTE TO EDITORS: n03-124

NASA WEBCAST TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT SPACECRAFT

     "Aura: Up Close" is the first in a series of educational
webcasts about NASA's latest Earth Science Enterprise mission,
the Aura spacecraft. The live, one-hour webcast begins at 1
p.m. EST Thursday. Aura will study climate change, air
quality, and ozone.

NASA's Special Project Initiatives Office is hosting the
webcast from the clean room that houses the spacecraft at
Northrup Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach, Calif. The
engineers and technicians who built the spacecraft will take
the audience on a tour Aura's instruments and explain how they
work. Questions posted via email will be answered live during
the webcast. To participate on November 20th, visit:

http://spioffice.gsfc.nasa.gov/aura

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is dedicated to understanding
the Earth as an integrated system and applying Earth System
Science to improve the prediction of climate, weather, and
natural hazards using the unique vantage point of space. For
information about NASA on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information about the Aura spacecraft on the
Internet, visit:

http://www.aura.gsfc.nasa.gov

For information about other NASA education programs on the
Internet, visit:

http://education.nasa.gov


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