Filed under: NASA, Podcasts, Science, Student Opportunities | Tags: Educator Astronaut, NOAA
This week’s NASA Student Opportunities Podcast goes underwater to interview Educator Astronaut Ricky Arnold. On Aug. 6, 2007, Arnold and the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, 13 crew began a 10-day undersea mission aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aquarius Underwater Laboratory.
The crew is testing lunar exploration concepts and long-duration spaceflight medical objectives. The mission comes at an exciting time — while Arnold is on Aquarius, mission specialist Barbara Morgan is making the first spaceflight of an Educator Astronaut on the STS-118 shuttle mission. Both missions carry with them plant growth chambers used for research related to NASA’s Engineering Design Challenge.
To hear Arnold discuss lunar exploration, NASA’s Engineering Design Challenge: Lunar Plant Growth Chamber and student involvement with the space agency, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nso
