ARLA/CLUSTER: Presidente Trump e a filha Ivanka, vão contactar a ISS a 24 de Abril desde a Sala Oval na Casa Branca

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

President Trump makes special long-distance call to record breaking
American astronaut

President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and NASA
astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ will make a special Earth-to-space call
Monday, April 24, from the Oval Office to personally congratulate NASA
astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, for her record-breaking stay aboard
the International Space Station.

The 20-minute call will air live on NASA Television and stream on the
agency’s website and Facebook page at 10 a.m. EDT, and will be made
available to schools, museums, and other organizations across the
nation and globally.

The Department of Education and NASA are working together, on behalf
of the White House, to encourage classrooms throughout America to
tune-in to this historic event.  They also are making available for
voluntary use STEM on Station educational materials that may be
helpful to further engage students in the classroom. STEM on Station
is comprised of education activities that follow astronauts as they
demonstrate STEM concepts such as Newton’s Laws of Motion, surface
tension and advances in technology.

Commander of the station’s Expedition 51 crew, Whitson will officially
set the U.S. record Monday for most cumulative days in space,
surpassing NASA astronaut Jeff Williams’ record of 534 days.
Additionally, she is the first woman to command the space station
twice, and holds the record for most spacewalks conducted by a female
astronaut.

Whitson will be joined for President Trump’s call by NASA astronaut
Jack Fischer, KG5FYH, who is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting
laboratory Thursday, April 20.

Whitson arrived at the space station Nov. 19, 2016, and is sharing her
experiences in space on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. Fischer will
share his first-time flyer experiences on Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram.

Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram
and Twitter.

Check out the latest NASA TV schedule and video streaming information
at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv