SAC Scobee Education Center connects SA teacher with space station astronauts

圣安东尼奥学院’s Challenger Learning Center, 是斯科比教育中心的一部分, made it possible for award-winning Edgewood ISD teacher, Breanna Ramirez to have her questions answered by astronauts aboard the International Space Center.

美国国家航空航天局, in conjunction with Challenger Centers across the country, chose students and teachers to submit recorded video questions that were then answered by 美国国家航空航天局 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who recently became the first crew to fly in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the space station, 以及国际空间站指挥官克里斯·卡西迪. 活 在YouTube上播放  6月19日星期五. 

In January, Ramirez, who teaches Early Learning students at Jose Cardenas Early Childhood Center 在圣安东尼奥, was awarded the Hackerman Teacher of the Year Award from SAC’s Challenger Learning Center and most recently received the 2020 6月 Scobee Rodgers Innovative Educator award for her enthusiasm and passion in teaching STEAM.

Richard Varner, Scobee Education Center director, says “Ms. Ramirez participation in the event is especially unique, given the age group she teaches and inspires. This national and international exposure goes a long way toward influencing important grant funding decisions.”

Her pre-schoolers have excitedly participated in the Micronaut program at the Scobee Education Center, which provides young children age 4 – 9 with an authentic STEAM experience as they travel through a simulated mission to the International Space Station.

拉米雷斯问宇航员, “随着SpaceX的成功, what do you see in the future for private citizens who wish to take a commercial spaceflight? And, if possible, how far into the future do you anticipate this could happen?”

赫尔利说, “这是个好问题,然后解释了这一点, while travel for civilians is cost-prohibitive at the moment, as more private companies get involved, the more opportunities will open up to make trip to space affordable. He estimated this could happen in the next 20 to 30 years.

观看整个视频 12分钟事件 在美国国家航空航天局 YouTube频道.

The Scobee Education Center at 圣安东尼奥学院 is dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adults alike by fostering a love for science, 技术, and astronomy through hands on experiences at the Challenger Learning Center, 微型宇航员计划, 还有斯科比天文馆. The center was established on the campus of 圣安东尼奥学院 in memory of the lives given by the seven crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger/STS-51L "Teacher in Space" mission. 

Learn more about the Scobee Education Center 在这里.

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