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| Educational Activities, Objective 2 |
| DSO 802 |
| In-Cabin |
| Prime: Kevin Kregel |
| Backup: Dom Gorie |
| Overview |
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This DSO, which is tied to DTO 700-17A (use of HDTV to film NASA astronaut activities), will provide live TV downlink of the mission to classrooms in hopes of attracting students to careers in science, engineering, and mathematics. The addition of this DSO to a particular flight is coordinated through the JSC Educational Working Group (EWG). The tasks required by this DSO support three distinct objectives: 1. Produce educational products, such as 20-minute video lessons, with scenes recorded both in space and on the ground. The on-orbit video should represent about one-third of the finished video product. This objective requires the videotaping of on-orbit educational activities performed by the flight crew as well as other educational activities deemed appropriate by the EWG and the flight crew. 2. Support the live TV downlink of educational activities performed by the flight crew explicitly for, or involving participation by, students and teachers. Typically, these downlinks are limited to one or two 30-minute live sessions. 3. Support the live or videotaped TV downlink of educational activities performed by the flight crew for a general audience. Typically, these activities are limited to 5 or 10 minutes per demonstration/narration to explain the science and/or principles of the experiments performed by the crew members. The number of events is mission dependent. For STS-99, the crew will concentrate on Objective No. 2. |
| History/Background |
| This educational DSO supports the NASA administrator's educational initiative and complies with his direction to use live and recorded lessons from astronauts on Space Shuttle missions to meet the goals of NASA's educational programs. |
Editorial/Technical Comments: ShuttlePresskit
