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A unique opportunity for students to explore space and cyberspace

LIVE FROM THE STRATOSPHERE gives students their first chance ever to ride -- virtually -- aboard NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory and observe planets, stars, and galaxies with an infrared telescope. An advanced NASA satellite provides a real-time video link from takeoff through landing. The adventure climaxes with a five-hour "Night Flight to the Stars," during which students "camp in" at schools and science museums across the country, interacting with the airborne astronomers via live TV and the Internet.

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System Requirements

VIDEO: TV or VCR (five programs of various lengths: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2.5 hours, 5 hours, and a compilation/wrap-up of 1 hour)
ONLINE: Internet access (viable via slow- or high-speed connections), e-mail or WWW
PRINT: Teacher's Guide packs include Hubble color lithographs and sample experimental materials (such as spectroscopic glasses, UV-sensitive beads, heat-sensitive paper, etc.), and may be ordered from PTK: $20.00

Access

No Longer available
Additional Information

e-mail: ghaines@quest.arc.nasa.gov or ptkghs@aol.com

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LIVE FROM THE STRATOSPHERE is supported in part by NSF, NASA, public television, and other public and private collaborators.