Barbara Morgan Meets with Students

NASA's first educator astronaut and former Idaho school teacher Barbara Morgan, set to fly in space this summer, met with of students during "Meet an Astronaut Day" at Space Center Houston on Jan. 19. Morgan talked about her role on the crew of space shuttle mission STS-118, an International Space Station assembly flight targeted for launch June 28. Commanded by Scott Kelly, the mission will continue space station construction by delivering a third starboard truss segment.

Out in space!

In this, the first extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, of the STS-116 mission, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. participates in activities to rewire the station's power system as construction resumes on the International Space Station.