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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester (left) and Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA chief education officer, address a group of educators assembled for the kickoff of 'The Science in Space Challenge' at the Doubletree Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The national challenge program is sponsored by NASA and Pearson Scott Foresman, publisher of pre-K through grade six educational books. To participate in the challenge, teachers may submit proposals, on behalf of their students, for a science and technology investigation. Astronauts will conduct the winning projects on a Space Shuttle mission or on the International Space Station, while teachers and students follow along via television or the Web. For more information about the announcement, see the news release at http:__www.nasa.gov_home_hqnews_2004_oct_HQ_04341_publication.html.