{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=378", "Case Releases Recording of Co-hosted National Aeronautics and Space Administration Virtual Event Last Friday with Kapolei High School Students", "2020-10-27", "2020", "2020-10", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=29", "scraper", "(Honolulu, HI) \u2013 Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science with funding jurisdiction over NASA, today released a recording of his Talk Story-NASA Artemis Next Generation STEM virtual event last Friday which he co-hosted along with NASA leaders for a NASA Artemis Next Generation for Kapolei High School students.\n\nWho: Congressman Case\n\nNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine\n\nNASA Astronaut Dr. Jonny Kim\n\nWhen: Last Friday, October 23, 2020\n\n9AM to 10 AM HST\n\nNOTE: If media are interested in reaching out to students and faculty who participated in the session, please contact Nestor Garcia.\n\nNOTE: If media are interested in reaching out to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and astronaut Dr. Jonny Kim, please contact Katy Summerlin.\n\n\u201cUnder NASA and increasingly public-private partnerships, the exploration of space has charged the imagination of generations of Americans and launched the careers of countless students including Hawaii\u2019s own,\u201d said Case.\n\n\u201cAnd we have again seen in just the last few months, with the award of the Nobel Prize to two women with Hawai\u2019i ties - Professor Andrea Ghez in Physics and Professor Jennifer Doudna in Chemistry - as well as our scientists atop Mauna Kea contributing to the first-ever images of a black hole, that we can lead the world in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).\n\n\u201cBut we must always carry that forward in sparking our next generations into STEM learning and the opportunities it yields for both students and us all. It is a privilege to contribute by bringing the head of NASA and one of NASA\u2019s storied astronauts right into Kapolei High\u2019s classroom.\u201d\n\n\u201cHawaii has made great contributions to scientific achievement over the years, and we hope to continue to provide opportunities for students to get involved in NASA missions,\u201d said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.\n\nBridenstine, NASA\u2019s 13th Administrator, previously served as the United States Representative for the 1stCongressional District of Oklahoma and as a Navy carrier pilot.\n\n\u201cNASA\u2019s Artemis program, which will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, in preparation to go to Mars, is inspiring the next generation of explorers \u2013 the Artemis Generation -- to pursue careers in STEM fields.\n\n\u201cGetting students interested in these fields early in their education will be a great asset to America\u2019s future. Rep. Case has been a strong advocate for STEM education in Hawaii, and we thank him for his leadership in ensuring Hawaii has a role in America\u2019s Moon to Mars exploration plans.\u201d\n\nCase and Bridenstine were joined by Dr. Jonny Kim, who was selected for the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Dr. Kim has completed the initial astronaut candidate training and is now eligible for a mission assignment.\n\nHe is a U.S. Navy SEAL who completed more than 100 combat operations and is a recipient of the Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat \u201cV\u201d. Dr. Kim enlisted in the Navy in 2002 after graduating from Santa Monica High School in California.\n\nThe Artemis program aims to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, and establish a sustainable presence on the lunar surface.\n\nArtemis Generation STEM events encourage STEM education and give students an opportunity to engage with NASA and have their space exploration questions answered by NASA astronauts.\n\nAttachments:\n\nRecording of last Friday\u2019s session can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--j2faER6A&feature=youtu.be.\n\nSoundbites of interest in recording\n\non how high school students helped to fix equipment outside the Space Station that broke and had to be fixed!\n\nQuestion from Brian Bermudez, Engineering and Design student, 11th grader at Kapolei High asked at 40:58: \u201cWhat typically happens up in space that\u2019s significant enough for an astronaut to take a spacewalk\u201d?\n\nAnswer from Dr. Kim at 42:58: \u201cThis was illustrated pretty recently actually . . . (Describes what broke \u2013 the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which measures dark matter and antimatter); end at 42:53: . . with specialized tools that were invented actually by high school students just for this mission.\u201d\n\non how important it is to come up with a lunar toilet!\n\nQuestion from student Madeline McCurdy, JROTC student, 12th grader at Kapolei High School asked at 44:36: \u201cMy question is, considering the success of the last joint venture between Space X and NASA, where do you see the future of public-private partnerships taking space exploration?\u201d\n\nAnswer from Dr. Kim at 46:22: \u201cI was involved in a crowd sourcing competition through NASA to develop the next toilet for the human landing system . . . (Describes world-wide competition for this project) 46:57: \u201c . . . amazed at the ingenuity of the submissions that I and others had to judge!\u201d\n\nPicture of Dr. Jonny Kim is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/44764444431/in/album-72157712477458646/\n\nPicture of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is here: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nhq201907240001.jpg\n\nArtemis resources page is here: media resources page is here\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:34:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=378"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7849526591598988, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}