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MIAMI — Students from the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy in Miami participate in a Q&A session with retired Coast Guard captain and International Space Station Mission Commander Dan Burbank via video chat Feb. 2, 2012. The event also included an in-person Q&A session with U.S. Coast Guard Academy faculty and cadets. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Ameen.

MIAMI - Students from the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy watch a live video connection with Commander Dan Burbank, retired Coast Guard captain as he answers their questions aboard the International Space Station Feb. 2, 2012 at the MAST Academy. The initiative, which is organized by faculty members at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., is designed to boost the awareness of and to encourage interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Sabrina Elgammal.

MIAMI – A student from Key Biscayne Community School in Miami asks Lt. Cmdr. Royce W. James, Ph.D Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff at U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., asks a question about the ozone layer Feb. 2, 2012 at the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy. Students got a chance to ask science questions and learn about Coast Guard missions and the life as a Cadet at the Coast Guard Academy before watching a live video connection with Commander Dan Burbank, retired Coast Guard captain as he answers their questions aboard the International Space Station. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.

MIAMI- Lt. Cmdr. Royce W. James, Ph.D Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff at U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., talk to students from the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy and Key Biscayne Community School about physics Feb. 2, 2012 at the MAST Academy. Students got a chance to ask science questions and learn about Coast Guard missions and the life as a Cadet at the Coast Guard Academy before watching a live video connection with Commander Dan Burbank, retired Coast Guard captain as he answers their questions aboard the International Space Station. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.

MIAMI – Lt. Cmdr. Royce W. James, Ph.D, Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff at U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., prepares to be interviewed by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Ameen, a Public Affairs Specialist at 7th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Feb. 2, 2012 at the Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy. During the interview James talked about his possible future in the astronaut program, the importance of Science to the Coast Guard and helping students purse their dreams. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal.

MIAMI – Cadet Julia Kane, U.S. Coast Guard Academy hands out a prize to a Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy student for answering a science question correct Feb. 2, 2012 at the MAST Academy. Coast Guard members from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., organized a visit to the MAST Academy so student can watch a live video connection with Commander Dan Burbank, retired Coast Guard captain as he answers their questions aboard the International Space Station to boost the awareness of and to encourage interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). U.S. Coast guard Photo by Petty Officer Sabrina Elgmamal.