Georgia, California Students to Hear from Astronauts on Space Station

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Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough of NASA (left) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) pose for a portrait while working on U.S. spacesuits inside the International Space Station's U.S. Quest airlock.
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Students in Georgia and California will each have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA Television, theNASA app, and the agencyswebsite.

On Monday, Aug. 30, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will answer prerecorded video questions from students at The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning at 10 a.m. EDT. The Lovett School is a K-12 independent school that counts Kimbrough among its alumni. Students from Breakthrough Atlanta, a study-skills initiative for underserved students in Metro Atlanta at Lovett, will also participate in the event.

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