Kentucky Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station

Expedition 60 crew members Drew Morgan and Nick Hague pose with the spacesuits they wore during a recent spacewalk to install equipment that will accommodate the future arrivals of commercial crew spacecraft.
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Students from Kentucky will have an opportunity this week to talk live with NASA astronauts currently working and living aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:50 a.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 13, on NASA Television and the agencys website.

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Drew Morgan will answer questions from middle school students attending Jefferson County Public Schools. The National STEM Cell Foundations National STEM Scholar Program is hosting the event, with 39 National STEM Scholar classrooms across the nation watching the event live.

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