Students from North Carolina and Rhode Island will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
The two space-to-Earth calls will air live Wednesday, Sept. 13, and Thursday, Sept. 14, on NASA Television, theNASA app, and the agencyswebsite.
At 10:10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 13, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen will answer pre-recorded questions from students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The event, hosted by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, aims to inspire underrepresented and non-traditional students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pathways.
