Nevada Air Cadets to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station

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Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari pose for a portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.
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Cadets from the Nevada Civil Air Patrol will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 4, on NASA Television, theNASA app, and the agencys website.

NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari will answer prerecorded video questions from the cadets. As the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol has served the nation since World War II with its all-volunteer force of more than 60,000. The cadet program aims to build the next generation of aerospace leaders through training and curriculum for students ages 12 to 18.

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