A bridge across orbit: astronauts meet students from thousands of miles away
In short: Experience a rare moment of orbital diplomacy as the crew of Expedition 26 connects with students in England. This video captures an educational exchange that brings the reality of life in low earth orbit directly to a classroom.
During an instructional session held from the ISS on 20 January 2011, five flight engineers—Paolo Nespoli, Dmitry Kondratyev, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka, and Cady Coleman—joined Commander Scott Kelly. They answered questions posed by students from Sevenoaks School in Kent, England.
The interaction served as a window into the daily lives of astronauts, covering their routine activities and specific scientific experiments conducted in space. To promote space exploration interest, a three-nation dialogue occurred as pupils stayed at the McMinnville, Oregon Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.
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