Students In Athlone Set To Speak Directly With NASA Astronaut

They'll take a call from the International Space Station.

Students in Westmeath have made contact with astronauts on board the International Space Station. 

Athlone Community College set up its own radio station on the school grounds in order to make contact with Dr. Sharon Walker, who is on her second flight into space. 

She's part of the Crew-1 mission which launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center last month. 

The school is the only one in Ireland to have been selected for the unique opportunity.

The students asked Dr. Walker about her experience of the launch:

 

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