Sea Road students chat ‘long distance’ to astronaut on the International Space Station
Amateur radio and the internet made the conversation with astronaut Michael Hopkins possible.
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Sea Road School students chatted with NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, Jan. 21. The screenshot shows students who asked the questions, an image of the astronaut, and some of those who helped make the link work.
Ann Stockbridge courtesy photo
KENNEBUNK – How did NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins feel when, in space, he looked back and saw the earth for the first time?
“Overwhelmed,” he told students at Sea Road School students on Thursday.