With one of their own on board, Space Campers will take part in a Q&A next week with NASA astronauts on the International Space Station.
At 11:40 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, astronauts Anne McClain, Jonny Kim, and Nichole Ayers will answer prerecorded questions from the campers. Ayers is a Space Camp alumna.
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Coincidentally, five more astronauts arrived at the ISS today following Wednesday’s launch of a SpaceX Dragon from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
Already on board the ISS with the NASA astronauts are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky.
The Axiom crew is scheduled to remain at the space station, conducting microgravity research, educational outreach, and commercial activities for about two weeks before a return to Earth and splashdown off the coast of California.
For nearly 25 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing skills needed to explore farther from Earth.
Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through SCaN‘s (Space Communications and Navigation) Near Space Network.
Important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the space station benefit people and lay the groundwork for other agency missions.
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency will send astronauts to the moon to prepare for human exploration of Mars; inspiring Golden Age explorers and ensuring the United States continues to lead in space exploration and discovery.
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