Students in Wheat Ridge on Friday had a chance to talk to an astronaut on board the International Space Station.
Wheat Ridge High School is one of five different schools across the country that got to participate in conversations with astronauts through downlinks. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, is part of theand wrote a letter of support to bring the event to Colorado.
Before students linked up with the space station, they had the chance to talk to a fomer astronaut in person. Lee “Bru” Archambault is a pilot who has flown two space shuttle missions and now works for Sierra Space Corporation in Louisville.Archambault fielded a wide range of questions — from the occasional one about aliens to his most exciting moments in space.Then came the downlink from the space station.
There were dozens of questions thrown his way. For instance, student Grant Debarnardi wanted to know what the most surprising thing was about being in space. “The answer I got was that they were surprised by how much the social dynamic of it was important — like, you’re stuck on a space station with the same people for months at a time so you have to make sure you really get along with them,” Debarnardi told CBS4.
This was the second time the school has gotten a chance to talk to an astronaut through an International Space Station downlink. The firstJamieJamie Leary is an Emmy Award winning reporter who lives in Colorado's High Country and reports from CBS4's Mountain Newsroom in Summit County.
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