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HAMPTON, Virginia – Virginia Students Join Virginia First Pamala Northam for a Call to Space
Students from Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia called a NASA Astronaut Research Center at Hampton around 2 pm Tuesday
The 800 students contacted astronaut Alex Gerst, who is currently serving aboard the International Space Station for the European Space Agency (ESA) ).
The First Lady Northam served as a welcoming and student group comprised of the Boys and Girls Club, the 21st Century Community Learning Center and From One Hand To Another, an organization in nonprofit created by Pharrell Williams to provide the educational tools necessary for the future success of children
. ask questions about everything they want to know about life aboard the space station, the mission of NASA and the next scientific research.
Astronauts living in space communicate with the NASA Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS).
The Langley event is the second of three downlink events that took place on Tuesday of NASA's Year of Education on Station.
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