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Enloe students talked with Astronaut Mike Fincke who is onboard the International Space Station in a project arranged by NASA and Enloe High teacher Sam Wheeler. The Enloe students were able to ask questions about the space station, the space program, and science issues.
Wheeler worked with NASA and the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society to organize the event for nearly 400 Enloe students. The Raleigh Amateur Radio Society arranged the local end of the contact, and set up an interface so that the audience in the Enloe High auditorium will be able to hear all the conversations.
Click here to listen to Enloe Students Talk to Astronaut in Space
This is an 4.5 minute mp3 file.
Enloe teacher Sam Wheeler worked with NASA to arrange the ham radio conversation between students and an astronaut on the space station.
Ham radio operators from the the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society helped students connect with the space station and students in Ecuador.
More than 400 students watched a screen projection of the space station's flight path across earth and students on stage talking with astronaut Mike Fincke.
Posted by Bill Poston at 3:59 PM on November 14, 2008 | Leave Feedback
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