Astronauts ready to take your questions
Have you ever wanted to communicate with an astronaut in orbit? If you have a question for Stockton's astronaut, Jose Hernandez, and his crew, there's a chance they'll answer it live on NASA TV.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will post weekly footage of the next shuttle mission on YouTube for users to watch. Users can ask questions about the images in the form of 30-second YouTube videos in English or Spanish.
Every week, NASA TV will choose several of those questions. The videos will be featured along with live telecasts of the astronauts addressing the inquiries.
Hernandez, a mechanical engineer who will be aboard the shuttle Discovery, will answer Spanish-language submissions. He also is the crew's official communicator on twitter.com.
The six-member crew, scheduled to launch in late August, will deliver science equipment to the International Space Station, drop off Danielle Stott and pick up Timothy Kopra, who went to the space station in July.
University of the Pacific, Hernandez's alma mater, will host a celebration in Stockton the day of the launch.
Angel Picon, a close friend of Hernandez's and former chairman of the Stockton-based Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation, also is working on organizing a hero's welcome celebration for October.
Hernandez is scheduled to return from space 13 days after the launch.
Videos of questions about the mission may be submitted at www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA.
- Posted on August 4, 2009
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I think it's awesome that they've opened up this program to Spanish-speaking people. Our world is changing, so it's only a matter of time until almost everything is English and Spanish. I like how
NASA is so smart.
That was a good idea. For spanish speaking people, they will learn a lot of things about space, and understand it a lot more.
wow if they answer their findings in space then the people would know all about what happens in space so this would help people learn more.
This is a really good idea. Now people will be able to actually get to know more about the experiance in space. Modern day tecnologhy makes a big difference.
I think it's awesome that they've opened up this program to Spanish-speaking people. Our world is changing, so it's only a matter of time until almost everything is English and Spanish.