Hampton Bays Middle School students had the chance to speak with Edward Michael Fincke, commander of the International Space Station, and ask him what it is like to be an astronaut while he passed by—or, more accurately, passed over—the school last week.
Ten members of the middle school’s Science and Audio Visual clubs made contact with Mr. Fincke last Wednesday, February 25, with the help of a ham radio while he was aboard International Space Station Expedition 18. Mr. Fincke is four months in to a six-month space mission.
The 10 students, assisted by members of the Peconic Amateur Radio Club, made contact with the International Space Station commander while he and his crew were in orbit some 270 miles over Hampton Bays, whizzing by at a speed of 17,000 mph.
Roberta Keis,... more
Ten members of the middle school’s Science and Audio Visual clubs made contact with Mr. Fincke last Wednesday, February 25, with the help of a ham radio while he was aboard International Space Station Expedition 18. Mr. Fincke is four months in to a six-month space mission.
The 10 students, assisted by members of the Peconic Amateur Radio Club, made contact with the International Space Station commander while he and his crew were in orbit some 270 miles over Hampton Bays, whizzing by at a speed of 17,000 mph.
Roberta Keis,... more
