School students from Adelaide's northern suburbs have managed to speak to astronauts on the International Space Station two weeks after their hearts sankStudents were disappointed when astronauts on the ISS didn't answer their planned call last monthAstronaut Shannon Walker said being in the ISS was like being with familywas able to ask a range of questions of Shannon WalkerNASA said astronauts were unable to answer the previous call because "a series of false alarms sounded on...
While it can usually take more than a year to organise a school call to the ISS, the return call only took a fortnight. Mawson Lakes School student Aazeen Haider speaks with astronaut Shannon Walker with the help of a radio operator. Mawson Lakes School student Aazeen Haider said it was "really cool" to hear from Dr Walker after the earlier disappointment."It would be really interesting, especially to imagine if you're an astronaut and you get to speak to primary school students on Earth and bring them joy," she said.
Shannon Walker and three other astronauts went up on the SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station in November.