Space Station Crew Answers Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Student Questions Sept 13, 2023

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 13 with students at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rubio and Mogensen are in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.