European astronaut André Kuipers. Photograph: ESA/André Kuipers
Science centres, science museums, planetariums and science festivals are being offered a rare opportunity to call Europe’s next astronaut, André Kuipers, on the International Space Station.
The calls will involve two different educational projects, both aimed at European children aged 8–14:
- “Mission-X 2012” will be held next February
- “Take Your Classroom into Space” is planned for the end of April 2012
The European Space Agency (ESA) is asking European public science education organisations whether they are interested in hosting the 20-minute video calls to André in space.
From the end of November, the Dutch astronaut will be living and working aboard the Space Station for almost six months.
His diary is already filled with science experiments he will be doing, and running the Station as a flight engineer. Even so, he will still have time for educational and public events.
For more information see the ESA’s website
