Pupils who designed a badge sent to space meet NASA astronaut headed to the Moon
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Pupils at the school in Cemaes got the chance to ask question to a NASA astronaut Pupils at a school on Anglesey were "very excited" when they met virtually with a NASA astronaut.
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Students at Ysgol Cemaes were able to put their questions to Frank Rubio on Wednesday, who is set to be part of the crew for the Artemis III mission, which aims to return humans to the Moon in 2027.
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Rubio also spent more than a year aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after a fault with the spacecraft that was due to bring him and his fellow astronauts back to Earth.
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During the virtual session, pupils asked him about his experiences of living and working in space, as well as the challenges and excitement of space travel.
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Astronaut Frank Rubio was stranded on the ISS for 371 days This is not the first time pupils at the primary school have had the chance to speak with astronauts.
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Earlier this year, they took part in a project to design a badge that was sent into space, later seeing it float in zero gravity aboard the ISS.
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The opportunity was made possible by former pupil Dr Melanie Coathup, a scientist who works closely with astronauts and has helped inspire the school's growing links with the space industry.
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Guto Rhys, acting headteacher, said the students were "extremely excited" ahead of the meeting, and had "been looking at videos of life on the ISS and life in space".
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The school's headteacher says the pupils were very excited to talk to an astronaut The pupils had prepared many questions to ask Rubio.
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Harry, 9 and his friend Sofia, 8, were among those listening to the astronaut talk about his experiences.
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Harry said: "The most interesting thing I've done today is learning about NASA and Frank Rubio."
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The pupils had been busy preparing in the classroom ahead of the meeting, according to Sofia.
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She said: "In the school today, we've been learning about Frank Rubio.
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We learned that if you're sick in space, there are medical kits to help.
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"We've been watching some videos about how to brush your teeth and sleep in space."
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Harry and Sofia were both delighted to meet Frank Rubio Lola, 9, was also in the hall for the talk on Wednesday. She was delighted to see Rubio holding a badge that one of the pupils at the school had designed.
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"We've been learning about Frank Rubio and that he was supposed to stay in space for six months, but he ended up staying there for a year," she said.
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"We got to design a badge to go up to space and it was my cousin who won and her badge got to go up to space."
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Lola and Ruby say they're lucky to be able to have such a close connection with NASA as a school Speaking to a real astronaut was "very cool" according to Ruby, 10, "because no other schools in Wales will get that experience". "The most interesting thing that I learned today was that there is a space station up in space," she said.
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The school plans to design a new badge very soon, with the plan to send another one up to space next year.
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