Learn About Living & Working in Space with two NASA Astronauts

Fifteen years after the first space station module was launched, we have had dozens of astronauts who have lived and worked 240 miles off the planet on the International Space Station. Hear about what it's like to live and work in low Earth orbit from astronaut Chris Cassidy, who recently returned from spending 166 days aboard the station. He orbited the Earth 2,656 times and traveled more than 70 million miles.

Cassidy was joined by astronaut Leland Melvin, currently the Associate Administrator for Education at NASA, who reflected on his time in space and how students across the country can get involved in the future of human spaceflight with NASA challenges and projects that those in K-12 classrooms can participate in.

[wwench]

Thanks to Leland and Chris for a great conversation!

[thirdphaseofmoon]

We at Thirdphaseofmoon spoke with Astronaut Edgar Mitchell and he thinks we are not alone in the universe! When do you think when we will find life elsewhere besides Earth?

[ripford]

Don't really have a question, just want to say as a Navy Vet, Go Navy Beat Army!

[Grove]

Didn`t Cmdr Hadfield already answer some of these Q`s back when he was up there?

[PeteHansen]

#askNASA  can you see the Earth actually spinning when you are up there in space?  -Iao School, Maui, HI

[CactusMonke]

When they talked about aliens the video just broke up.That seems a little bit wierd to me :/

[TGNEfilms]

Hello, i am a freshman in high school. One day I would like to be an astronaut, however most launches recently have been with the Russians. Should I learn Russian, and would it better my chances of becoming an astronaut?

[ItaloLelis]

If you want to ask something, make a question with the hashtag #askNasa  on Google+.