Boca Raton Essay Winners Chat with Astronauts on Board Space Station:

Palm Beach County students who won an essay contest got the chance to speak to astronauts out of this world, literally. About a dozen students from Palm Beach County got to speak live with an orbiting astronaut on board the International Space Station. The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium recently hosted the ARISS (Amateur Radio on board the International Space Station) event. Students in grades 2-12 from public, private and home schools wrote a 250-word essay on the topic: "If you had a chance to ask an astronaut any question, what would it be and why?" Two winners attended Boca Raton schools. Paolo Nespoli, the Italian astronaut on board the ISS, answered the twelve winning questions while the space station orbited over the Georgia/Florida border. The communication was done through ham radio, thanks to one of the largest amateur radio organizations in the country that works with the Science Center. Traveling at 17,000-miles-per-hour 250 miles up in the air, the ISS was only in radio contact for eight minutes.

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