Highlands pupils speak to astronaut aboard space station

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Pupils at Wick High School in Caithness held a live radio conversation with Canadian astronaut Josh Kutryk aboard the International Space Station.

Pupils at Wick High School in Caithness held a ten-minute live radio conversation with Canadian astronaut Josh Kutryk aboard the International Space Station as it passed overhead just after noon on Thursday. The pupils established contact via the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station service. The school is thought to be the most northerly in the UK to connect to the ISS in this way.

The pupils asked Kutryk a series of questions about life in space. One pupil asked what movies get wrong about space travel. Kutryk replied: 'I would say how easy everything is. Nothing up here is easy, everything is hard – even brushing your teeth.' Another asked about the view of Earth, with Kutryk saying: 'Seeing the Earth from space is just amazing. Words will never do it justice.' When asked how food tastes in space, he said: 'Everything tastes a little bit different, sometimes good, sometimes bad.'

Kutryk told the pupils that it took 'years and years of training' to prepare his mind and body for space.

Highlands pupils speak to astronaut aboard space station — Image: The National

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Scottish pupils quiz astronaut aboard International Space Station in live link-upPUPILS at a Highlands school held an “exciting” live conversation with an astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a school projectThe National · 8 Oct, 15:49
From movie mistakes to food - Highlands schoolkids quiz astronaut about life in spaceCanadian astronaut Josh Kutryk spoke with pupils at Wick High School over the radio from the International Space StationDaily Record · 8 Oct, 15:20

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