Educutation

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) answered questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Aug. 1 with International Space University students in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alneyadi is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Participants include: - Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy - Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson - Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX - Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president, JAXA - Josef Aschbacher, director general, ESA NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifted off from Kennedy at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727 UTC) on Saturday, Aug. 26. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are traveling to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft for a several-month science expedition. Docking is currently scheduled for approximately 8:39 a.m.