Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi connected with GEMS Jumeirah College Dubai via live radio transmission.
The astronaut got in touch with the school on Tuesday, 7 March, from the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth.
Over 1,000 students were a part of the transmission, with Sultan Al Neyadi taking time to answer the questions asked by students and tackling multiple topics, from what inspired him to pursue a career as an astronaut and the preparation for his current mission.
The students were able to communicate with the Emirati astronaut as Christopher Greenfield, a science teacher at Jumeirah College, contacted Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), an organisation that specialises in connecting school students with astronauts on board the Space Station.
As Christopher Greenfield began his career teaching at NASA’s International Space School in Houston, Texas, contact was made, and the students were able to communicate with Sultan Al Neyadi.
Yusra Khan, a Year 7 student at Jumeirah College said, "I have always been interested in space, and it was exciting to know that if I sent in a question, it would be read out and answered in space. So, I submitted a few questions and one of mine got chosen. I asked Sultan Al Neyadi about some of the scariest things that have happened to him so far. This was a curiosity of mine, as I don’t know what happens in space!"
