Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 07 2009:
NASA Astronaut Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke, Commander of the Expedition 18 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), will talk live on video to the students of Central Agricultural University and Manipur University, Imphal tomorrow (Sunday) at 3.35 pm.
The talk will be for about 10 minutes.
The whole event has been organized by Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS).
FASS International HQ is coordinating the event with NASA and FASS Manipur is coordinating the event with Central Agricultural University, in collaboration with Manipur University.
It is worth mentioning that prior to this event, FASS very successfully coordinated such space talks at Dibrugarh University, St Anthony's College in Shillong and Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya in Guwahati, which were also first time in India at University and College levels.
But this time, it will be unique because students from the North East States of India will interact live with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) 350 kms above the surface of the Earth.