A total of 14 girls and boys from Latin America will talk to the Salvadoran astronaut. Frank Rubio from International Space Station In an untelevised live broadcast, they will talk about science, astronomy and technology 400 kilometers from Earth.
This conversation will take place this Monday at 11:00 am (4:00 pm GMT), thanks to Noticiero Científico y Cultural Iberoamericano (NCC), the Association of Ibero-American Educational and Cultural Televisions (ATEI) and its collective work. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Gabriel Torres, president of ATEI and director of Channel 44 in Jalisco, told EFE.
This is an unprecedented transmission, there is no public or private medium capable of video calling into space, i.e. a link to the International Space Station, 400 kilometers from Earth, and the collaboration we have can do this. With NASA, we were included in their annual program to disseminate science”, he explained.
Torres explained that the production process was complicated because, in addition to satellite transmission costs, they invited women, children and adolescents from 14 countries in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, including nearly 100 affiliated television and radio broadcasters. Send ATEI a video with questions for Rubio.
As a result, there was a participation of 391 minors who asked the astronaut about various topics, from which 14 questions were selected, including issues such as health, interests and morals of astronauts and life on other planets.
Exchange will be conducted through Ana Cristina OlveraA journalist specializing in science and anchor of the NCC, will be entirely in Spanish and will be open to any public and private media free of charge and broadcast on different digital platforms, Torres said.
Visitors can learn a little more about the scientific work being done on the International Space Station and other science-related topics. Rubio will tell the boys and girls how he became a part of space travel.
Frank Rubio is a native Los Angeles USA And was born into the Salvatore family. He is a helicopter pilot, medical doctor and flight surgeon in his country’s army. In 2017, he was selected as an astronaut and is on his first space flight as part of Expedition 68, which is expected to spend about a year in space.
