Astronaut Anne McClain's Earth-to-Space Call to Spokane

Astronaut Anne McClain will be participating in what's known as a "video downlink" during an assembly at the Gonzaga Prep auditorium on Wednesday morning. Some 1,200 students were able to watch the Earth-to-Space Call.

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Wed., May 15, 2019

Astronaut Anne McClain displays her Gonzaga Prep Bullpups T-shirt as she participates in an Earth-to-Space video downlink to a gathering of city-wide students at G-Prep, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Local students were given the opportunity to ask astronaut Anne McClain a question during a video downlink from space to Gonzaga Prep, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Some 1,200 students were able to watch the Earth-to-Space Call.

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Chester Elementary School students give a shout as they are introduced at the Space Day Spokane event, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at Gonzaga Prep. Area students participated in a question-and-answer session for astronaut Anne McClain during a video downlink.

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Girls Scout Troop 2537 members from Medical Lake, Dylan Stoltz and Lilly Kelm, wore flight suits to the Space Day Spokane event, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Gonzaga Prep. Area students participated in a video downlink from space to ask questions of astronaut Anne McClain.

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Gonzaga Prep juniors, from left, Hannah Mears, Grace Hoppie and Erik Olsen were on hand for Space Day Spokane, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the school. Area students watched a video downlink from space with astronaut Anne McClain.

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Gonzaga Prep students guard their ears in anticipation of a loud air cannon blast as they watch a science presentation during Space Day Spokane, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the school. Area student gathered for a video downlink from space for a question-and-answer session with astronaut Anne McClain.

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Local students gather for the opportunity to ask astronaut Anne McClain a question during a video downlink from space to Gonzaga Prep, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Some 1,200 students were able to watch the Earth-to-Space Call.

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Charlotte Lamp, mother of astronaut Anne McClain, attends the Space Day Spokane event, Wednesday, May 15, at Gonzaga Prep. Area students watched a video downlink and asked question with McClain from space.

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Gonzaga Prep students were pleased to see astronaut Anne McClain wearing a Bullpus T-shirt as she conneted to area students through a video downlink from space, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, during Space Day Spokane.

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Gonzaga Prep senior Sarah McTiernan cringes as she tries to answer a NASA multiple-choice question during the Space Day Spokane Event, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the school. Area students gathered for a video downlink from space with astronaut Anne McClain.

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Gonzaga Prep students hang on the words of astronaut Anne McClain during a video downlink from space, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Progress Elementary School student Makenna Guzman asks astronaut Anne McClain if the space station ever hit objects during a question-and-answer session, Wednesday May 15, 2019, at Space Day Spokane at Gonzaga Prep. Area students talked with McClain via a video downlink from space.

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Prairie View Elementary School student Emilee Ives waits to ask astronaut Anne McClain how a spacecraft gets fuel when they are in space for along time, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Gonzaga Prep. Area students gathered for Space Day Spokane to talk with McClain via a video downlink from space.

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Astronaut Anne McClain executes a front roll in the weightlessness of space aboard the space station during the closing of a video downlink to area students watching at Gonzaga Prep, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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