--- title: Students in Live Chat Session With NASA Astronauts in Space description: TIME for Kids invited 65 middle school students for a special video chat. canonical: https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-08T21:50:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:12:38.721Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Students Engage in Live Chat Session With NASA Astronauts in Space og:description: TIME for Kids invited 65 middle school students for a special video chat og:url: https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3679ca5647b831de/6988604c428a9e9c83ccebdd/office-desk-computer-health-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME.com stock health office desk computer work og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Students Engage in Live Chat Session With NASA Astronauts in Space twitter:description: TIME for Kids invited 65 middle school students for a special video chat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3679ca5647b831de/6988604c428a9e9c83ccebdd/office-desk-computer-health-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Students Chat Live With NASA Astronauts in Space by [TIME for Kids](https://time.com/author/time-for-kids/) ## TIME for Kids Dec 8, 2015 9:50 PM UTC  Illustration by Sydney Rae Hass for TIME by [TIME for Kids](https://time.com/author/time-for-kids/) ## TIME for Kids Dec 8, 2015 9:50 PM UTC “TIME For Kids, this is Houston. Please call Mission Control for a voice check.” On November 19, those words set up an out-of-this-world video chat for 65 students from New York’s East Side Middle School with NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren. Kelly and Lindgren are orbiting Earth onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The students were visiting TFK’s New York City headquarters. The kids asked the explorers a variety of questions— everything from who cleans up the ISS to what it’s like to drink recycled urine. Lindgren has been on the ISS since July. He is scheduled to return to Earth this month. Kelly’s year-long mission will end in March. Watch the full event in the video above. _This_ [_article_](http://www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/video/watch-tfks-nasa-event-325091) _originally appeared on_ [_TIME for Kids_](http://www.timeforkids.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/"},"headline":"Watch Students Chat Live With NASA Astronauts in Space","datePublished":"2015-12-08T21:50:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:12:38.721Z","description":"TIME for Kids invited 65 middle school students for a special video chat","url":"https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/","keywords":["Space","NASA","Science topic","scott kelly"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3679ca5647b831de/6988604c428a9e9c83ccebdd/office-desk-computer-health-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME for Kids","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-for-kids/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3679ca5647b831de/6988604c428a9e9c83ccebdd/office-desk-computer-health-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock health office desk computer work","caption":"TIME.com stock health office desk computer work","creditText":"Illustration by Sydney Rae Hass for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4141246/nasa-time-for-kids-video-chat/","name":"Watch Students Chat Live With NASA Astronauts in Space"}}]}] ```