At Vision Australia Enfield,12 lucky children got to talk to the on-orbit crew at the International Space Station, through a live radio transmission.
It’s a world first for the crew to have spoken with a disability group.
Lilian Wang, 11, wanted to know what stops you and your pillows floating away when you go to bed.
Meanwhile her friend Mia Armsworth, who lost her central vision to an eye condition called macular atrophy, was more interested in knowing what the astronauts do on a normal day in the space station.
This worldwide educational project is made possible by ARISS (Amateur Radio on International Space Station).
National coordinator Paul Paradigm said the children had a general interest in wanting to know about what’s going on up there.
“It’s to give these children an opportunity that most others don’t get,” Mr Paradigm said.
“The purpose was to encourage young people to become interested in science, mathematics and technology.
“Over the last 20 years there’s been a decline in young people being interested in this technology,” he said.
Stationed high above us
■ The International Space Station is the biggest object ever flown in space
■ It travels around the Earth at an average speed of 27,700 km/h, completing 16 orbits per day
■ At night it can easily be seen from Earth, as it flies 320km above us
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