Students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program listen while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program listen while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Eric Santos —a first-grader in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program— reacts to seeing NASA astronauts on the screen live to talk to his class from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Kindergartner Lennon Hughes and fifth-grader Myla Oliveria, students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program, cheer as the connection with NASA astronauts is established to interact with the class live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A student in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program waves to visitors while NASA astronauts talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Beatrice Berriz —coordinator for Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program— along with fifth-grader Myla Oliveria get ready to connect with NASA astronauts live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A student in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program cheers as NASA astronauts wrap up their remarks to his class live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Sally Ride Elementary School Principal Kahlil Ortiz, far left, listens with students while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Pratishtha Jaiswal —a fith-grader in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program— holds up a poster of NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins during introductions of their live broadcast to the class from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Kindergartner Lennon Hughes and fifth-grader Myla Oliveria, students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program, are ready to connect with NASA astronauts live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program listen while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
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Students in Sally Ride Elementary School’s Aviation and Aerospace Magnet Program listen while NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney talk to them live from the International Space Station, Friday, October 16, 2026. 26 students posed questions about living in space as a part of NASA’s In-flight STEM Downlink program. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)