{"id":2201,"date":"2017-08-11T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/these-cub-scouts-talked-with-an-astronaut-in-space-heres-how-your-pack-can-too\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T17:13:12","slug":"these-cub-scouts-talked-with-an-astronaut-in-space-heres-how-your-pack-can-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/these-cub-scouts-talked-with-an-astronaut-in-space-heres-how-your-pack-can-too\/","title":{"rendered":"These Cub Scouts Talked with an Astronaut in Space (Here\u2019s How Your Pack Can Too!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>I hope and I wish for all of you that you never stop learning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 \u00a0Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a group of Scouts to get to hear these words from an astronaut is a remarkable experience. But hearing an astronaut impart this wisdom while he\u2019s <em>in<\/em>\u00a0space is the stuff life-changing memories are made of.<\/p>\n<p>Bay Area Scouts posed questions to Jack Fischer as he stood (well, floated) aboard the\u00a0International Space Station earlier this week. The experience of eager, space-enthusiasts meeting their absolute hero is one best watched for yourself. Check out a video of the interaction (and watch until the end to see Jack execute a perfect, low-gravity flip):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dtqwaSBf4gE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>How to Make This Kind of Experience Possible for Your Kids<\/h1>\n<p>Through educational organizations, like the Boy Scouts of America, NASA conducts interactions with space station crew members who are in flight. If you volunteer with Cub Scouts, you can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/education\/centers\/johnson\/downlinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">In-Flight Education Downlinks<\/a> and how this may be possible for your pack or den.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re considering Cub Scouts as a new adventure for your family, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/beascout.scouting.org\/Why_Scouting\/CubScout.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">sign up<\/a> and talk to your pack\u2019s leaders about setting up an out-of-this-world experience like this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cubscouts.org\/cub-scouts-talk-with-astonauts\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">These Cub Scouts Talked with an Astronaut in Space (Here\u2019s How Your Pack Can Too!)<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cubscouts.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Cub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope and I wish for all of you that you never stop learning. \u2013 \u00a0Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA\u00a0 For a group of Scouts to get to hear these words from an astronaut is a remarkable experience. But hearing an astronaut impart this wisdom while he\u2019s in\u00a0space is the stuff life-changing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}