Moore Middle School students speak to astronauts in space

ONE PERSON SAID HE WALKED OVER

TWO HOURS FROM A NEIGHBORING

TOWN JUST TO SEE IT.>> THAT IS

BEAUTIFUL.

I WONDER WHAT THAT WILL BE LIKE

WHEN IT MELTS.

>>> THAT IS SO COOL.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS COOL?

SOME KIDS IN RALEIGH GET TO

TALK TO ASTRONAUTS LIVE TODAY.

THEY ARE ALL GATHERED AT THE

MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY.

AND YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH

MR. HUNTER, THE SCIENCE TEACHER

OVER THERE.

WHAT AN EXCITED GROUP.

>> Reporter: IT IS A VERY

EXCITED GROUP.

SINCE WE LAST CHECKED IN IT HAS

GOTTEN REALLY LOUD IN HERE.

THE GYMNASIUM IS REALLY FILLING

UP.

THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WILL BE HERE

TO WITNESS THIS.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT EXACTLY HOW

THIS ALL WORKS.

WE WILL SEE HOW THE HAND RADIO

OPERATORS WILL SEND THE SIGNAL

UP AS THE SIGNAL -- SPACE

STATION PASSES OVER.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO

THREE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE

CHOSEN TO ASK QUESTIONS TODAY.

THIS IS MICHAEL.

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO DO THIS?

>> I AM VERY EXCITED TO LEARN

MORE ABOUT NASA AND THE

ASTRONAUTS INSIDE THE SPACE

STATION.

>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU REALLY

WANT TO FIND OUT TODAY?>> I

WANT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY FEEL

WHEN THEY ARE WEARING THEIR

SUITS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING

DAY TODAY DURING FREE TIME.

>> THIS IS CALLIE.

WERE YOU EXCITED TO BE CHOSEN

TO ASK QUESTIONS?

>> I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED.

I THINK IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO

PERSONALLY ASK THE ASTRONAUTS

ABOUT THEIR DAY TODAY -- DAY TO

DAY LIFE.

>> THAT WOULD BE EXCITING TO

KNOW.

>> Reporter: AND THEN THIS IS

MIGHT DAUGHTER REESE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ASK?

>> MY QUESTION IS ABOUT HOW THE

ASTRONAUTS ARE FEELING WHEN

THEY LOOK DOWN AT EARTH AND IF

THEY FEEL HAPPY OR JUST HOW

THEY FEEL.

>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THIS

IS SPECIAL THAT YOUR SCHOOL IS

DOING THIS?

>> OH YES.

I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE

ASKING THE QUESTION AND I HOPE

WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN

SOMETIME.>> THANK YOU.

ENJOY THIS EVENT.

THIS IS SO EXCITING HERE AT

MOORE SQUARE SCHOOL.

UNFORTUNATELY THE WEATHER IS

NOT TERRIBLY EXCITING. IT IS

NICE AND QUIET OUT THERE.

IT IS A GORGEOUS IN ROCKY MOUNT

MILLS.

SO ENJOY THAT PRETTY DAY OUT

THERE.

THERE ARE JUST A FEW PASSING

CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES.

ACROSS THE STATE, IT IS 29

DEGREES IN BOONE.

SOME TEMPERATURES WILL DROP

DOWN INTO THE UPPER 20s

OVERNIGHT.

FAYETTEVILLE IS 51 DEGREES AND

45 IN RALEIGH.

FOR A DAY IN FEBRUARY IT IS

FAIRLY PLEASANT.

WE ARE TRACKING OUR NEXT

SYSTEM.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LOW PRESSURE

SYSTEM ACROSS THE WEST RIGHT

NOW.

THAT WILL SWING IN ACROSS NORTH

CAROLINA WEDNESDAY.

THE TIMING OF THIS IS GOING TO

BE VERY SLOW.

THERE IS 8:00 A.M.

AT THAT POINT ALL OF THE RAIN

IS OFF TO THE WEST.

WE WILL HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS

MOVING IN AND THINGS WILL PICK

UP IN INTENSITY OVER THE COURSE

OF THE EVENING.

GRADUALLY, WE WILL SEE RAIN

PULLING AWAY FROM US DURING THE

MORNING ON THURSDAY.

THAT WILL BE OUT OF HERE BY THE

THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

IT DOES LOOK PRETTY WARM.

THOSE TEMPERATURES, EVEN THOUGH

IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT, IT

WILL BE PLENTY WARM AS THIS

SYSTEM MOVES IN.

IT WILL BE 42 OVERNIGHT WITH

RAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND

INTO THURSDAY.

AFTER THAT A NICE LITTLE WARM-

UP.

WE DO HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE

FORECAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A DRY

WEEKEND BUT THE RAIN HAS BEEN

VERY BENEFICIAL.

LOTS OF EXCITEMENT BEHIND ME IN

THE GYM AT MOORE SQUARE.

THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF

INCLUDING ALL THE STUDENTS.

ALSO, THE DANCE TROUPE WILL DO A

DANCE, THE ORCHESTRA IS GOING

TO PLAY A SPACE RELATED PIECE

OF MUSIC.

CELT LOTS OF EXCITEMENT HERE AT

MORE SQUARE TODAY.

>> THAT IS SO GREAT.

AND SO GOOD TO SEE REESE.

>> I AM SURE THEY WILL LEARN SO

MUCH FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.