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| Mark Zuckerberg on stage at the annual F8 developer conference. [PHOTO: Special Arrangements] |
By News Desk | Washington, DC: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will connect with three astronauts currently living and working aboard the International Space Station at 12:55pm EDT (10:25pm IST) Wednesday.
This unique Earth-to-space call will be beamed live on NASA's Facebook page.
During the 20-minute Facebook Live video call with NASA astronauts Tim Kopra and Jeff Williams, and European Space Agency’s Tim Peake, Zuckerberg will ask questions submitted at https://www.facebook.com/nasa.
The International Space Station serves as the world's leading laboratory for conducting cutting-edge microgravity research, and is the primary platform for technology development and testing in space to enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars.