Students from the Caribbean and Central America Speak to the International Space Station

During this event, students from the Caribbean and Central America had the opportunity to speak with Astronaut Josh Cassada to learn about natural disaster research and monitoring, as seen from the unique perspective of the International Space Station. More than 400 questions were submitted by schools in the region. The selected questions were related to climate change and monitoring hazard events such as hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and coastal erosion. Learn more about the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program at https://www.ariss.org/. This event is part of the Disaster Fighters campaign, an initiative sponsored by the World Bank, GFDRR, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, CDEMA, CEPREDENAC, PACIFICO, and NASA Disasters Program, among other organizations. The campaign and video were produced by the team at Pacifico Risk Communications: Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch, Malena Albertoni, Alejo Santos, Nancy Núñez, Rodrigo Gonzalez Alvarado and Diego Voloschin. The contact was made possible by the IK1SLD ARISS HamTV Telebridge Ground Station located in Casale Monferrato, Italy.