July 4th of 2008 our local Cub Scout group used a shortwave radio to talk to NASA astronauts as they orbited the earth.  They were able to sync with the astronaut’s 10 minute window.  Our students had some fantastic questions for them.  Please take a look at the videos linked below to see what took place on this exciting day.

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/070508kvuespacescouts-rm.287aa10f.html

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6915593&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6915557&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1