While Americans and Russians have to fly together towards the ISS, franceinfo junior is interested in this international space station. To answer children’s questions: Olivier Sanguy, in charge of space news at the Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse.
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An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts take off on Wednesday September 21 aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan, heading to the ISS. A space base that the children of franceinfo junior want to know better. We talk about it with Olivier Sanguy, in charge of space news at the Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse. He answers questions from college students in Nouméa, New Caledonia.
To open the show, Leo wants to know “in what year was the ISS launched”. Cameron wonders what is the ISS for? Kimberly is interested in the profile of the astronauts chosen to stay on the ISS. Andrea wonders about the cohabitation between Russians and Americans “despite the context of the war”. Robin also wonders what is the purpose of the mission of these new astronauts sent to the ISS.
On this page, re-listen in full to this franceinfo junior program devoted to the ISS.