What happens to a meal on its way to an astronaut’s mouth? NASA plans to show students how tasks as familiar as eating change aboard the International Space Station. The agency announced a live call for Wednesday, 4 November, beginning at 11am US Eastern Standard Time. For viewers in Nigeria, that is 5pm the same day.
The public broadcast is scheduled for NASA’s main YouTube channel. Astronaut Anil Menon is due to speak from the orbiting laboratory. Mark Rober, who worked as an engineer at NASA before becoming a science educator, will join the conversation from California. NASA issued the announcement on 3 November.
Students taking part in the American programme will ask Menon about life in microgravity, how to become an astronaut and the technology needed to send people into space. For families elsewhere, the invitation is to watch online. The announcement gives no procedure for a Nigerian classroom to submit questions directly during the broadcast.
Menon brings a medical background to those questions. A physician, he was selected for NASA’s astronaut candidate class in 2021. He launched on his first spaceflight on 14 July 2026 aboard Soyuz MS-29. Viewers are scheduled to hear from someone doing the work in orbit while the other speaker describes engineering from the ground.
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is hosting the call. It also introduces a collaboration with the ClassCrunchLabs Foundation, which Rober founded. The partners plan to bring NASA educational resources together with practical engineering activities for US students. The announcement describes a plan for future learning programmes.
What it means for you: a teacher or family in Nigeria can look for NASA’s official channel before 5pm on Wednesday and follow the demonstrations together. One question to take into the broadcast is how a crew member would keep food or equipment within reach when objects can float away.