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And NPR, this is NASA with a voice check down the phone line. How do you copy?

I, sorry, I forgot my line.

No worry.

Nadia is that you again?

Yes.

Okay great if you wouldn't mind standing by for just a moment I'm going to

get mission control on the line and

I'm going to ask you to count to 10 for mission control and they're going to evaluate the

quality of the line just one moment all right one so we we should jump in here

what you're hearing if it's not clear is our producer

Nadia talking with Beth who is an audio engineer at NASA. What they're doing

is they're getting a set up to talk to three astronauts who are currently on board the International Space Station.

This is, I believe, our longest distance call ever.

And Nadia, your line is now certified for communications with space.

Okay, so the voices you're going to be hearing are Tim Copra, he's the commander of the

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