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\nOn 24 January, teachers and students from Ireland, Romania and Portugal were connected by video to ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n
\nEvery year, ESA organises a call with a Space Station astronaut for primary and secondary school teachers, students, scientists and engineers as part of its educational programme.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis year, events were organised in Limerick, Ireland, Timi\u015foara, Romania and Lisbon, Portugal. This picture is from Limerick.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe European Space Education Resource Office design classroom resources \u2013 tailored to national school curricula and language \u2013 to make technical and scientific subject matter more appealing and effective for teachers and students.\n<\/p>\n
\nWatch a replay of the event here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nMore about ESA\u2019s educational activities here: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Education<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nOn 24 January, teachers and students from Ireland, Romania and Portugal were connected by video to ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n \nEvery year, ESA organises a call with a Space Station astronaut for primary and secondary school teachers, students, scientists and engineers as part of its educational programme.\n<\/p>\n \nThis year, events were organised in Limerick, Ireland, Timişoara, Romania and Lisbon, Portugal. This picture is from Limerick.\n<\/p>\n \nThe European Space Education Resource Office design classroom resources – tailored to national school curricula and language – to make technical and scientific subject matter more appealing and effective for teachers and students.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n