Ever wondered what it's like to live in outer space? Well now you can find out without having to leave your couch.
On Friday night for two hours, the National Geographic Channel will present a broadcast from the International Space Station that gives a glimpse into how astronauts live in space. Titled "Live From Space," the astronauts will also show how they perform science experiments in zero gravity.
"Every day at NGC our team tries to reach for the stars," NGC President Howard Owens said in a statement obtained by PCMag.com. "We are honored to have secured such amazing access to the station and the astronauts living there, and are exhilarated by the tremendous challenge to show Earth...live."
The broadcast, in partnership with NASA, will air at 8 p.m. EDT and will be hosted by Soledad O'Brien from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, according to PCMag.com. The broadcast will be aired in 169 countries around the world.
ISS Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata "will give viewers a fully guided tour [of the ISS], showing us how they live for months in microgravity," NGC said, PCMag.com reported. The audience will "learn how they sleep upside down, stay fit, maintain personal hygiene, and, of course (that question everyone is always curious about), how they use the toilet."
The audience will be able to participate in the broadcast by posting their questions in the form of Instagram videos with the hashtag #HelloFromEarth. Some of the videos will be aired during the show, PCMag.com reported. An interactive website created for the broadcast will also collect Instagram pictures of Earthlings waving to the astronauts.
The ISS is the largest spacecraft ever made in space. Orbiting between 230 and 286 miles above the Earth, it takes about 90 minutes to orbit the planet, according to National Geographic's website.
