By Ron Brown
 
October 20, 2008
 
PINEHURST, Ore. -- Students at the Pinehurst School got an opportunity to talk to American astronauts aboard the International Space Station Monday.
 
The live hookup with the space station was more than a year in the works, thanks to Ham Radio Operator Gene Davies. Students helped put together an antenna on the roof of the school to communicate through a network of radio amateurs. Sudents were able to ask questions about life on board the station.
 
"I just think for some of these kids it will be one of the most exciting events in their life. they'll look back and remember when they got to talk to someone up on the space station," says Pinehurst Adminstrator Wendy Fullerton.
 
Every one of the 20 or so students in the school posed a question in the 10 minutes the station was over the Eastern Pacific.
 
The Pinehurst School is located in Lincoln on Highway 66, between Ashland and Keno. Next month the school will celebrate its centennial.