Spacing out with Ricky Arnold at CCS

Spacing out with Ricky Arnold at CCS

The first astronauts in space seemed like superheroes: larger-than-life explorers with tales that were almost unfathomable. As people, they seemed as untouchable as the stars themselves. On Monday, Charlotte Central School students in grades four to six got to speak with NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, who was also larger than life—but mostly because his face appeared on a big screen in the school library, where students spoke to him through videoconference.