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At around 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station is the largest spacecraft of its kind ever built.
国际空间站位于地球上空约250英里处，是迄今为止建造的同类航天器中最大的。
It orbits our planet every 90 minutes, whizzing around the Earth at 5 miles per second.
它以每秒5英里的速度，每90分钟绕地球一圈。
The ISS has been home to astronauts for nearly 25 years, but what's life really like for those living up there?
近25年来，国际空间站一直是宇航员的家，但那里的人的生活到底是什么样的呢？
Pupils from one lucky primary school got the chance to find out.
一所幸运的小学的学生们，有机会一探究竟。
Contact was made as the International Space Station passed over Australia.
联络是在国际空间站经过澳大利亚上空时进行的。
Students got to hear from NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who was due to return to Earth from the ISS in February, 2025 after eight months in space.
学生们听到了NASA宇航员苏妮塔·威廉姆斯的声音，她会在太空停留8个月，于2025年2月从国际空间站返回地球。
"My name is Elsie, and my question is what do I have to learn to be an astronaut? Over."
“我的名字叫埃尔西，我的问题是我要学什么才能成为一名宇航员呢？结束。”
"Hello, Elsie, and welcome to the International Space Station.
“你好，埃尔西，欢迎来到国际空间站。
Well, I'll tell you anything that you want to do that's a little bit of science, technology, engineering and maths. What I mean by that is we have pilots up here, we have doctors, we have scientists, we have engineers, so any field that you feel like you like, that would be great, Over."
“我要告诉你，任何你想学习的，比如科学、技术、工程和数学，都可以。我的意思是，我们这里有飞行员、有医生、有科学家、有工程师，所以任何你觉得你喜欢的领域，都没问题的。结束。”
So how did you feel speaking to a real-life astronaut?
那么，与现实生活中的宇航员交谈，你感觉如何？
"My dream job was originally to be an astronaut. I feel like it's made my hopes go bigger."
“我最开始的梦想中的工作就是成为一名宇航员。我觉得这次沟通让我的希望变得更大了。”
"Really excited that I could do this one in a lifetime opportunity that most people don't get to do."
“我真的很兴奋，我可以做这个大多数人一生中都没有机会做的事情。”
