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"On Feb. 22, NASA will host the first Google+ Hangout live from on board the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above Earth.\nNASA astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn, along with the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s Chris Hadfield will be on hand to answer social media followers' questions about what it's like to live in space. You can submit a question by sending a video prior to the Hangout. Crew members will also take a few real-time questions from social media fans on Google+, Twitter and Facebook.\nWhile this will be the first Google+ Hangout from space, it won't be the first time NASA has hosted a live video conference with astronauts on the ISS. The difference is that most of these chats have been a one-way video of the astronauts in space. A Google+ Hangout allows up to 10 people to video chat face-to-face, while thousands of people can watch via Google+ or YouTube.\nSEE ALSO: 15 Twitter Accounts Every Space Lover Should Follow\n\nOn Feb. 7, NASA TV and the Canadian Space Agency live streamed a one-way video chat with Commander Hadfield (see video below). The 30-minute session was particularly popular because Star Trek's William Shatner called in to ask a couple of questions.\n\"You've been a test pilot, the utmost example of courage. How do you deal with the fear, which is also applicable to space?\" Shatner asked Hadfield. \n\"What I'm scared most of is not knowing what to do next,\" he replied. \"After years of training, you practice everything down to the details so you have the confidence that comes with that.\"\nHadfield, who has a large social media following himself, also took some questions from the public. One of the more interesting inquiries came from a Canadian woman named Katrina, who asked what astronomical objects can be seen from the ISS. \n\"Most of our glances are back towards Mother Earth, but we do have windows that face the rest of the universe,\" Hadfield replied. \"The sky is almost white with the light of the universe and uncountable number of stars, but there is a lot of variation to it, even with just the naked eye. You can see the whole dark sections where there is dark matter or dust or whatever it is that is between us and the rest of the universe.\"\nFor the Google+ Hangout this month, NASA says crew members will likely to select the most \"unique and original\" questions. The live chat will start at 11 a.m. EST and is slated to last one hour.\n\nImage courtesy of NASA"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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