KNN Education Desk | Joseph — NASA announced November 3 that students across the United States can watch a live Earth-to-space STEM conversation with astronaut Anil Menon aboard the International Space Station and engineering educator Mark Rober, founder of the ClassCrunchLabs Foundation. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 11 a.m. Eastern / 8 a.m. Pacific.
A classroom connection to life aboard the station
During the program, Menon is expected to respond to questions from students about living and working in microgravity, the path to an astronaut career and the tools that make human spaceflight possible. NASA also plans demonstrations of how ordinary activities—such as eating and conducting experiments—change aboard an orbiting laboratory.
Rober, a former NASA engineer who now produces engineering education content, will join from California. NASA says he will discuss curiosity, creative problem-solving and the ways hands-on experiments can encourage students to explore technical careers.
A new collaboration for STEM access
The program also marks a planned collaboration between NASA and the ClassCrunchLabs Foundation. The organizations say they intend to connect NASA’s educational resources with hands-on engineering activities and expand opportunities for students to engage with real technical work.
Such outreach can make abstract topics more tangible: a lesson on forces becomes easier to discuss when students see floating objects and body movements in microgravity. But outreach programming alone does not establish that participating students will achieve particular test scores or career outcomes.
How educators and families can watch
NASA says the event will be carried on its official YouTube channel, with additional coverage through its Learn With NASA outlets. The agency’s November 3 event announcement offers the latest details. Viewers should distinguish the publicly available broadcast from a guarantee that every remote classroom will be able to submit a question.
Source: NASA Office of STEM Engagement announcement, November 3, 2026. Scheduled event date: November 4, 2026. As this article goes live, the call is upcoming.
