Home News NASA Has an Astronaut Pen Pal Program & Your Kids Need This So Much Right Now By Shahrzad WarkentinNovember 10, 2020 Search more like this space-centerastronautletterreceivequestionspace-cadetsjupiterassignwriteenvelopescientistflightofficetraining Read next News Ever Wonder What Those Colored Bread Tags Mean? Read This News The Chatter Telephone Is Back & It Makes Real Phone Calls News Sledding Gets the VIP Treatment with FUNBOY’s New Winter Collection News We’ll Gladly Work 9 to 5 to Buy This Dolly Parton Advent Calendar News Little Debbie Is Coming to Ice Cream Pints for the First Time Every kid loves getting mail, but what if they received correspondence from a real astronaut? Thanks to NASA’s pen pal program, they can write and receive answers from real, live astronauts. Read on to learn more. photo: WikiImages via Pixabay First, pick an astronaut! You can look up astronauts at NASA’s website here. Once you’ve picked your lucky astronaut, you should compose your letter. The best bet is to ask a specific question that an astronaut can answer. (Check out this amazing two-page letter one four-year-old received after her dad helped her write a letter to NASA scientist Dr. David Williams with a question about a probe headed to Jupiter’s moons.) You can also make a request for an autographed photo from current astronauts who are in training or are assigned to an upcoming flight. Any mail and photo requests can be sent to: NASA Johnson Space Center CB/Astronaut Office Houston, TX 77058 You can make it easier on the astronauts by including a self-addressed and stamped return envelope. Good luck, space cadets! —Shahrzad Warkentin RELATED STORIES: NASA Astronaut Joins Reading with Role Models This Teen Intern at NASA Discovered a New Planet This Nine-Year-Old Wrote to NASA With the Cutest Job App Ever LEGO Unveils a New “Women of NASA” Set
