Adelaide students link up with International Space Station after false alarm cancelled earlier call

School students from Adelaide’s northern suburbs have managed to speak to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) two weeks after their hearts sank when their call went unanswered.

The group of students that gathered at Mawson Lakes School last night was able to ask a range of questions of Shannon Walker, the American wife of Adelaide-born astronaut Andy Thomas.

NASA said astronauts were unable to answer the previous call because “a series of false alarms sounded on board”.

While it can usually take more than…