Elementary and middle school students across Iowa will be tuning in to NASA-TV during “watch parties” Monday morning to see if astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their questions. Sara Nelson, an assistant director at the Iowa Space Grant Consortium, says it’s a very special event for young Iowans who took part in Astro Camps this past summer.

ISS astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will answer the series of questions from the Iowa students, though the kids won’t know which ones are going to air.

The earth-to-space call will air live starting around 11a.m. central. Anyone can watch for free via NASA-TV, the NASA app or the NASA channel on YouTube. There is an Iowan in the astronaut corps. Raja Chari is a Cedar Falls native who will command a mission to the ISS that’s scheduled for launch late next month.