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The Mission X inflight call which took place at The European Astronaut Centre on 30 March 2011 in English.

After eight weeks of exercises and classroom activities, 4000 children from more than 25 cities worldwide are about to conclude their ‘Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut’ challenge that promotes healthy nutrition and regular exercise.
 
Acrobatic space somersaults and climbing martian mountains are some of the fun activities – inspired by astronaut training – performed by children and teachers from Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and the USA.

Eighty-five lucky German children, representing their young European colleagues, were invited to the European Astronaut Centre, in Cologne, Germany, from where they asked the questions provided by all participating children to Paolo Nespoli and Catherine Coleman onboard the ISS on 30 March 2011.