Here's something I bet you didn't know. The International Space Station has an amateur radio station onboard, and we can use it to talk to folks back on Earth. It's all part of ARISS, a volunteer program that connects students via amateur radio communications with the ISS on-orbit crew.

So, back to the title of this post - how do astronauts get oxygen? That's a great question, and it's a question I recently answered while talking to others using the amateur radio. Click the play button below to hear what I said.


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