Experience a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, hear message to parents and delegates

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NASA astronaut Rex J. Walheim wowed the audience with video and photos that included him dangling in space from his feet while working on an International Space Station module. Walheim, flight controller and operations engineer, is a veteran of two space flights and has logged more than 560 hours in space, including more than 36 EVA hours in five spacewalks. He now trains and evaluates crews for spacewalks.

Watch Walheim's address to the parents below

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