WHAT do you do when it’s your birthday and you are miles from nowhere with neither home nor hostelry in sight? Throw a party, of course, with the help of friends, family — and NASA.

A NASA astronaut will today unveil what life is like on board the International Space Station with a group of Cork schoolchildren.

BIRTHDAY wishes will be beamed into space today to an astronaut mourning the death of his mother while he was on his mission.

A live link between an astronaut on board the International Space Station and his Irish in-laws will be televised tomorrow.