A collective gasp filled the air of the Elliott Ranch Elementary School multipurpose room Wednesday morning as the countdown to a live downlink with the International Space Station began. Student Spairo As-Salaam 8, left, reacts to seeing the astronauts for the first time from a live video feed from the International Space Station on Wednesday. Principal Brian MacNeill, center, listens with students as an International Space Station astronaut answers a question asked by student Maanasa Vasam, right, at Elliot Ranch Elementary School in Elk Grove on Wednesday. Mila Hessburg, 6, left, accompanies her sister Eva as she gets a fist bump from Elk Grove Unified School District Superintendent Steve Ladd at Elliot Ranch Elementary School in Elk Grove on Wednesday.