Have you ever wanted to communicate with an astronaut in orbit? If you have a question for Stockton's astronaut, Jose Hernandez, and his crew, there's a chance they'll answer it live on NASA TV.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will post weekly footage of the next shuttle mission on YouTube for users to watch. Users can ask questions about the images in the form of 30-second YouTube videos in English or Spanish.

Every week, NASA TV will choose several of those questions. The videos will be featured along with live telecasts of the astronauts addressing the inquiries.

Hernandez, a mechanical engineer who will be aboard the shuttle Discovery, will answer Spanish-language submissions. He also is the crew's official communicator on twitter.com.

The six-member crew, scheduled to launch in late August, will deliver science equipment to the International Space Station, drop off Danielle Stott and pick up Timothy Kopra, who went to the space station in July.

University of the Pacific, Hernandez's alma mater, will host a celebration in Stockton the day of the launch.

Angel Picon, a close friend of Hernandez's and former chairman of the Stockton-based Jose Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation, also is working on organizing a hero's welcome celebration for October.

Hernandez is scheduled to return from space 13 days after the launch.

Videos of questions about the mission may be submitted at www.youtube.com/user/ReelNASA.