As part of NASA’s I.S.I.S. initiative in Oakland, Mos Def and astronaut Leland Melvin signed on to promote science education through holographic images of themselves. In a statement, Flaco said:

“Leland Melvin and myself are working with the Instituting Science in Schools Program, sponsored by NASA I’m just here to give the young people some inspiration, some positive encouragement and some good information about science, technology, creativity and discovery and how to use math, science and information to make a positive impact and changes on the world around us.”

Here’s footage from the Chabot Space & Science Center courtesy of freshlysharpened.com