New Student Experiments Reach ISS on SpaceX CRS-14
For the SpaceX CRS-14 mission, a Dragon capsule launched on April 2 and berthed with the International Space Station on April 4. The capsule…
It’s Tomatosphere Season!
Teachers in classrooms all over the country are excitedly tweeting images and updates about their classrooms’ Tomatosphere experiments. Each classroom receives two packets of…
You Don’t Need Gravity to Be Strong in The Force
Star Wars and the International Space Station share a close connection. In September 2017, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)…
Earth Day: Seeing Our Home on a Global Scale
Our final Earth Day post is contributed by guest author Rebecca Hitt, Museum Education Assistant Manager at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. When…
Earth Day: Dramatic Weather in 3D Images from Space
Our second Earth Day post is contributed by guest author Drew LePage, Senior Project Scientist in the Applied Physics Group at Visidyne. Earth Day…
Earth Day: Seeing Our Home Through an Astronaut’s Lens
Our first of three Earth Day posts is contributed by guest author David Libby from TERC, which operates Windows on Earth. All images are courtesy…
Astronauts Initiate Student Experiments for Genes in Space
On April 11, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold initiated the first of two student experiments that won the 2017 Genes in Space…
Control a Camera on the ISS April 10-16, 2018!
To take a photo of Earth from space, you don’t need to be an astronaut. You don’t need to work for NASA. You don’t…
The Winning Alliances of the Zero Robotics 2017 Tournament
The Zero Robotics High School 2017 Champions have been selected! On January 11, 2018, over 600 students gathered to watch cosmonaut Alexander “Sasha” Misurkin and…
Students’ Code Controls Robots on the Space Station
On January 11, Zero Robotics held its Finals for the 2017 High School competition onboard the International Space Station, sharing the tournament through a…
Send Science to Space With Marvel’s Groot and Rocket!
The Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge is now open for submissions until January 31, 2018! This competition, open to U.S. citizens ages…
The ISS is on Google Street View!
It was a major feat to get the International Space Station onto Google Street View! Google commissioned Thinkspace Consulting to tackle this project. An all-female team…