Become a Home Astronaut!
Take part in interesting science experiments and activities at home just like astronauts do on the space station.
Nickelodeon Slime in Space Virtual Field Trip
This free out-of-this-world virtual field trip will take kids 250 miles above earth to see how slime, and water, react in a microgravity environment.
Orion’s Quest
Orion’s Quest engages teachers and students in authentic space-based research through live or virtual “missions.”
Story Time from Space
Watch astronauts on the International Space Station read children’s books and perform science demonstrations!
Space Farmer DreamKit from Dream Up
With our Space Farmer DreamKit, learners will grow plants on Earth and compare them to plants grown by astronauts on the ISS!
20 years of Student Experiments Using the ISS
Download the Report to learn about the student experiments this community has enabled over the past 20 years of continuous human presence onboard the ISS.
Space Station Explorers Blog
The ISS Engineering Feat: Design
Possibly the most interesting thing about the International Space Station (ISS) is not its experiments but how impressive of an engineering feat it is.…
The ISS Engineering Feat: Power and Cooling
Solar panels and radiators on the International Space Station are essential to power the life support systems and experiments onboard. On November 10, 1998,…
The Engineering Feat: ISS Robotics
The International Space Station (ISS) has multiple robotics systems in place, ranging from the robotics allowing for the solar panels to always face the…
2019 ISSRDC Award: Providing a Unique, Hands-On Learning Experience for Middle and High School Students Interested in Chemistry and Crystallization
Each year, the International Space Station (ISS) Research and Development (R&D) Conference, held in coordination with the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, NASA, and the…
Nickelodeon's Slime in Space Takes Off
This past weekend, Nickelodeon aired its annual Kids’ Choice Awards, famous over the years for “sliming” its…
From the Classroom to Space: Launching Student Science
Last week, students from several iLead Schools had an out-of-this-world opportunity—to take their science experiments from…
Engaging Students in Research on Nitrogen Fixation in Microgravity
In ExoLab-7, which recently launched to the ISS on NG CRS-13, Magnitude.io seeks to explore how…
20 Years of Student Experiments Using the ISS
Download this Report to learn more about the student experiments the community has enabled over the past 20 years of continuous human presence onboard the ISS.
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