FAQ

The Mission X activities are accessible through the Activities page in the menu bar. Using the tags at the top of the page, you can filter by type, theme, skill or the value of the activity for earning steps. Activities can be viewed and downloaded individually from each activity page, or you can download the entire catalogue at once by clicking the “Download all activities” button at the bottom of the Activities page.

The Mission X activities are comprised of:

• Physical Activities: hands-on training missions target strength, endurance, coordination, balance, and spatial awareness, utilising the same body parts as astronauts. Suitable for individual students or classroom settings, each activity includes a mission briefing, assignment, purpose, vocabulary, related facts, and safety guidelines. Activities can be practised simultaneously or one per week.
  
  
• Science Activities: investigations focus on STEM subjects, enabling students to practise scientific reasoning, critical thinking, and teamwork. They cover principles and topics essential for astronauts to stay healthy in space and complete their missions. Suitable for individual students or classroom settings, each activity includes lesson objectives, background information, step-by-step teacher guides, student worksheets, and safety guidelines. Activities can be practised simultaneously or one per week.
  
  
• National Activities: activities relating to training like an astronaut that can be found through National Organisers’ websites. These activities can be submitted as “Other Physical Activity” or “Other Science Activity” when submitting activities to earn steps in your account.

The Mission X Team works hard to make as many activities as possible available in multiple languages. If an activity is presently only in English, it will be stated on the activities’ page and it will appear in English if you use the “Download all activities” button.

To download activities in your native language, use the language dropdown menu at the top right corner of our webpage. This will automatically change the website and all files downloaded from the website into your language of choice.*

*If a file is not available in the language selected, it will download in English.

There is no minimum or maximum amount of activities that must be completed to participate in the challenge.

Nope! Unless your National Organiser has instructed that your country is completing specific activities only, you may complete whichever Mission X activities you wish. Throughout the challenge, you can complete as many or as little activities as you’d like, and you can even complete the same activity multiple times.