Your Mission: Perform a climb training activity on wall bars or a rock wall to improve balance and coordination, and …
It’s time to get up, move your body, and train like an astronaut!
Astronauts need years of training and preparation for their missions to space. Learn the key elements to keeping fit and staying healthy in space and on Earth with Mission X.
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Explore the Mission X activities made by space scientists and fitness professionals working with real astronauts!
Your Mission: Explore taste sensations on the tongue and experiment to see which senses influence taste. For astronauts, all their …
During a spacewalks, astronauts need some serious dexterity and hand-eye coordination to carefully complete tasks, all while wearing bulky gloves …
Your Mission: Explore the importance of hydration and identify the signs of dehydration. Since our bodies are made up of …
Your Mission: Identify which plants are suitable for growing in space as a good source of nutrition for astronauts. Food …
Your Mission: Observe and compare bones, and design bone models to investigate ways to keep bones healthy. Explorers need strong …
Your Mission: Perform the Commander Crunch and Pilot Plank to improve the strength in abdominal and back muscles. Astronauts in …
Your Mission: Investigate healthy food choices and Calorie needs for life on earth vs. life in space Astronauts living on …
Your Mission: Assemble a puzzle quickly and correctly to understand the importance of dexterity and hand-eye coordination. When working with …
You have just had a great day of exploring the Moon, but it’s time to head back to the base …
Your Mission: Perform an exercise with balls of different weights, as if you were in different gravitational conditions, to strengthen …
Your Mission: Design and build a robotic arm to perform some simple tasks. To help out in space, scientists have …
Let’s HIIT the space gym and get ready to sweat! To keep those hearts and lungs healthy, perform a series …
Your Mission: Discover the fat content of a meal and formulate a balanced meal using fat content information. As astronauts …
Your mission: Crate your own craters! This resource was created by Space Expo in collaboration with NSO, The Netherlands 2026 …
Your Mission: Sample, grow, and investigate the micro-organisms around us and research their relationship with many of the products we …
Your Mission: Perform a walk, progressing to 1600m to improve lung, heart, and other muscle endurance. When exploring space, astronauts …
Your Mission: Perform an activity that blends together squats, pushups, and jumping in the air (burpees) to promote muscular strength, …
Your mission: Frozen water on the moon This resource was created by Space Expo in collaboration with NSO, The Netherlands …
Your mission: Complete an obstacle course in a wheelchair to develop your coordination and endurance. This resource was created by …