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Mission Journal

Your Mission: Track your space adventures, monitor progress, and reflect on your journey in your Mission X Journal. Let your students keep track of their Mission X activities in their own personal logbook. It features …

Astro Crops

Your Mission: Follow the development of three plants for 12 weeks to explore germination and plant growth.  If astronauts are going to settle on the Moon, or explore further reaches of our Solar System, they …

Astro Food

Your Mission: Identify which plants are suitable for growing in space as a good source of nutrition for astronauts. Food is one of the most important parts of our lives because it provides the fuel …

Astro Farmer

Your Mission: Investigate which factors affect plant growth, and relate these factors to growing plants in space. All the things we take for granted on Earth are either absent or different in space. In space, …

Reduced Gravity, Low Fat

Your Mission: Discover the fat content of a meal and formulate a balanced meal using fat content information. As astronauts travel to the moon, Mars, and beyond, the need for nutritionally balanced meals becomes even …

Bionic Hand

Your Mission: Explore the anatomy of the hand and build a bionic hand from cardboard. In a near future, it is expected that crews of astronauts and humanoid robots will work together to exploit space. …

Taste in Space

Your Mission: Explore taste sensations on the tongue and experiment to see which senses influence taste. For astronauts, all their food and drink needs to be carried to the International Space Station (ISS). Eating is …

Hydration Station

Your Mission: Explore the importance of hydration and identify the signs of dehydration. Since our bodies are made up of 50 to 70% water, it is essential to drink plenty of fluids to keep our …

Energy of an Astronaut

Your Mission: Investigate healthy food choices and Calorie needs for life on earth vs. life in space Astronauts living on the International Space Station need balanced meals to meet their energy and health needs while …

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