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Astronaut Peggy Whitson, who’s spent 665 days on the International Space Station, says using the toilet in space can get a little gross. Everything gets sucked away by a fan since there is no gravity. But when the toilet starts filling up, you have to push the poop down with your hand! That’s pretty disgusting.
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Astronauts on the International Space Station have a special assignment: reading to kids, from space! Story Time from Space is a program where carefully chosen books rocket up to the Space Station. Then an astronaut reads the book to kids back on Earth! You can watch on the Story Time from Space website.
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Bigelow Space Operations is building inflatable space habitats to go into low-Earth orbit. In a few years, scientists will be able to rent them and do research for much less than at the International Space Station. I’m planning my future vacation now, because they could also be used as space hotels!
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Will you be traveling over the holidays? So are the astronauts who blasted off yesterday! The Soyuz capsule launched from Kazakhstan carrying Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, Norishige Kanai from Japan and Scott Tingle from the United States. They are headed for the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above Earth.
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The new Star Wars movie is a big deal for fans, but what if you were stuck in space and couldn’t go see it? NASA is working on it! Astronauts on the International Space Station will soon get to watch The Last Jedi while orbiting 250 miles above Earth.
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Do you think you could design a tool that would be useful in space? Students can use free 3D design software to create a new combination tool from two tools already being used on the International Space Station. The best design will be 3D printed in space! Look for the Two for the Crew Challenge on NASA.gov and submit your idea before December 19th! Maybe you’ll grow up to be an astronaut and get to use your own invention!
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