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The educational dimension
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is willing to share his amazing experience in space with people all over the planet.
As one of the three dimensions of his mission, he will find time in his busy agenda to promote two exciting educational activities.
Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut
Astronauts need to stay fit on the ground and in space, and Paolo Nespoli has undertaken years of preparation and physical training to travel to the International Space Station. ESA and several space organisations are using the example of space explorers to promote regular exercise and healthy nutrition among young people worldwide.
The European astronaut is now the ambassador of Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut, an educational programme for primary school pupils. Children can perform physical exercises and classroom lessons to compete with teams throughout the world and become as fit as Paolo.
Would you like to try? Have a look to this site! www.trainlikeanastronaut.org
Greenhouse in Space
Schoolchildren aged 12–14 years are invited to join the new Greenhouse in Space activity. The European astronaut will grow both a flowering plant and a lettuce and follow their germination and growth cycles over a two-month period in space, while at the same time students on the ground begin their own experiment and compare their results with Paolo’s experiment.
When the astronaut will waters seeds for the first time, students all over Europe will have a chance to participate and some lucky ones will be able to ask him questions directly. Germany, Italy and Portugal are the host countries so far for this live, in-flight education downlink that will take place at the beginning of 2011.
Later on, Paolo Nespoli will record himself presenting the key steps in the plants' growth. Parallel online lessons will be available both on this website as well as on DVD after the completion of the project.
Greenhouse in Space aims to teach children about the life cycle of a plant and encourage student to make scientific observations of the germination of each seed both on ground and on the International Space Station.
Last update: 8 October 2010
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