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Andre Kuipers exercising in Node 3
Mission X: are you fit for space?
 
3 February 2012   “We are fun, we are strong and we are enthusiastic, we are going to win Mission X!” claimed one school at the Mission X launch. They will have their work cut out, judging by the eagerness of other schoolchildren across Europe.
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SPHERES finals on the International Space Station
Robot competition in zero-gravity
 
25 January 2012   School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station.
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Testing Arabidopsis in different soils
Greenhouse in space results and conclusions
 
20 January 2012   During the MagISStra mission, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli attempted to grow plants in space using a miniature greenhouse. Simultaneously, schoolchildren and the crew of Mars500 ran the same educational experiment to compare plant growth.
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