
If you have access to a computer, you can explore all of the planets in the solar system and the NASA spacecraft that study them with free NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System software.


If you have paper and a pencil, crayons, colored pencils, markers, pastels, chalk or other art supplies, you can draw planets and moons. In space we can experience sunrise every 45 minutes and we can see 16 sunrises and sunsets a day.
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Did you know that NASA has origami experts who help figure out how to fit large spacecraft into the tight spaces on rockets? If you have paper, you can learn how to do origami, the Japanese art of paper folding.Here’s a scale model of the solar system you can make with play dough. You can sculpt your own planets, moons, rockets, satellites, astronauts and more. If you have flour, water and salt, you can make your own play dough.Learn more about astronauts growing plants in space. You can plant seeds and grow your own fruits and vegetables.

Students grew seeds on Earth at the same time to compare how they grew in both environments. Astronauts on the space station conducted experiments to grow tomato seeds and basil seeds in space. The worlds greatest scientists and engineers had been planning for. Astronauts are learning how to grow food in the microgravity of space. Today was the day that my astronaut crew would take space exploration to a new level. If you wonder how water acts differently on the space station than it does on Earth, watch this video by astronaut Chris Hadfield.
