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Inspire

November 22, 2011 | Issue 21

The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More, by Charles T Bourland and Gregory L Vogt

The question that astronauts are most frequently asked is ‘How do you go to the toilet in space?’ This rather puts the cart before the horse because the next most popular questions concern the other end of the alimentary canal: ‘How do you eat in space?’, ‘What does the food taste like up…

Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Resources

Understand

November 23, 2009 | Issue 10

The International Space Station: life in space

How do astronauts eat, sleep and wash? Can you get ‘seasick’ in space? In the second of two articles about the ISS, Shamim Hartevelt-Velani, Carl Walker and Benny Elmann-Larsen from the European Space Agency investigate.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Astronomy / space
         

Understand

October 2, 2008 | Issue 9

The International Space Station: a foothold in space

In the first of two articles, Shamim Hartevelt-Velani and Carl Walker from the European Space Agency take us on a trip to the International Space Station.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
           

Understand

April 29, 2008 | Issue 8

Laboratory in space: interview with Bernardo Patti

Bernardo Patti is the Columbus mission manager at the European Space Agency. He is an engineer and worked at nuclear power plants before going into space technology. Shortly before Columbus was launched, he talked to Anna-Lynn Wegener.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
             

Understand

April 28, 2008 | Issue 8

The Automated Transfer Vehicle – supporting Europe in space

Where do astronauts get their food? What happens to their waste? Adam Williams from the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, describes the development of an unmanned shuttle to supply the International Space Station.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
           

Teach

August 4, 2006 | Issue 1

Spiders in Space : a collaboration between education and research

An ambitious Australian school project sent spiders into space to experience microgravity. 'Spiders in Space' will form the basis of a future project involving many more schools worldwide. Lachlan Thompson and Naomi Mathers, from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, explain how it all started.

Ages: 14-16;
Topics: Biology, Astronomy / space, General science