l2 just another day in space

Just Another Day in Space

Have you ever wondered… what life on a space station

would be like?

What do they do up there?

How do they eat in space?• http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacefood/index.html

How do they sleep in space?http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacesleep/index.html

What do they wear?

• http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/eva/spacesuit.html

Subject: Week oneDate sent: April 24, 2058To: earthkids@worldschool.edu

• Hello Earthlings!• I’m Amanda Corbett. I’m living on a

space station with my parents. I will send an e-mail message once a week to tell you what my life is like up here. I hope I will soon have many exciting things to report.

• I’ve attached a photo of what I see from my cabin window. That’s how Earth looks from approximately 300 miles above. Sometimes I can distinguish parts of Earth. Desert areas are _____and rain forests are ____. What I see depends on the time of day, where we are, and the weather. I spend a lot of time looking out of my window. It’s a little ____ up here in space!

• Your space station friend, • Amanda

• The surface of the moon

More photos….http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/educators/teachers_astrona

ut_images.shtml

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/

Cool site

Homework (HW-A)

Topic: An astronaut’s life in space

Please draw pictures and describe… 1. How do astronauts eat?2. What do they wear? 3. How do they sleep?4. What can they see from the space

station?