Free Space Kit for Children: From Earth, to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond!
![2022-12-03 – NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio embark on a spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array to improve the power configuration on the Space Station. Attached to the foot restraint on Canadarm2, Cassada (above) manoeuvres the solar array into position.](/osas/files/osas/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/channels/image/canadarm2-assists-during-spacewalk-_1.jpg?itok=w47s1pn0×tamp=1709231178)
Calling all young space enthusiasts!
Join Let's Talk Science at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and explore Canada's impressive contributions to space technology. Discover the different types of telescopes, orbiters, landers, rovers and helicopters used in space exploration and what information these technologies share with us.
The booklet will take you back to historic missions and their remarkable achievements through to present and upcoming missions, such as the ongoing Artemis missions.
The kit includes a printed booklet, materials for hands-on activities, and a pair of certified (reusable) eclipse eyeglasses or viewer for viewing the solar eclipse of April 8.
- Children ages 6 to 12
- French and English kits available
- Limit of 1 kit per child
Pick-up your kit between March 11 and March 15:
- Staff and Faculty: Service Desk, Macdonald Campus Library (9:00am to 5:00pm)
- Student parents: CC-124, Centennial Center (9:00am to 4:30pm)
Image:Â 2022-12-03 NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio embark on a spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array to improve the power configuration on the Space Station. Attached to the foot restraint on Canadarm2, Cassada (above) manoeuvres the solar array into position.
°Õ³ó±ðÌý is a volunteer-based group of graduate and undergraduate students from a wide range of faculties at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. Our volunteers deliver hands-on classroom presentations, host public STEM events, mentor for and evaluate projects at regional science fairs, and provide STEM outreach to a range of urban and indigenous schools!