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    • What are the chances that you can see an eclipse or a shooting star from space?
    • How long would it take to get to Mars?
    • Can you pop spots in space?
    • Is there shops on the space station?
    • Has there ever been times where you can’t see an end in sight when doing your projects? how do you overcome it
    • If someone is (hypothetically) born in space, what passport would they get? (1 Comment)
    • What would your first course of action be if the rocket went of course?
    • Is there a core in the moon allowing it to have somewhat stronger gravity than empty Space?
    • How would your experience of a spacecraft like environment help prepare you for actual being up there or helping put
    • What is meant by an Antarctic winter? And what happens during one?
    • does a black hole have a outward motion instead of sucking everything into oblivion? is that why the black hole near us (1 Comment)
    • Is there just one big universe that is expanding, or are there lots of smaller universes that keep multiplying? (1 Comment)
    • Do you think there will be many more elements discovered in our solar system? What about other exoplanets? (1 Comment)
    • Is this a lifetime experience for you and is this a privilege that you will remember for ever? (3 Comments)
    • How big is the Concordia station and what is it like to live there?
    • Are people less likely to get ill in space?
    • Is there a chance that Tim Peake could be sucked into a black hole in space? And if so, what would happen to him? (2 Comments)
    • will tardigrades ever be used to explore other galaxies??
    • Is there a possibility that something could go wrong on this trip? (2 Comments)
    • What’s the main reason that you decided to choose a job in the STEM field.
    • How do we know there are just 9 planets (including Pluto) in our Solar System? What if there are more? (1 Comment)
    • is it possible for planets to fall out of orbit?
    • If people have already pushed poor Pluto out of the solar system, due to its size, do you think that people will push
    • How many people are involved in Principia?
    • If you were going to stay on the ISS, what do you think the advantages would be ? What do you think would persuade you (1 Comment)

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    • how do you wash in space (1 comments)
    • how do you brush your teeth in space? (1 comments)
    • how do you go to the toilet when in space? (1 comments)
    • How much is it approximately to make a space camera(in £s)? (1 comments)
    • Are there any living things in Space other than planets?(If planets are living things!) (1 comments)
    • Is it true that the sun will blast a trillion years later and we all have to move to another planet because Earth is (1 comments)
    • What do you do to make space launch safer? (1 comments)
    • Who was your favourite astronaut when you were young? (1 comments)
    • How did Tim get picked to go on the ISS and what are his qualities? (1 comments)
    • If someone is (hypothetically) born in space, what passport would they get? (1 comments)
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  • About the Training Zone

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    As a space-based muppet might have said: It ain’t easy becoming an astronaut…

    In fact, Tim Peake has been training for over 6 years for his trip to the thermosphere. During this time Tim has spent 12 days on the seabed, learned Russian, and ridden the famed ‘Vomit Comet’. He’s been to Canada, USA, Russia, Japan and Europe in his quest to learn everything he’ll need for his 6-month stay on the ISS.

    And he’s not done this alone. As part of his training he has interacted with dozens of people who are experts in many different areas: medics who understand the special strain that space places on the human body, engineers who designed robotic arms he will manipulate, instructors who specialise in the many unique procedures that microgravity requires, and the scientists whose experiments Tim will be carrying out in the Columbus lab module.

    In the Training Zone you will meet some of these people, and others whose work in science and engineering contributes to human space missions on the ISS.

  • Zone News

    • School and Student Winners 22 Oct
    • Thank you from your winner - Beth! 20 Oct
    • And the winner of the Training Zone is… 16 Oct
    • The next Team Member out is… 15 Oct
    • The second Team Member evicted is… 14 Oct

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