Real World: STS-119 Brings More Power to the Space Station
Meet two teachers turned astronauts who had important roles in the mission to update the solar arrays on the International Space Station. Find out how STS-119 carried the giant arrays that will allow the station to house a crew of six in the future.
Background Information
Grades 6 through 8
- NASA A Day In the Life
- NASA International Space Station
- NASA International Space Station Tour
- NASA ISSLive!
- NASA Solar Arrays
- NASA Teach Station
- NASA Glenn Research Center Powering the Future
Grades 9 through 12
- NASA STS-119 Mission Site
Activities
Grades 6 through 8
- NASA Now in Space
- NASA Solar Arrays: Do-It-Yourself Podcast
- NASA STEM on Station
Mathematics
Grades 6 through 8
- SpaceMath@NASA Solar Power and Satellite Design
- NASA JSC International Space Station LABS: Saving Space Station Power
- Space Math @ NASA Counting Craters on the Hubble Space Telescope
- SpaceMath@NASA Energy at Home