Expedition 55/56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold explains the significance of these resilient structures and the forces they are up against in microgravity.

Watch Expedition 55/56 flight engineer Ricky Arnold in this two-part episode as he explains spacewalk safety and training in addition to the parts of the spacesuit that protects astronauts outside the space station.

Watch Expedition 55/56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold discuss the crew sleeping quarters, why sleep is important and how they adapt for circadian rhythms aboard the space station.

FUTURE U. provides educators with the tools they need to inspire their students to use creativity, collaboration, persistence and problem-solving to change the world.

Join us for our last STEM Pro Live for the school year featuring Boeing.  We will be joined by two Boeing professionals to learn more about their journey and what they do at Boeing, focusing on Boeing’s environmental efforts.

Join Discovery Education and Boeing as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day: the worldwide event focused on promoting clean living and a healthy, sustainable habitat for humans and wildlife.

Join Boeing and Discovery Education on a mission to inspire the world through aerospace innovation with an exclusive virtual field trip to historic Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

What happens when you send Nickelodeon slime to the International Space Station?

Here’s an easy experiment you can do to see the differences in how plants grow on Earth compared to how they grow in microgravity on the International Space Station.

Do you know why things float in space? It might not be why you think!

If you’ve ever poured out a cup of water, wrung out a towel, or sprayed something with a hose, you’ve observed how water acts here on Earth.

It’s common misperception that everything is floating on the International Space Station because there’s no gravity. This is a myth!