On board the ISS, Garan and his fellow astronauts will explore the effects of microgravity on simple machines by building models, conducting experiments, and sharing those results with students and teachers back on Earth through video and crew commentary. I think that's one of the reasons we have the space station, to inspire the next generation," said Garan. "We have lots of different methods educational outreach, one of them. I know when I was a kid I was inspired by the space program." "Just the fact that we are flying in space and the amazing things we are doing in space are very inspiring. "Education outreach is a big part of what we do at NASA," station flight engineer Ron Garan told collectSPACE from orbit Thursday. The LEGO Bricks in Space project is part of an outreach and educational program developed under the partnership between NASA and the LEGO Group to inspire children to explore science, technology, engineering, and math. The LEGO models, including the space station, will be used in eight educational activities that will be conducted by ISS crew members and made available to educators across the United States to utilize in classroom curricula. With their station assembly work completed, Endeavour's six astronauts departed the ISS late on Sunday evening, leaving behind the LEGO-version of the orbiting outpost for the station's crew to build. (collectSPACE)Įarlier during the STS-134 mission - the penultimate for the 30-year space shuttle program - Endeavour added to the station a new spare parts platform and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a $2 billion science experiment examining fundamental issues about matter and the origin and the structure of the universe. STS-134 mission logo rendered in LEGO bricks.
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