Space: What’s it Like to Live There?

ISS024-E-014263 (11 Sept. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows.

$18

($14 + $4 for materials)

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

8:00pm to 9:15pm

The Belasyse

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What’s it all about?

Come learn all about the realities of living in space while tasting astronaut food and constructing your own zero-g coffee cup.

What will we cover?

Have you ever wondered what astronauts get up to in space? How do they go to the bathroom? What do they eat?

Find out the answer to these questions and more as you learn how astronauts turn their workplace into a home. Discover how shifting body fluids change an astronaut’s sense of taste and how yesterday’s coffee becomes today’s coffee on the International Space Station.

Who will be teaching?

Lisa Stojanovski is a science communicator currently based in Perth, Australia.
She is also a YouTube video producer for the channel TMRO, where she interviews astronauts and explains the science experiments aboard the International Space Station. Lisa is a graduate of the International Space University and was named one of the International Astronautical Federation’s Emerging Space Leaders for 2016. Lisa is passionate about inspiring kids to pursue careers in space and STEM.