Space Station Science Marianne J. Dyson. Scholastic Inc., 1999. Top Forty years ago, during the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, no one could imagine that in the 1990s Russians and Americans would be collaborating on a space station. Have high school students research the history of the space age, focusing on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Make sure students discuss the role of competition between the two countries.
Students can write a research paper on their findings or make a presentation to the class.
Back to Top 1. If astronauts traveled to Mars, they would be away from Earth for more than a year. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes. At night, about 85 to 90 percent of the world's population can see it. As it passes overhead, it looks like a bright, slowly moving star.