During his stay in orbit, André has a unique view on ‘Spaceship Earth’ from his own spaceship, the International Space Station.

From the spectacular vantage point provided by Cupola, the ESA astronaut can observe both the beauty and fragility of our planet.

His observations support the ESA online lessons designed to help European children aged 10–18 strengthen their knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

View of Earth from the ISS

View of Earth from the ISS

ESA and the Netherlands Space Office have worked together to make André’s education programme a comprehensive and exciting one to follow for students and teachers.

The first theme of the Spaceship Earth activity is ‘Life in space’. Lessons for this theme on radiation, balance and immunology are now available online from the PromISSe website.

More lessons on the themes ‘Biodiversity on Earth’ and ‘Planet Earth’s climate’ will be added throughout the PromISSe mission.

Ruimteschip Aarde

The Netherlands Space Office, Science Center NEMO, Space Expo, WNF and ESA have teamed together to provide a Dutch language version of the project for schools in the Netherlands. Visit the website: www.ruimteschipaarde.nl (in Dutch) to find out more.