Orion’s Quest

Orion’s Quest engages teachers and students in authentic space-based research through live or virtual “missions.” Missions are free, standards-based, and manageable in scope for easy integration into curriculum. In each mission, students analyze photo and/or video data downlinked directly from the ISS and submit their findings to scientists, making real contributions to world-class research aboard the ISS! Choose from missions that focus on butterflies, plants, microbes, spiders, stem cells, and more.

Each mission features:

• Mini-curriculum
• Correlated classroom activities
• Analysis of actual experiment photos and/or videos
• Optional extension materials

Current list of missions:

• Cancer Microgravity Research Experiment
• Stem Cell Studies on Station
• STEM on Station
• Managing Microbes in Space
• Plant Growth in Space
• Spiders in Space
• Fruit Flies in Space
• Butterflies in Space
• Silicate Gardens in Space