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Christmas on the ISS

How do astronauts celebrate Christmas on the ISS?

Chapter Three: Illustrator Ben Hawkes draws the ISS

Space Diary illustrator, Ben Hawkes, explains how he drew the International Space Station (ISS).

Tim Peake returning to space

This just in: Tim Peake is to return to space.

How Teacher Feedback Has Improved the Space Diary

Since launching the first edition of the Space Diary in 2015, we have received so many wonderful comments from teachers across the UK.

The Principia Space Diary programme returns in 2017

Principia Space Diary is back, giving thousands of schoolchildren the chance to become space experts as they learn about British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake’s historic space mission.

Meet the ORSAnauts

The Oxford Road Community School’s ORSAnauts watch the live stream of the Principia launch.

Watch Astronaut Tim Peake Return to Earth

Saturday 18th June is the big day when Tim Peake returns to Earth after six months on the International Space Station. Tim will return in a Soyuz capsule, along with crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra. He’s due to land in Kazakhstan at 10.15am BST.

Veg in Space! Learn about Space Gardening

Growing plants in space is an important area of research – especially as we need to explore how we might be able to grow food on planets such as Mars.

Principia Space Diary Highlights

We’re so inspired by all the great work students have completed during their mission to the ISS! Here’s what some schools have been up to.

5-Minutes with… Mike Salter

Mike Salter is an engineer who works at Urthecast. Just two years after graduating from university, two Earth-imagine cameras which Mike had played a major role in developing were installed on the ISS. Not a bad start to a career in space engineering!

Y3 students countdown to Principia launch!

This blog has been written by Tim Bromwich’s Year 3 Class at Cooper and Jordan School, Aldridge