Hello to the students and teachers of the Chase Elementary School from the Space Station. Here are the answers to your questions:
What does it feel like to be in space?
When you first get to space you don’t always feel great. It takes time for your body to adapt. At first a lot of your blood goes to your head since there is no gravity to pull it down. This gives you a headache and a stuffy hose. Also, your stomach feels queasy, like you just rode on a rollercoaster 10 times. Eventually your body adjusts the blood in your head and your stomach gets used to being weightless. Then you feel great and it is like you are superman. You can fly and lift thousands of pounds.
What does the earth look like in space?
The earth is beautiful from up here. So many colors of blue in the ocean. It is like looking at a globe or a map pf the planet. I should have studied my geography a little more. It is sometimes hard to identify the countries but I am getting better.
Can you see the weather from space?
We can see clouds, hurricanes and even lightning storms. Lightning is my favorite thing to watch up here. I have seen huge storms cover almost all of Africa and the lightning strikes danced all over the place. It was incredible.
Of course we can see snow covered places and If you know where to look we can see icebergs. They are difficult to tell from clouds but they have a slightly blue tint to them.