Russia invades Ukraine, retreats from ISS Minnehaha's annual space-station project may take new directions in future years Testing shark skin on bacteria growth, growing calcium carbonate crystals...
ISS Articles
Tell Me About It – Season 1 Episode 4: Joy Reist
Tell Me About It Season 1, Episode 4: Joy Reist Host Ann Oakman interviews Chemistry teacher and International Space Station (ISS) Team Leader Joy Reist about the ISS Team's 2022 experiment.
ISS experiment goes ‘green’
Space Station class explores algae growth in microgravity The International Space Station (ISS) class, taught by Joy Reist and Tim Swanson, is currently growing spirulina algae in the science...
ISS Update
Project returns to Earth after 3 months On April 6, the Minnehaha Academy International Space Station experiment returned to Earth aboard the Space X CRS- 20, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean....
Growing crystals in space
Minnehaha ISS team growing crystals to combat kidney stones The 2019-2020 Minnehaha Academy International Space Station experiment will explore the condition of kidney stones by growing calcium...
Sending school work to space
Minnehaha ISS team prepares experiment for space The Minnehaha Academy ISS team is preparing an experiment to grow calcium carbonate crystals in space, with a launch date to the International Space...
From printing paper to printing organs
New technology brings new creations, big and small Twenty-month-old Kaiba Gionfriddo was born with...
Page family stem lab opens
The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Page Family Stem Lab was held on Tues., Nov. 3. Faculty and students gathered to...
I.S.S. team stays positive after Falcon 9 explodes
The I.S.S. team reflects on their journey after the destruction of their experiment in the launch explosion "I...
New facilities, new opportunities
Long-awaited renovations to the science department are planned to take place in 2015, improving labs for current...
Sharks in Space
The 2014-15 International Space Station experiment will explore the effects of artificial shark skin on bacteria...
Year two in space, year one in class
Minnehaha's International Space Station (ISS) team creates their experiment during class time On Feb. 25, NASA...
Day 112 Dr. Marshburn
Astronaut Dr. Tom Marshburn visits the school to answer questions and discuss the ISS project. Photo by Maddie Binning.