ISS Articles

Unlikely links between school, space & war

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 and trying to revive dried algae have all been experiments worked...

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 classroom. The algae is being tested on growth in microgravity.  "The...

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. The project, which researched the effect of a microgravity environment...
Plants in space

Plants in space

The Plant Team of Minnehaha's ARE class is studying the effect of microgravity on phototropism; i.e. how microgravity...

Sharks in Space

Sharks in Space

The 2014-15 International Space Station experiment will explore the effects of artificial shark skin on bacteria...

Day 112 Dr. Marshburn

Day 112 Dr. Marshburn

Astronaut Dr. Tom Marshburn visits the school to answer questions and discuss the ISS project. Photo by Maddie Binning.