在家隔离的时候，NASA提供在线宇航员训练

在家隔离的时候，NASA提供在线宇航员训练

Who hasn't dreamt of escaping to the stars? Especially now, with most of us confined to limited spaces and steeped in tragic news.

谁不曾梦想过逃向星空?特别是现在，大多数人被限制在有限的空间里，沉浸在悲惨的消息中。

NASA and the ISS National Lab are ready to help. They've developed a range of adventurous programs and activities for all the children stuck in home lockdown, including a training program to become a home astronaut, build a hovercraft, launch rockets, and many more.

美国宇航局和国际空间站国家实验室准备提供帮助。他们为所有被困在家里的孩子们开发了一系列冒险项目和活动，包括成为一名家庭宇航员的训练项目、建造气垫船、发射火箭等等。

Astronauts see the world from space and want to share its beauty and its wholeness, explained ISS National Lab education manager Dan Barstow.

国际空间站国家实验室教育经理丹·巴斯托解释说:“宇航员从太空中看世界，他们想分享世界的美丽和完整。”

They do medical experiments to search for cures, and they help young people see the power of the mysterious Universe to pull us to explore.

“他们做医学实验来寻找治疗方法，他们帮助年轻人看到神秘宇宙的力量，吸引我们去探索。”

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Now children can follow their lead, with free educational activities that equip parents to help students explore science subjects, from life sciences and human health to robotics, maths and physics - complete with specific guides for kindergarten through to year 12.

现在，孩子们可以跟随他们的领导，通过免费的教育活动，主题项目从生命科学和人类健康到机器人、数学和物理，并包括从幼儿园到12年级的具体指导，让家长们有条件帮助学生探索科学。

Students can take part in experiments like astronauts do on the International Space Station, and compare the results to those from space.

学生们可以像宇航员在国际空间站那样参加实验，并将实验结果与来自太空的结果进行比较。

For example, observing microgravity using simple materials to demonstrate how astronauts float in space - not due to lack of gravity, but because they are constantly falling towards Earth.

例如，用简单的材料观察微重力来演示宇航员如何在太空中漂浮——当然不是由于失重，而是因为地心引力。

Kids can also contribute to science in progress by joining citizen science projects, like combing through images to search for new brown dwarfs and planets, using satellite data to help biologists track penguin populations, and training a computer to think like a scientist for future Mars missions.

孩子们也可以通过参与公民科学项目来为进步中的科学做出贡献，比如通过梳理图像来寻找新的褐矮星和行星，利用卫星数据来帮助生物学家跟踪企鹅数量，训练计算机像科学家一样思考未来的火星任务。

Until April 22, students can even help choose which plant astronauts will next grow in space. The plan is for SpaceX's October cargo resupply mission to provide astronauts with a spacefaring legume - but which legume has yet to be decided. You can join team Alfalfa, Mungbean, or Lentil, and help scientists work out which plant is the best suited for living on the ISS.

在4月22日之前，学生们甚至可以帮助选择宇航员将在太空中种植的植物。SpaceX公司的计划是在10月份进行货物补给任务，为宇航员提供一种太空豆类食品，但具体哪种豆类食品尚未确定。你可以加入苜蓿、绿豆或扁豆的队伍，帮助科学家们找出最适合在国际空间站上生活的植物。

In creating these activities the ISS National Lab and partners aim to inspire hope in young people during these challenging times, saying:

国际空间站国家实验室和合作伙伴们在开展这些活动的同时，希望能在这个充满挑战的时代激发年轻人的希望，他们说:

We know many students are learning at home right now, and hands-on activities are especially important to keep students engaged and learning. We are all in this together.

“我们知道现在很多学生都在家里学习，动手实践活动对保持学生的参与感和学习效果尤为重要。我们一起努力。”