NASA astronaut and Seattle schoolkids celebrate the science of socks in space

NASA astronaut and Seattle schoolkids celebrate the science of socks in spaceAstronauts on the International Space Station get thick calluses on the tops of their feet instead of the bottoms, but today students tried out ways to make the final frontier a little friendlier for feet. Not only did they get a chance to talk with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir about socks in space, over a video link between the space station and Seattle's Museum of Flight, but they also ran their own experiment as part of an Astro Socks Challenge created by NASA and Microsoft Education. The challenge, and the Earth-to-space chat, made a teachable moment out of a fact… Read More