Spexit

07/04/2017

The cake is ready to be eaten!!!!

07/04/2017

amazing time at the beach!!

07/04/2017

Working with the new shifts at the moment. Getting a bit tired

07/04/2017

The astronauts have been doing all kinds of experiments. Here's an example of one they have done. (With answers by the astronauts)

Colourful m&m’s

Description:

You have m&m’s in a lot of colours: red, yellow, green, orange, blue or brown, but is it that easy? What colour does a brown m&m have?

Requirements:

• 10 brown m&m’s
• 10 blue m&m’s
• Glass
• Water
• Plastic spoon
• Coffee filter
• Stopwatch
• Scissor
• Toilet paper

Steps:

1. Put the brown m&m’s in the glass
2. Put 2 spoons of water in the glass
3.Occasionally turn the m&m’s with the spoon
4. Wait until the brown m&m’s turn light brown
5. Take the m&m’s out of the glass using the spoon.

What do you think that will happen when you put in the coffee filter?
We think that the m&ms will stay the same colour as they are now (after we put them into the water), so white.

6. Put two sheets of toilet paper on top of each other
7. Get the stopwatch ready
8. Put the filter in the water in the glass
9. Wait ten minutes
10. Take the coffee filter out of the glass
11. Fold the coffee filter open and put in on the sheets of toilet paper

What has happened?
The water which is in the coffee filter has the colours of a rainbow.

How did you think this happened?
In the brown colour of the m&m the other colours were probably hidden. It is the same concept as white light, which also has all the other colours hidden inside.

What would happen if you’d use blue m&m’s
We think that the same thing will happen.

12. Do the same with the blue m&m’s

Is this a permanent change or was it temporary?
It is a permanent change, but the water didn’t have the colours of a rainbow. The water was just blue.

13. Taste a used and an unused m&m

Do they taste the same?
Yes, the taste stayed the same.

07/04/2017

One part of the group has gone to the beach, and the other part will go after dinner.
Also, the pizza's have arrived! (See photo)
Meanwhile in space, the astronauts are working hard on experiments, and they are on schedule.

07/04/2017

07/04/2017

We have arrived at Space Expo and mission Spexit has oficially started! Go watch the live proadcast! The ambassador of Estonia has also come, and he wished the astronauts a succesful mission.

07/04/2017

We've just come back from Omniversum, where we saw the Hubble movie.
Now we just arrived at Space Expo, and we're making sure everything is ready for the astronauts to enter the spacestation.
There will be a live-stream of the spacestation, which you can find with this link: https://www.digisource.nl/space-expo/

07/04/2017

In about 15 minutes the press conference is going to start! The astronauts are being prepped, and everyone is really looking forward to the mission.

06/04/2017

This is our shirt for our mission! 🇳🇱🇪🇪

06/04/2017

Today is the last morning to work on the mission. Science specialists are making sure the experiments are finished and the astronauts are checking they know what to do.
Everyone is really looking forward to tomorrow!