Outreach & Communication
One of the most important pieces of science is making it accessible to everyone
Children Chronicle of the Hypatia II Mission
by Anna Bach
This is a children’s story that narrates the Hypatia II crew’s space mission to Mars, introducing its brave members and the exciting projects they carry out, along with the fun adventures they experience on the red planet. The book aims to inspire girls to become fearless explorers and scientists, highlighting real women close to fields like engineering, geology, astrophysics, and mathematics. At a critical stage when studies show that girls stop seeing themselves as scientists, this story showcases female role models, fostering their curiosity and showing them that science is for them too.
Spacetatoullie: Designing a 24-Hour Space Menu for Astronaut Health and Performance
by Estel Blay
In collaboration with the Space Faculty in Singapore and the winners of their 17th International Space Challenge, we will be exploring the design of a 24-hour menu for astronauts living in space. Supported by Hypatia’s orbital nutritionist, this initiative aims to investigate how astronauts maintain a balanced diet in space, how food is prepared for space consumption, and the unique methods used to package food for safe transport. This research will evaluate nutritional science, space food logistics, and the importance of a balanced diet in extreme environments
AstroGrow: Developing Optimal Growth Mechanisms for Space and Earth-Born Tomatoes
by Estel Blay
In collaboration with the British School of Barcelona, Year 11 students, with the support of the Hypatia crew, will design a plant-growing support mechanism that ensures optimal light, water, temperature, and environmental conditions for two sets of tomato seeds. One set of seeds is part of the Tomatosphere program, which uses «space» tomato seeds to help students explore plant growth in space, while the other set consists of regular seeds. Throughout the simulation, the crew will take various measurements of the tomato plants to assess the effectiveness of the growing support mechanism and to better understand how space conditions affect seed growth.
Podcast ‘Missió Mart’
by Núria Jar
‘Missió Mart’ is narrative podcast about the Hypatia I crew members’ scientific projects and our experience at the MDRS. A huge experience recorded with just a little microphone from a remote place.
CatMart
by Laia Ribas
Is there life on Mars? This question is addressed together with children in public primary schools around Catalonia. The students from La Marinada (El Masnou) were to participate in the program. During fall 2024 up to 10 schools around the region (four of them in rural areas) have participated in the CatMart program.
To find the answer, the students will examine the Martian soil and analyze the presence of microorganisms. With this activity they will learn to follow a science protocol and learn about Mars exploration (video).
Hypatia I cards
by Laia Ribas
This is an inclusive, cooperative card game to promote female scientific roles. The game card is inspired by the crew of Hypatia I to explain the Martian projects that are developed on the MDRS. This project has been created together with the company Lastuf.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
— Marie Curie, radioactivity researcher and two-time Nobel Prize winner