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It’s time to get up, move your body, and train like an astronaut!
Learn the key elements to keeping fit and staying healthy in space and on Earth with Mission X.
Up to 14 years old
Open worldwide
- Subtitles are available (automatically generated by YouTube) – select your language using the YouTube player controls.
Join Mission X
Complete physical and scientific activities, and upload them to earn steps. Each step earned helps Luna and Leo walk 384 400km – the distance from Earth to the Moon.
- Beginners
- Suggested up to 14 years old
- Complete activities and earn steps
- Help Luna and Leo walk to the Moon
- Language of choice
Walk to the Moon Challenge
Open worldwide: National Organisers help facilitate the project in each of our participating countries by providing local support. Visit your country page for more information.
Country | Activities | Steps |
---|---|---|
78 | 7,619 | |
132 | 11,025 | |
2 | 223 | |
1 | 88 | |
93 | 8,434 | |
63 | 5,876 | |
275 | 24,435 | |
62 | 5,739 | |
284 | 26,590 | |
3145 | 285,540 | |
24 | 1,961 | |
44 | 3,664 | |
357 | 32,353 | |
94 | 8,161 | |
86 | 7,386 | |
2 | 218 | |
1 | 125 | |
8 | 715 | |
1 | 125 | |
1 | 69 | |
10 | 1,006 | |
135 | 12,881 | |
12 | 1,326 | |
49 | 3,888 | |
78 | 7,619 | |
411 | 37,389 | |
10 | 636 | |
1 | 86 | |
6 | 550 | |
4 | 434 | |
30 | 2,986 | |
6 | 684 | |
9 | 890 | |
20 | 1,553 | |
3 | 285 | |
8 | 746 | |
7 | 608 | |
10 | 736 | |
20 | 1,903 |
Activities for in and outside the classroom
Explore the Mission X activities made by space scientists and fitness professionals working with real astronauts!
Let’s HIIT the space gym and get ready to sweat! To keep those hearts and lungs healthy, perform a series …
Your Mission: Perform an exercise with balls of different weights, as if you were in different gravitational conditions, to strengthen …
Your Mission: Perform a walk, progressing to 1600m to improve lung, heart, and other muscle endurance. When exploring space, astronauts …
Your Mission: Investigate the relationship between microorganisms and many every day products. Microbes live everywhere, including outer space! Scientists have …
Your Mission: Complete an agility course as quickly and as accurately as possible to improve agility, coordination and speed. When …
Your Mission: Investigate which factors affect plant growth, and relate these factors to growing plants in space. All the things …
Your Mission: Discover the fat content of a meal and formulate a balanced meal using fat content information. As astronauts …
Did you know that jumping might be a key activity in keeping astronauts healthy in space? Try some jump rope …
Your Mission: Design and build a robotic arm to perform some simple tasks. To help out in space, scientists have …