Living in Space Nina and the Neurons: Earth Explorers

# If you've got a question and you don't know where to go

# Ask Nina for some help Cos she's got a science show

# She makes sense of her senses While helping all her fans

# By doing her experiments with potions and with bangs

-# Touch your tongue

-Tongue

-# Fingers

-Fingers

-# Eyes

-Eyes

-Ears

-Ears

-# Nose

-Nose

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Luke he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch

# Ollie sniffs out smells and scents and Belle she hears so much

# Bud is Ollie's brother he helps us with our taste

# They're Nina's little Neurons and they're coming to your place

-# Touch your tongue

-Tongue

-# Fingers

-Fingers

-# Eyes

-Eyes

-Ears

-Ears

-# Nose

-Nose

-# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

-Yeah!

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Oh, yeah! #

Oh, there you go.

Hello, I'm just feeding my fish.

Now he has everything he needs - food to eat,

and there's plenty of room to swim about and exercise.

RINGING

I hear a beep, I see a flash, I wonder what they're going to ask.

BOTH: Hi, Nina.

Hi.

We've got a question for you.

What's it like to live in space?

That's a great question.

What is it like to live in space?

We know what it's like to live here on Earth,

I wonder what it'll be like to live in space,

way up high above the sky.

Why don't you come down to my workshop and we can investigate.

BOTH: See you soon, Nina. Bye.

Bye.

I'm going to need some help to answer this one

and I know who to ask.

OK, Neurons, time to get to work.

ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.

Today's question is, what is it like to live in space?

Which Neuron do you think would be most useful

in helping us find the answer?

ALL: Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!

Will it be fabulous Felix?

I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.

Will it be beautiful Belle?

I send messages from brain to ear,

if there's a sound I'll help you hear.

Will it be lovely Luke?

For looking and seeing day or night,

I'll help you with your sense of sight.

Will it be awesome Ollie?

If it's pongy or whiffy but you can't tell,

my messages help your sense of smell.

Or will it be baby Bud?

Sour, salty, bitter or sweet,

I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat.

It's Bud.

Yippee!

ALL: Go, Bud! Go, Bud!

Give me a taste of the action, Nina.

Today's question is, what is it like to live in space?

Because we need food to live in space,

Bud our taste neuron will be helping us today, but stand by, Neurons,

I have a feeling I may need help from all of you.

I need to get the workshop ready before the Explorers arrive.

Flynn loves making mud pies and Evie loves her teddy Miss Margo.

But they both want to know what is it like to live in space?

How do I go to a toilet in space?

What do astronauts eat?

So for today for one day only Flynn and Evie become the Explorers!

Hi, guys.

BOTH: Hi, Nina.

Welcome to my workshop and thank you for your great question,

what is it like to live in space?

To find out the answer let's start by using our senses.

ALL: Woo-hoo! A senses experiment. We're ready, Nina.

Here we have some space food.

It's food that was made for astronauts to eat in space.

Let's taste it and see if we can guess what it is.

Mmm.

Can you guess what these are, Explorers?

-BOTH: Strawberries.

-Yes.

Well done, they are strawberries. What about this one?

Ice cream.

Yes, it tastes like ice cream and it is ice cream.

It just looks a bit different.

-BUD:

-Ice cream! I love ice cream!

Astronauts are the people who go up into space

and they can be in space for a few months

and there are no supermarkets up there,

they need to take all of their food with them.

And they have to keep it fresh so it doesn't go mouldy.

Imagine all the food you eat in a few months.

-That's a lot of food, Nina.

-It is, Belle,

but eating food in space can be quite difficult.

Do you know why?

Cos things float.

That's right, things float in space.

Because there's less gravity

and gravity is what keeps us on the ground.

So let's have a look at some astronauts eating food

that's floating around in space.

That looks like fun.

It does, but you need to be very careful when you eat in space -

you wouldn't want any crumbs to float about, would you?

Now let's find out what it's like to eat moving food.

Come with me.

Here we have two apples hanging from some line

and they're a bit like food floating in space.

Let's see if you can eat the apples without using your hands.

OK, go!

And stop there.

Well done, Explorers,

it's definitely harder to eat food that's moving around.

What else do we need to live in space?

That's a good question.

Why don't we go somewhere fun to find out.

Where do you think we're going today?

Nina said it was somewhere fun.

Oh, I hope we're going to a space supermarket

for some more space ice cream.

There aren't any shops in space, Bud.

It looks like we're here, Neurons.

We're here at the Euro Space Centre in Belgium

so we can explore some of the things astronauts need to live in space.

-Shall we go exploring?

-BOTH: Yay!

-Let's go.

Wow, a space shuttle.

We can pretend to fly it.

Let's pretend we're in space.

And this is a space toilet.

Wow, that was great fun.

I liked the space toilet best, Nina.

Yeah, and you need to be very careful when you go to the toilet

because you don't want anything to float around.

Eurgh! That would be yucky, Nina.

Yes, Bud.

And people float around in space, too.

This is an anti-gravity harness.

Gravity is what stops us from floating around when we're on Earth.

And this harness will make us feel a bit like we're in space.

First of all let's see how high we can jump on our own.

Three, two, one, jump.

And again.

Now let's try it with the harness on.

That's it.

Ha-ha!

That's brilliant.

Blast off! Woo!

Was it easier to jump with or without the harness?

-With the harness.

-That's right.

And because astronauts actually float in space

it's much harder for them to stay fit.

What else do we need to live in space?

There's one more important thing we need in space,

let's go and meet someone who's been in to space to find out. This way.

So you asked, what is it like to live in space?

And there's one more important thing that we need to live in space

and there's someone here that can show us what that is.

-Hello, Rick.

-Hello.

Explorers, this is Rick Hieb.

Can you guess what Rick does?

Astronaut.

That's right. Rick is an astronaut.

He's been trained to live in space.

In fact, Rick has been into space three times.

BOTH: Wow!

Rick's space suit, the one that he wore in space is back in America,

but we've got one here that looks very similar.

Space suits are really important.

Without them I wouldn't be able to live in space.

Here on Earth we have air all around us,

but in space there isn't any air.

Space ships need to take air with them so people can breath.

If an astronaut goes outside of the space ship,

they need to take air with them too.

-Can you show us how it works, please, Rick.

-Absolutely.

In the back there's a tank with our breathing air in it.

We have to have the air to breathe. And the helmet closes,

so when the air comes inside the space suit we can breath

so it doesn't all leak out into space.

Space suits also stop astronauts from getting sun burn.

The visor is like wearing a giant pair of sunglasses.

Thank you very much, Rick, bye.

-ALL: Bye.

-Bye-bye.

Explorers, I think it's time for you to put on your very own space suits.

You're dressed as astronauts,

so let's pretend this is your space ship.

I'd like you to do some repairs to the space ship

because some of the tubes have broken

and I've got some blocks here that need to go on the outside.

Off you go, Explorers.

Good.

Yay!

Well done, Explorers,

it's really difficult to move in those big suits

and it's much harder to move your hands with those big gloves.

A bit like if you try to do your coat up with gloves on.

-Very difficult.

-That's right, Felix.

You asked what is it like to live in space?

And I think we've answered it.

We discovered astronauts need to take food into space.

I loved trying the space ice cream.

The food is often dry and feels a bit funny.

We found out that in space things float around,

so it's difficult to eat.

Astronauts float, too.

Astronauts need to take air with them to breathe in space.

I hope that's answered your question.

ALL: Thanks, Nina. Bye.

You're welcome, bye.

If you want to know more about the science that's all around us

go to the Nina section on the CBeebies website. Have fun.

# Every day the sun comes up it brightens up the sky

# A brand-new day to understand

-# A chance to ask ourselves why

-Why?

-# There's a world of possibilities outside our front door

-Front door

# So every day take a look around and explore

-# Explore,

-explore,

-explore,

-explore

-# Exploring in the garden

-Grass

-# Exploring in the park

-Rivers

-# Exploring in the daytime

-Mountains

-# And even when it's dark

-Planets

# Look at the Earth look at the sky Look at the world before us

-# Explore,

-explore,

-explore,

-explore

# We're always on the lookout

-# We're Earth Explorers

-O-oh o-oh

-# We're Earth Explorers

-O-oh o-oh

# We're Earth Explorers. #

Exploring is about looking at the world around us,

asking why and finding out the answer.

Whether it's deep underground, at the end of your playground,

or way above the clouds, keep exploring our exciting world.

See you again soon. Bye.

ALL: Bye.

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