StarAcer Academy is this close to space! In the image below, Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert (Bob) Thirsk holds a picture of StarAcer founder, Geoff Steeves. Dr. Thirsk was on the International Space Station in November 2009 while Geoff was going through astronaut training with the Canadian Space Agency.

Below you see Dr. Bob Thirsk with the amazing Julie Payette (a shining StarAcer supporter herself!). This was the first time two Canadians met in space!  

Bob Thirsk is also connected with the very cool, very educational  tomatosphere project.

A bit about Tomatosphere - "Tomatoes are practical and valuable plants for space applications. They provide wholesome  nourishment, as well as purified water through evaporation from their leaves.Today's students are the plant specialists, space scientists and Mars explorers of the future!"

If you're a teacher interested in taking part in tomatosphere in french or english click the link below!

http://www.tomatosphere.org/