Watch This Astronaut Read Your Kid's Favorite Children's Book in Outer Space

Looking to jazz up story time in a big way with the kiddos? Look no further because Story Time From Space, a program that has astronauts read popular children's books from the International Space Station, is the answer to your prayers. The program was developed by the nonprofit Global Space Education Foundation, and it's gaining some serious popularity among parenting groups.

Patricia Tribe, the former director of education at Space Center Houston told The Huffington Post that her goal was to blend the disciplines of science and reading together. "What better role models to engage kids in science and to engage them in reading?" she said. "You're not only looking and listening to the books, you're looking around the International Space Station."

And we have to admit, the results are pretty dang cool. As expected, settling on a book to read is not an easy task. The books have to be able to be read in 15 minutes, STEM-related, and accurate because the team doesn't "want to perpetuate any misinformation," said Patricia.

And just an FYI: Not all the books are read in English. Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut, recently read Max Goes to the Space Station in Japanese for the program. As if this couldn't get any more out of this world, Story Time From Space is planning on releasing a handful of kid-friendly science experiments in the near future.

"Everybody thinks space is pretty cool," said Patricia. "So it's a nice way to capture the audience and capture the kids so they are enjoying space."