As the whole school watches, Brandon Hartz, above, drops his "egg astronaut" in a protective container from a second-floor balcony at St. Margaret of Scotland School in Green Tree.

In the second photo, Jimmy Tersak digs through layers of gelatin to reach his "egg astronaut" after its drop.

Finally Austen Tarabay discovers her egg didn't survive its drop, while Celina Di Pietro undoes yards of wrapping to get to her egg.

All of the students are eighth-graders.