Creative Education, 2018, 9, 2291-2299 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ce ISSN Online: 2151-4771 ISSN Print: 2151-4755 DOI: 10.4236/ce.2018.914169 Oct. 30, 2018 2291 Creative Education Relationship between Students’ Attitudes in Space Science with Their Achievements in the Field Rosadah Abd Majid 1 , Mardina Abdullah 2,3 , Badariah Bais 2 , Nor Syaidah Bahri 3 , Mohd Hezri Mokhtar 4 , Siti Aminah Bahari 3 1 Department of Education and Community Wellbeing, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia 2 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia 3 Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia 4 Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between students’ at- titude in space science with their achievement in the field. This study also examines students’ performance in space science. A total of 458 of secondary school students participated in this study. The questionnaire for this study was divided into two parts. The first part contains 9 items about students’ at- titudes towards space science while the second part consists of 20 questions of general knowledge about space science. The findings show that students’ general knowledge about space science is at moderate level. The result also shows a significant relationship between students attitude with their achieve- ment towards space science. Keywords Space Science, Attitude, Achievement, Relationship 1. Introduction Science is a field of knowledge which is a result of empirical studies to explain the creation of the universe. In Malaysia, science is one of the required subjects for students in primary and secondary schools. Space science is one of the sub topics in science syllabus. Space science is associated with mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology and biology (Jordan, 2002). Space science pro- How to cite this paper: Majid, R. A., Abdullah, M., Bais, B., Bahri, N. S., Mokhtar, M. H., & Bahari, S. A. (2018). Relationship between Students’ Attitudes in Space Science with Their Achievements in the Field. Cre- ative Education, 9, 2291-2299. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.914169 Received: August 16, 2018 Accepted: October 27, 2018 Published: October 30, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access