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In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will design a rover to explore the surface of Mars and determine if there are any signs of past life.
This lesson presents characteristics of spacecraft models on Mars to see how well they meet design requirements and then presents a design challenge for students.
In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will watch a short video about landing spacecraft on Mars and then answer some questions.
Have you ever wondered how important people get to where they are? Spaceport America program manager, Chris Lopez, shares his path in this segment brought to you by STEM in 30.
Ian Clark, from JPL, provides historical context for the development of technologies and talks about the need for improvements as Mars missions move to larger and larger payloads.
This lesson investigates the effects of gravity on the human body and how it impacts astronauts in space.
