www.nasa.gov/education/tfs

March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009

In-Flight Education Downlinks

ARISS

Day in the Life Aboard the ISS

ORION | SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM | GROUND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS NASA’s Exploration Architecture

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The Orion Spacecraft

Launch Abort System Provides crew escape during launch pad and ascent emergencies.

Service Module Power, propulsion and environmental control support to the Crew Module. Provided by the European Space Agency.

Crew Module Human habitat from launch through landing and recovery.

The EDC is off and running…

• Number of students currently registered: 77,685

• Number of students that have completed the challenge: 1,953

• Number of 9-12 teams with notebooks submitted: 3

Our Sun

Welcome to the Challenge!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0pPnIgkkgw

Protection from Radiation

How do Earth’s atmosphere and magnetosphere protect us from radiation?

Mars

What is Radiation?

What Do You Know?

Testing – Think Like a Scientist

Teamwork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI754j31M3A&list=PLiuUQ9asub3Q27RS9SnBb8Nj_7azx8tpe

Record Data and Observations

Record Data and Observations

Record Data and Observations

Build – Think Like an Engineer

Using the materials tested, how can we design and

build a radiation shield to block visible light?

Engineering Design Process

Evaluate – Improve Your Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_7b5sJJco&list=PLiuUQ9asub3Q27RS9SnBb8Nj_7azx8tpe

Evaluate – Improve Your Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nSxFbDVlo8&list=PLiuUQ9asub3Q27RS9SnBb8Nj_7azx8tpe

Space Radiation

Science and Engineering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQ0t9am-

c8&list=PLiuUQ9asub3Q27RS9SnBb8Nj_7azx8tpe

Re-Design – Think Like an Engineer

Becky Kamas – Lead Education Specialist

annamarie.r.kamas@nasa.gov