by Milan Sanader | Jun 2, 2021 | All Science Teachers
If humans are to truly become interplanetary settlers, we’re going to need to have access to water — a lot of it. But loading it on a rocket would be heavy, and trying to escape Earth’s gravity with all that weight would be costly. That’s why space...
by Milan Sanader | May 2, 2021 | All Science Teachers, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday. The unprecedented extraction of oxygen, literally out of...
by Milan Sanader | Mar 24, 2021 | All Science Teachers, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, NASA hinted the spacecraft’s parachute had a hidden message. Enter 23-year-old Maxence Abela. The computer whiz and his father cracked the code. Eric Sorensen spoke to Abela to hear how they did it. For more info,...
by Milan Sanader | Feb 22, 2021 | All Science Teachers
New video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as the spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars. A microphone...
by Milan Sanader | Feb 18, 2021 | All Science Teachers
NASA’s mission controllers are hoping to confirm the Perseverance rover’s landing on the surface of Mars at 3:55 p.m. ET on Thursday. Mariek Schmidt of Brock University is part of a team investigating Martian soil chemistry using an instrument called PIXL....
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