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November 23, 2009

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Upon completing this lesson, students will be able to: 

Chapters
Objectives
NASA's Mission and Vision Explain the objectives of NASA's mission and vision

Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

Compare the mission objectives and accomplishments of past space programs
Mission Operations: Ground Control Summarize the roles and responsibilities of the members of the ground control team
Who are the Engineers? List the types of careers available in the shuttle program

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This assignment will be graded using the rubric in the mission of the lesson. The following components are required for this assignment:

  • Composing an essay on a career summary
  • Solving the math problem by calculating the change in velocity that the shuttle will need to make to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and land successfully at the designated land strip and the length of a de-orbit burn of the Space Shuttle orbital maneuvering system (OMS) engines.
  • Completing the quiz

Students are selected for the summer program based completion of lessons, score of quizzes, quality of work and timeliness.

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