| "Heavier-than-air flying machines
are impossible."
- Lord
Kelvin (1892)
Ask yourself...
What do you already know about the Space
Shuttle and the International Space Station?
Make... A list of things
you know about the Shuttle and the Space Station.
This would
be a good time to start a journal or notebook for
this course. Over the course of the next five assignments,
you will learn about the history, activities and future
of the Space Shuttle, and the assembly, operation
and mission of the International Space Station.
In this
lesson, All Systems Go! you will learn about NASA's
mission and goals focusing on President George Bush's
plan for future space exploration. You will
also learn about the history of NASA including the
Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions..
You will
examine the various positions in the control center
and will analyze and evaluate how the engineers work
together as a successful team. In this way, you will
examine some of the various engineering and science
careers available.
In the
Liftoff section are four chapters to read and enjoy.
There are many images, links, videos and interactive
models and games to link to on the Internet.
Don't forget to do the Quick
Quiz! after you have done the reading. The Mission
section is the activity that you will turn in via
the Comm
Link. The Extended
Mission is a collection of links on topics that
you can use for further information, and is divided
up into Activities and Research.
When deciding on a topic for your final project, the
extensions are a good starting point.
For your
assignment, you will investigate an aerospace-related
career in science, engineering or technology. You
will also be completing a math problem related to
de-orbit maneuvers.
Chapters
in this lesson include:
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NASA's Mission
and Vision (pg 2 of 5) |
