Check out the Kennedy Space Center Mars rover concept vehicle and hear from Astronaut Jon McBride
Join Museum curator and geologist John Grant for an overview of NASA's ongoing rover missions to Mars and the exploration taking place on the Red Planet today.
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.
Learners will compare images of planets and select one planet to visit and tell the tale of their visit through a comic strip. This is activity 9 of 9 in Mars and Earth: Science Learning Activities for After School.
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"The surface of Mars is dotted with unusual pits How these pits formed is a mystery New research suggests some pits were shaped by sand and lava As winds swept across the Martian landscape large sand dunes formed The dunes were later surrounded by lava After the lava cooled, the sand blew away, leaving behind dune-shaped pits If the theory is correct there’s a lot these so-called ghost dunes could tell us about the ancient Martian environment They may even be a good starting point to look for signs of early extraterrestrial life M.D. Day and D.C. Catling. Dune Casts Preserved by Partial Burial: The First Identification of Ghost Dune Pits on Mars..."
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