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Pioneer Plaques
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Caption: The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft are the first human-made objects to leave the solar system and venture into interstellar space. To inform potentially intelligent species about our existence, they both carry small metal plaques identifying their time, place of origin and information about their builders. They provide the location of our solar system in the Milky Way by depicting the Solar System's position relative to 14 pulsars, with radiating lines that include information about their frequencies. A model of a hydrogen atom undergoing one particular atomic transition is depicted. The wavelength and frequency of this transition are used to express sizes and frequencies of the other items shown in the plaque. A more detailed view of Earth's position in the solar system, with the spacecraft's trajectory moving away from Earth, passing Mars and Jupiter is displayed at the bottom. The plaque also depicts a naked man and woman alongside the spacecraft to provide a sense of scale. The man’s hand is raised as a friendly gesture.
The 6-inch by 9-inch gold-anodized aluminum plate has the design engraved on it. It was attached to the support struts of the spacecraft's antenna to try to to protect it from erosion by any interstellar dust the spacecraft may encounter on its journey. Designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, with artwork by Linda Salzman Sagan, these plaques are meant to communicate the origin of the spacecraft to any extraterrestrial life that might encounter them.
While Pioneer 10 is on a course towards the star Aldebaran in the Taurus constellation, which will take about two million years to reach, Pioneer 11 is heading in a different direction towards the constellation of Aquila. It will take approximately four million years to pass close to some of the constellation’s stars.
Credit: NASA Ames
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Glosar de termeni:
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Categories:
Astronomy and Society
, Exoplanets & Astrobiology
, Space Exploration
License: Public Domain Public Domain icons
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3...2...1... time for water rockets! astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website) Description: Design, build and launch your rocket into space.
Categories:
Physics
, Space Exploration
Age Ranges:
12-14
, 14-16
, 16-19
Education Level:
Middle School
, Secondary
Areas of Learning:
Fun activity
, Observation based
, Problem-solving
, Project-based learning
, Structured-inquiry learning
Costs:
Low Cost
Duration:
3 hours
Group Size:
Group
Skills:
Analysing and interpreting data
, Asking questions
, Communicating information
, Constructing explanations
, Developing and using models
, Planning and carrying out investigations
, Using mathematics and computational thinking
Authors: Jean Pierre Saghbini , Marc Bou Zeid
License: Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) icons
Driving on Mars astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website) Description: An educational interdisciplinary game to drive a rover on Mars
Glosar de termeni:
Mars , Rover
Categories:
Solar System
, Space Exploration
, Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Tags:
Game
, robot
, robotics
, simulation
, telecommunications
Age Ranges:
14-16
, 16-19
Education Level:
Middle School
, Secondary
Areas of Learning:
Guided-discovery learning
Costs:
Low Cost
Duration:
2 hours
Group Size:
Group
Skills:
Communicating information
, Developing and using models
, Using mathematics and computational thinking
Authors: Davide Ricci, Elena Sissa, Francesca Damiani
License: Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) icons
Build Your Own Artificial Satellite astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website) Description: Build a satellite to learn what they are made of and their uses.
Glosar de termeni:
Artificial Satellite
Categories:
Space Exploration
, Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Tags:
Art
, Creativity
, Hands-on
, Model
Age Ranges:
8-10
Education Level:
Primary
Areas of Learning:
Discussion Groups
, Interactive Lecture
, Modelling
Costs:
Low Cost
Duration:
1 hour 30 mins
Group Size:
Group
Skills:
Communicating information
, Developing and using models
Authors: Vivienne Kolman
License: Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Atribuire 4.0 Internațional (CC BY 4.0) icons
Mars rover Curiosity
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Caption: This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called "Buckskin" on lower Mount Sharp. The selfie combines several component images taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on 5 August 2015, during the 1,065th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Glosar de termeni:
Mars , Rover
Categories:
Solar System
, Space Exploration
License: Public Domain Public Domain icons
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