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Voyage to Mars Space Simulation

Your class is divided into two crews

Spacecraft Mars Control

Record results, research analyze, and draw conclusions Track progress of SC crew Perform experiments and send results to Mars Control Crew

Voyage To Mars Storyline

• It’s the future, the year is 2076
• Trips from Earth to Mars are now routine
• A fresh crew of Astronauts are on their way

to replace the team living on Mars

• The Mars Controllers must safely guide the

Spacecraft to a safe landing

• After a crew exchange, the spacecraft

prepares for liftoff and a return to Earth

Phase 1: Undock from Mothership Phase 2: Mars Orbit Insertion

Phase 3 Probe launch to Phobos

Phase 4

Land at Chryse Planitia Base Camp

Phase 5 Crew Change

Phase 6: Prepare for Liftoff

Phase 7: Probe launch to Deimos Phase 8: Re-dock with Mothership

SK SKIL ILLS L LEARNE RNED

• Wor
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a team

• Communic

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• Thin

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• Mak

ake d decisio ions

• So

Solve pro roblems

Solving a Problem

Example: Your cell is not working:

• 1. Identify Problem: Cell phone wont’ turn on
• 2. Brainstorm possible causes: dead battery,

faulty charging cable, phone is damaged after falling

• 3. Make a prediction: If I charge the cell phone it

should work again

• 4. Test your idea: After 3 hours of charging you

turn on your cell phone but it does NOT work

• 5. Share your results.
• 6. Ask new questions: Did you charge it long

enough? Is the charging cable damaged?

Mission Teams/Stations

4 Science Teams: Navigation, Probe, Remote, Space Weather 3 Support Teams: Life Support, Medical, Isolation 3 Correspondence Teams: Media, Data, Communication

NAV

Navigation Teams

• Calculate trajectories
• Triangulate the spacecraft’s position
• Safely enter Mars orbit
• Land the Spacecraft at Mars Control base
• Prepare for liftoff

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Probe

Use headsets to:

• Communicate instructions for

assembling a probe

• deploy probes to the Moons of Mars

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Rem Remote Teams

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MED

Medi edical al Tea eams

• Monitor radi

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• Per

erform v m vision an and d hear earing test

• Chec

eck resp spiration, ski kin t temp mper erature, e, an and d heart r t rate te

LS LS

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• Monitor t

the e sp spacec ecraf aft’s ’s en environmen ment

• Test the

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• f r

rec ecycled ed water er

• Det

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• Monitor plan

ants i s in the h e hydr droponic gar arden en

COM

Communicati tion Teams ms

• Resp

sponsibl ble f e for sen endi ding an and d rec ecei eiving al all verba bal m messag sages

DATA

Data Teams

• Send and receive all text messages
• Accurately type numbers and technical

information

• Write stories about the mission
• Interview teams
• Take photos and Videos of the mission using your
• wn equipment
• Prepare an a post-flight article

Media

Ol Olymp mpus M Mons: 2 22 km km h high Base: 600 00 Km i m in diamet eter er

4, 0 000 km l km long, 20 200 km w km wide, e, 7 km d km deep eep

Valle lles s Mari rine neri ris

Surface image taken by Mars Rovers

Ev Evidenc ence of e of Water er Fl Flow w

Sand Dunes

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• ndit

dition ions that c cou

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to l

• lif

ife Recurri rring s str treak aks on slo lope pes may b y be cau ause sed b by se seepi ping wa water

Polar C ar Cap

Fossilized Martian Life?

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 2001 2001 M Mar ars Ody dyssey Mar ars G Global

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Sur urveyor MER M Miss issio ion Phoeni

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Previous Missions

Future Missions

Mars Sample Return Ascent Vehicle Astrobiology Field Laboratory Deep-drill Lander Current—Mars Curiosity Science Lab

Planned Sample Return to Earth

Arctic & Antarctic Simulation Stations

Eventually… Humans Exploration of Mars

See You On

M a r s !