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Voyage to Mars Space Simulation

Your class is divided into two crews Mars Control Spacecraft Record results, research Perform experiments analyze, and draw and send results to Mars conclusions Control Crew Track progress of SC 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: Phase 2: Undock from Mars Orbit Mothership 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 8: Phase 7: Re-dock with Probe launch Mothership to Deimos

SK SKIL ILLS L LEARNE RNED • Wor ork together as a t a team • Communic icat ate c e clearly a and eff ffectiv ivel ely • Thin ink cri riti tically ly • 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

Spac ace e Weat ather her (SW) teams ams • Look ook f for or l lar arge sunspot ots that at cou ould b becom ome So Solar ar Flar ares an and Cor oron onal al Mass Ej Ejection ions (CM (CME’ E’s) • Trac ack solar ar s stor orms • Investig igat ate t the im impac act of of solar ar stor orm r radiat ation ion on on Mar ars an and t the Sp Spacecr craft cr crew

Probe Use headsets to: • Communicate instructions for assembling a probe • deploy probes to the Moons of Mars

Marti tian n Moons-Demio emios & & Phob obos os

REM EM Remote Teams Rem • Wor ork in a a Gl Glovebox to c o compare, classify an and an d anal alyze e Ear arth an and M d Mar ars m s miner eral als • Look f for similar arities s an and di d differ eren ences s bet between een t the e two plan anet ets

ISO IS Three ee Iso solation t tea eams s will Use e rob obotic c arms t to: o: IS ISO 1 O 1: M Mea easure e vol olume e and mass o of ha hazardou ous c che hemica cals ls IS ISO 2 O 2: C Chec heck sol olar p panels els for or micr cro-met eteor oroi oid d damage IS ISO 3 O 3: c chec heck Air F Filter ers and N Nuclea clear Rod for or radiation

MED Medi edical al Tea eams • Monitor radi adiation lev evel els o s on M Mar ars an s and d the e Sp Spacecraft • 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 Li Life e Support T Tea eams • Monitor t the e sp spacec ecraf aft’s ’s en environmen ment • Test the e qual ality o of r rec ecycled ed water er • Det eter ermine t e the e be best food d crops t s to grow on Mars rs • Monitor plan ants i s in the h e hydr droponic gar arden en

COM ms Communicati tion Teams • Resp sponsibl ble f e for sen endi ding an and d rec ecei eiving al all sages verba bal m messag

DATA Data Teams • Send and receive all text messages • Accurately type numbers and technical information

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

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

Gale C e Crater er onc nce e ho hosted ed a a lake w e with h con ondit dition ions that c cou ould d have b e been een favou ourable t to l o 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?

Previous Missions 2001 M 2001 Mar ars Ody dyssey MER M Miss issio ion Mar ars G Global obal S Sur urveyor Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Phoeni oenix

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

Planned Sample Return to Earth

Arctic & Antarctic Simulation Stations

Eventually… Humans Exploration of Mars

See You On M a r s !