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Use Python to create a game inspired by the way NASA explores Mars with rovers.

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Code a Mars Rover Driving Game

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Code a Mars Rover Driving Game

Use Python to create a game inspired by the way NASA explores Mars with rovers.
TAGS:Mars perseverance perseverence m2020 mars 2020 msl curiosity coding programming mars exploration rovers Rovers
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Use geography and an interactive Mars mapping tool to determine the best and safest path for a Mars rover to reach its destination.

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Map a Mars Rover Driving Route

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Map a Mars Rover Driving Route

Use geography and an interactive Mars mapping tool to determine the best and safest path for a Mars rover to reach its destination.
TAGS:Mars Missions Perseverance Perseverence Imaging Mapping Geography Maps Red Planet Surface Operations Rovers Spacecraft
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Use Scratch, a visual programming language, to create a video game that simulates the way NASA will collect samples on Mars!

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Code a Mars Sample Collection Video Game

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Code a Mars Sample Collection Video Game

Use Scratch, a visual programming language, to create a video game that simulates the way NASA will collect samples on Mars!
TAGS:Coding Programming Mars Rover Game space travel Design Your Spacecraft sample return perseverance perseverence mars 2020 Sample Handling Mars Missions Rovers
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Where's the driver's seat for a Mars rover? Millions of miles away, back on Earth! Learn more in this 60-second video.

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Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars?

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Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars?

Where's the driver's seat for a Mars rover? Millions of miles away, back on Earth! Learn more in this 60-second video.
TAGS:Curiosity Mars in a Minute Design Your Spacecraft Mars Missions Rovers
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Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover!

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Code a Mars Helicopter Video Game

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Code a Mars Helicopter Video Game

Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover!
TAGS:Mars Mars Rover Mars Helicopter coding programming helicopter Mars 2020 en Español video tutorial space travel Scratch Design Your Spacecraft Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Explore space and science activities you can do with NASA at home. Watch video tutorials for making rockets, Mars rovers, Moon landers and more. Plus, find tips for learning at home!

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Learning Space With NASA at Home

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Learning Space With NASA at Home

Explore space and science activities you can do with NASA at home. Watch video tutorials for making rockets, Mars rovers, Moon landers and more. Plus, find tips for learning at home!
TAGS:Asteroids Climate Change Comets DIYs Projects Tutorials Videos Earth Day Dwarf Planets Earth Earth's Moon Exoplanets Jupiter Mars Mercury Missions Moons Neptune Pluto Rovers Saturn Small Bodies Spacecraft Sun Universe Uranus Venus
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Create a Moon or Mars exploration game using Scratch, a visual programming language. Think like NASA space-mission planners to design your game!

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Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game

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Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game

Create a Moon or Mars exploration game using Scratch, a visual programming language. Think like NASA space-mission planners to design your game!
TAGS:Coding Programming Mars Rover Moon Rover Game space travel Design Your Spacecraft Artemis Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rovers
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How did we know that the Curiosity Mars rover landed safely on the surface of Mars?

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Mars in a Minute: Phoning Home – Communicating from Mars

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Mars in a Minute: Phoning Home – Communicating from Mars

How did we know that the Curiosity Mars rover landed safely on the surface of Mars?
TAGS:Curiosity Mars Rover Talking to Spacecraft Mars in a Minute space travel Deep Space Network Earth Mars Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Make your own 3-D glasses that look like NASA's Curiosity Mars rover!

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RoverView 3-D Glasses

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RoverView 3-D Glasses

Make your own 3-D glasses that look like NASA's Curiosity Mars rover!
TAGS:Curiosity 3-D 3-D Glasses Art Creative Arts Building With Paper Mars Missions Rovers Spacecraft