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Design a robotic insect to go to an extreme environment. Then, compare the design process to what NASA engineers do when building robots for Mars!

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Design a Robotic Insect

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Design a Robotic Insect

Design a robotic insect to go to an extreme environment. Then, compare the design process to what NASA engineers do when building robots for Mars!
TAGS:Earth Mars Missions Robotics Life Rovers Spacecraft
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Build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across a room.

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Make a Cardboard Rover

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Make a Cardboard Rover

Build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across a room.
TAGS:Design Flight Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot May the Fourth en Español space travel Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Build a paper helicopter, then see if you can improve the design like NASA engineers did when making the first helicopter for Mars.

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Make a Paper Mars Helicopter

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Make a Paper Mars Helicopter

Build a paper helicopter, then see if you can improve the design like NASA engineers did when making the first helicopter for Mars.
TAGS:Mars Missions Perseverance Helicopter Aircraft May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Rovers Spacecraft
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Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!
TAGS:Earth Earth's Moon Missions Moon Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Moon Calendar Moon Phases Apollo en Español video tutorial Moons Sun
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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 Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.

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Make an Astronaut Lander

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Make an Astronaut Lander

Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.
TAGS:Earth's Moon Living in Space Lander Design Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Mars Missions Spacecraft
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Modify a paper-cup spacecraft so it can zip down a line and drop a "lander" onto a target.

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Land a Spacecraft on Target

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Land a Spacecraft on Target

Modify a paper-cup spacecraft so it can zip down a line and drop a "lander" onto a target.
TAGS:Artemis Cassini Rosetta Lander Landing May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Asteroids Comets Earth's Moon Mars Missions Small Bodies Spacecraft
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Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw – then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!

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Make a Straw Rocket

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Make a Straw Rocket

Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw – then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!
TAGS:Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rocket Rockets Design Flight Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot May the Fourth en Español video tutorial space travel Spacecraft
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Are you a space poet, and you didn't even know it? Find out how to create your own poems inspired by space!

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Write a Poem About Space

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Write a Poem About Space

Are you a space poet, and you didn't even know it? Find out how to create your own poems inspired by space!
TAGS:Asteroids Comets Dwarf Planets Earth Earth's Moon Exoplanets Jupiter Mars Mercury Missions Moons Neptune Pluto Poetry Poems Writing Planets Stars Solar System Space Art Creative Arts Rovers Saturn Small Bodies Spacecraft Sun Universe Uranus Venus