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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 Mars Sample Return Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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NASA has dozens of robotic spacecraft exploring our solar system – and beyond. So how exactly do we navigate spacecraft that are so far away?

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How Do We Know Where Faraway Spacecraft Are?

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How Do We Know Where Faraway Spacecraft Are?

NASA has dozens of robotic spacecraft exploring our solar system – and beyond. So how exactly do we navigate spacecraft that are so far away?
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Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.

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18 Ways NASA Uses Pi

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18 Ways NASA Uses Pi

Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.
TAGS:Asteroids Comets Earth Exoplanets Jupiter Mars Missions Pi Pi Day space travel Europa Pluto Rovers Saturn Small Bodies Spacecraft Sun Universe
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Find out how we use giant antennas located around the world to talk to spacecraft as they travel throughout the solar system.

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How Do We Communicate With Faraway Spacecraft?

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How Do We Communicate With Faraway Spacecraft?

Find out how we use giant antennas located around the world to talk to spacecraft as they travel throughout the solar system.
TAGS:Deep Space Network DSN Communications Space Travel Radio Electromagnetic Spectrum Sound Waves Light Waves Artemis 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 Land on Mars Artemis 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 Land on Mars DART Asteroids Comets Earth's Moon Mars Missions Small Bodies 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 Design Your Spacecraft 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 Design Your Spacecraft Building With Paper Science Fair Quick and Easy 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 sample return Mars Missions Rovers