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A) WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? This weekend saw history being made when SPACE X launched the Crew Dragon for a mission into space. This is a project for you to find out more about what happened, why it happened and who is affected by this very important event. There are different challenges for you to enjoy and share with your teachers. Keep on reading to find out more…
• B) WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? 4)There are 8 challenges in this project. Choose 1) Read through the slides to find out at least 1 challenge to complete. You can about Space X, Elon Musk, the complete more if you wish to! launch, what it’s like to be an astronaut and how people on Earth are involved. 2) Keep a record of your thoughts & ideas…On some slides you will see a box with the subtitle: Think & Share. Whenever you see this you can write down your views on paper. Use the title “Space Explorer Feedback.” If you can, you could talk through your ideas with another person before writing them down. 3) Watch the clips on the slides if you have access. You may want to make notes as you watch. If you can’t watch them all, choose the ones that interest you most. If you can’t access them, read the slides and look at the pictures.
C) HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO DO
AND WHEN?
1) Quality is always more important than
quantity. Do what is right for you at a pace
that you can cope with.
2) There are 8 challenges that target different
skills. Choose the ones that suit your talents
best first. So, for example, if you are a good
artist, choose an artistic challenge to start
with. (You don’t need to do them all!)
3) There are lots of clips to watch. You don’t D) WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I AM STUCK?
have to watch them unless you want to. 1) There are lots of challenges aimed at different
They are there only to help you.
4) Spend your time on your work in a way that skills and abilities, so choose the challenges
suits you and your family. This is a project for that feel right for you.
Monday AND Tuesday. Spread the work out.
Manage your working time so that you can 2) If one challenge doesn’t work out- move on to a
enjoy your project. There is no one-way-fits-
all. different one.
5) This is a large power-point. It isn’t designed 3) If you are completely stuck and need some help
to be read & engaged with all at once.
Access it bit by bit with breaks in between! you can email:
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• SpaceX is an American company that provides
commercial and government launch services on
its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
• Entrepreneur Elon Musk founded the company in
2002, with the goal of reducing space
transportation costs, enabling the colonisation
of Mars.
• SpaceX was the first private company to
routinely return rocket stages to Earth under
propulsive power so they could be re-flown
rather than being discarded.
• It has been conducting regular flights of cargo
to the ISS (International Space Station), and
will now aim to begin launching astronauts.
• Musk's company is also developing a bigger
spacecraft to carry humans - called Star-ship -
which could begin the process of settling Mars!
THINK & SHARE: If you had the chance to be the
RESEARCH : find out more about the Space X director of Space X, what missions would you want to see
company and what it is trying to achieve happen? Mars? The moon? Or somewhere else entirely?
(Why?)
• Born in South Africa, Elon Musk made more than
$160m from the sale of online payment service
PayPal to eBay.
• His desire to see humanity become a true space-
faring civilisation was a driving factor behind the
founding of SpaceX.
• But he has also been involved in founding a
variety of other companies such as the electric
car manufacturer Tesla.
• He also conceived a project called Hyperloop, a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPJTOBOo3c
high-speed transportation system using pods that
travel through a system of tubes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp7oGkWKkig
• His colourful personality and lifestyle made him
the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr's
interpretation of Marvel Comics character Tony WATCH THE CLIPS: to find out more about Elon Musk and his
Stark. vision for Space Exploration. (Copy and paste the web address
• Musk is no stranger to controversy: his tweets into your browser).
have triggered lawsuits and led to him being CLIP 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ELON MUSK (Top Tip: find out
forced out as the chairman of Tesla (though he about his AD-Astra School!)
remained as CEO).
CLIP 2: ELON MUSK’S PRE- LAUNCH SPEECH
WATCH THE CLIPS: Find out how the launch operated and watch real
footage of the astronauts and NASA on the ground as Crew Dragon
sets off! (Copy & paste the web address into your browser).
Clip 1: The BBC news report & live launch (13.51 mins)
Clip 2: The NASA minute by minute coverage
Why is this launch so important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3fiNkgTOU
• Since the retirement of the space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsvr55cTZ0&feature=youtu.be
shuttle in 2011, Nasa has been
paying Russia tens of millions of
dollars to launch its astronauts on
the Soyuz spacecraft.
• The Crew Dragon launch from
Florida marks the first launch of
humans from US soil in nine years.
As such, it is seen as crucial for
restoring American prestige in
human spaceflight.
• This will also be the first time a
private company has launched
astronauts into orbit.
• The Crew Dragon is the spacecraft that transports astronauts to the International Space Station. • The Crew Dragon is designed to carry a maximum of seven passengers, but Nasa flights will carry four, with the rest of the space taken up by supplies. • It is equipped with thrusters that enable it to manoeuvre in space and will dock - or attach - to the space station under autonomous control. • Unlike previous spacecraft designed for humans, the crew cabin features touchscreen controls in place of physical buttons.
• Although the Dragon capsule is a fully automated vehicle capable of finding its own way to the ISS, the crew needs to prepare for all eventualities and that means knowing exactly how the ship will behave in their hands. • Uniquely, the Dragon has no control stick; all flight commands must be entered via a touchscreen panel. THINK & SHARE: Find out…What were the first space craft like compared with the Dragon capsule? How has technology improved? Find examples by researching on the internet. Why do you think there is no longer a touch stick?
THINK & SHARE: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go inside a spacecraft? Have you ever thought about how people work together to design a spacecraft and how long this could take? What skills do you think it takes to design and build a spaceship? Look at the image on the right? Is it a good design in your opinion? What changes would you make and why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgY4NKoT9SQ WATCH: the clip above to see the tour of the Dragon by the astronauts themselves! (Copy and paste the web address into your browser to access).
Hurley has spent a total of 28 days and 11 hours in space,
while Behnken has accumulated a total of 29 days and 12
hours, including 37 hours of spacewalking time. Both men
are also married to astronauts.
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are Nasa astronauts. They
were selected in 2000 and have each flown to space twice on CHECK OUT THEIR TWITTER ACCOUNTS FOR INFO ON LIFE
the space shuttle. They are among the most experienced AS AN ASTRONAUT:
members of Nasa's astronaut corps and both trained as test Bob BehnkenVerified account @AstroBehnken
pilots - which has been critical for putting the new spacecraft Col. Doug Hurley@Astro_Doug
through its paces.Both astronauts on board have
families and they will be apart during
this mission.
THINK & SHARE: Saying goodbye is
emotional but not just sad- often a
positive moment filled with pride and
respect for the job these men do.
Look at Karen’s face in the picture
on the left. She seems to be smiling.
Why do you think this is? How do
you think the astronauts’ sons look
at their dads’ jobs?
FUN FACT: Both of the WATCH THE CLIP: See the two astronauts as they say goodbye to
astronauts’ wives are their families in their space suits and get into the D’Lorean that
also astronauts will take them to their spacecraft. Look at who else is there to
themselves! Left: watch them; who do you think the other people are? How do you
Megan McArthur, wife think Bob and Doug are feeling?
of Bob Behnken!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYowiMp4IjM• Thank you @SpaceX for the unique privilege of seeing #CrewDragon on the pad w/ @astro_doug. For us, a silver lining to this pandemic is the special time we’ve had together as a family prior to launch, only because of our extended quarantine. Arriving in Florida with a flyby of your dad’s spaceship on the launch pad... Priceless. #LaunchAmerica #CrewDragon FOLLOW KAREN…. Karen L. NybergVerified account @AstroKarenN
Doug Hurley's son Jack:
Doug Hurley and Karen Nyberg's son,
Jack, is a teenager. Karen can often
be seen sharing photos of Doug and
Jack together on her social media
along with their two lovely dogs.
Nyberg had sat down with a
leading daily in the past where she
had revealed that her son Jack was
only 18 months old when she set out
for her first space mission back in Think & Share: What would be the advantages
2008 and about three years old and disadvantages of your parents being
when she left for her second astronauts? What would you ask Jack if he
mission.
were your friend?• One of their first tasks in orbit was simply
to name their ship - in the tradition of past
US space-farers, all the way back to the
Mercury programme. Radioing down to
Earth, they announced it would be called
Endeavour.
• Doug Hurley said: "We chose Endeavour for
a few reasons: One, because of this
incredible endeavour that Nasa, SpaceX and
the US have been on since the end of the
shuttle programme back in 2011. The other
reason is a little more personal to Bob and
I. We both had our first flights on shuttle
Endeavour and it just meant so much to us
to carry on that name." WATCH THE CLIP: Listen to the astronauts
• Endeavour was the ship commanded by describe the tradition of naming the ship and
British explorer James Cook on his voyage understand why they chose the name
to Australia in the late 18th Century.
Endeavour,.
THINK & SHARE: What would YOU call a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_2AZ0c1lWc
spaceship and WHY?THINK and SHARE:
• How does zero gravity affect
humans? What would it feel like to
be in space?
• How would you sit, move, eat, go
to the toilet, rest or wash?
• How would YOU manage if YOU
were in space?
WATCH THE CLIP: Astronaut Sunita Williams gives a fantastic
tour of inside a ship, showing you how astronauts live in space-
from brushing your teeth to using the toilet. A must see for all FOLLOW SUNITA ON
space fans and budding astronauts at WHS!! TWITTER…Sunita
WilliamsVerified account
@Astro_Suni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3za6ITFfWkTHINK & SHARE: We all haven’t seen a hairdresser for a very long time! So bad hair days may be something we are getting used to. But imagine being in space… how would you EVER do your hair there? Forget the gel or the straighteners…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIjNfZbUYu8 • Watch the clip to see Karen Nyberg (wife of Doug Hurley & mum to Jack Hurley) in space washing her hair! (Remember to copy & paste the address into your browser!)
• Spacecraft designed to carry astronauts have to go through a process that ensures they can operate safely. This launch is essentially the final step in that validation process. Once in orbit, Behnken and Hurley will test the Crew Dragon's environmental control system, the displays and controls and the manoeuvring thrusters. • They will monitor the autonomous docking system during the approach to the space station and will become members of the ISS crew. THINK & SHARE: • At the orbiting outpost, they will continue performing What do you think the most tests on the Crew Dragon along with other tasks related challenging parts of the to the space station. When it's time to return to Earth, astronauts’ job will be? the Crew Dragon will parachute down into the Atlantic Ocean. The capsule and crew will then be recovered by a Would you make a good ship called Go Navigator. astronaut? Why or why not?
THINK & SHARE: LOOK at the Mission Profile picture (left). What do you think is meant by: First Stage / Interstage / Second Stage? Why are there different stages? WATCH THE CLIPS: Find out more about how the mission leads to the docking at the International Space Station. (Copy & Paste web address into browser). CLIP 1: The Sun reports on the live landing at ISS- detailed footage as it happened Clip 2: Step by step live landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyPS6eYJEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gquvphi4zfI&feat ure=youtu.be
• The Crew Dragon has a built-in abort
system, designed to save the lives of its
crew in the event of an emergency.
• If there's a problem during lift-off, such
as a rocket engine cut-off, the Crew
Dragon will fire engines to propel the
vehicle and its occupants free of the
rocket.
• The capsule will then parachute down to WATCH THE CLIP: See what happened with failed
safety. SpaceX successfully conducted a missions where rockets didn’t always land or take
test of its in-flight abort system on 19 off successfully. (Copy and paste the link below
into your browser).
January 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCsuAeamXE• Saturday's launch went ahead
against the background of the
coronavirus crisis.
• Crowds were encouraged not to
assemble near the Kennedy complex,
and Nasa itself severely limited the
number of guests invited on to the
spaceport.
Think and Share:
• Why do you think that guests were limited?
• Have you ever tried to see the ISS or any craft
Crowds were asked to stay away but local beaches were in the sky?
still full.LOOK AGAIN at the launch. THINK & SHARE: Imagine you are on the bridge! If you had to describe this moment to a friend who was not there, what would you tell them?
THINK & SHARE: • What do you think Trump means by “American dominance in space”? • He mentions Space Force as a branch of the armed forces.” Why do you think this is important to Trump? What would he use it for? • Trump talks of “An eventual mission to Mars.” Do you think this is a good idea and why?
DISCOVER: What about those spacesuits?
• The flight suits that Behnken and Hurley will
wear in the capsule look very different to
previous designs.
• In stark contrast to the bulky pumpkin-coloured
suits and round helmets familiar from the space
shuttle era, SpaceX's suits are slim-line, white,
one-piece numbers with sleek, 3D-printed
helmets.
• Each one is custom made for the astronaut.
• If they look like something from a science
fiction movie, that's probably because their
look was devised by Hollywood costume
designer Jose Fernandez, who has worked on
the Batman, X-Men and Thor movies.
• But the suits also have to be practical; they're
designed to keep the crew alive in the event of
a cabin depressurisation - where the air is lost
from the inside of the spacecraft
THINK & SHARE: What would features would a Space Suit need to have and why?People have very mixed
views on whether aliens
exist. You may have a firm
opinion already.
Science Fiction is a genre
that is often explored in
books or films and many
people enjoy reading or
watching made up stories
Has Nasa found aliens living in space? Have a look at
about alien life forms.
this website from CBBC Newsround with the latest
information about NASA’s search for extra terrestrial
life… Think & Share:
BUT WHAT DO YOU
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51024136 BELIEVE AND WHY? Could
aliens really exist? Why
haven’t we found any yet?
(Remember…. copy the address into your browser!)
If you are really interested in finding out more about people’s views on aliens, watch this documentary “Is
Anybody Out There?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBCLAaflaw (Copy & paste address into browser)DISCOVER: ASTRONAUTS WHO MAKE HISTORY
• The first African-American woman OPTIONAL WIDER
astronaut, Mae Jemison, was READING:
launched into space on the mission The story of
STS-47 on September 12, 1992. overcoming racist and
sexist discrimination
• She became the first black woman by women who
to travel into space when she established themselves
served as a mission specialist as brilliant
aboard the Space Shuttle mathematicians and
Endeavour. engineers and helped
lead the United States
• Jemison joined NASA's astronaut to victory in some of
corps in 1987 and was selected to the pivotal moments
serve for the STS-47 mission, of the Cold War-era
during which she orbited the Earth space race is told in
for nearly eight days on September the book
Hidden Figures, by
12–20, 1992. Margot Lee Shetterly.DISCOVER:ANIMALS IN SPACE!
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: If you want to find out about animal space travel look no
further! From fruit flies to dogs…visit this webpage to find out which animals were
sent to space and why…. https://mocomi.com/animals-in-space/
Miss Baker's gravestone
frequently has one or more
bananas on top.
Miss Baker was rewarded with a Certificate of Merit
for Distinguished Service, supporting "'carefully THINK & SHARE: Do you believe
controlled scientific' use of animals as space we should use animals to
pathfinders for the 'mutual benefit of man and experiment in space travel? Why
Miss Baker awaits launch animals,. or why not?: Make a Demo-2
Straw Rocket!
• youtu.be/mQblbX9YccM #NASAatHome • Would you like to learn how to make your
own Demo-2 to launch in your home?
Copy address into browser to watch the clip)
• Watch this tutorial to learn how! (Copy &
paste the web address into your browser).
• All you will need is paper, markers,
scissors, tape, yarn or ribbon and a straw.
REMEMBER TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR WORK & EMAIL IT
TO YOUR HOUSE HEAD FOR THE TIME CAPSULE ENTRY!• NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, (DM- 2 Astronaut Doug Hurley's wife), Expedition 37 flight engineer, made this stuffed dinosaur toy aboard the International Space Station, using scraps of food-packaging liners and a T-shirt. She sent images of it to her young son on Sept. 22, 2013 YOUR CHALLENGE: Using ONLY food packaging and an old piece of clothing, design (and create if you can) a toy for a child under ten. Your toy could be for a boy or a girl. You can use thread, tape or glue to hold it together. You may want to design your toy on paper and label your materials and stages of design. If you are able to, you could then actually make the toy! You could send a photo of your paper design OR finished product for the Time Capsule!
: NASA
Astronaut Karen Nyberg Invites Quilters to Create a Space Square…
YOUR CHALLENGE:
Design a space square that could have been
included in the NASA patchwork quilt (see the
photo).
Your square should represent your thoughts,
feelings and emotions about space. Choose
colours and images to reflect this.
You could design your square on paper OR
create it using material (or both!).
You could send a photo of your work for the
Time Capsule!
WATCH THE CLIP: See Karen in space creating her section of the
quilt and find out more about how astronauts sew in space! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0c1CijmH7o
Discover why creating a quilt was important to Karen!The Astronaut’s Dinner CHALLENGE!
• Food in space must provide a
balanced nutrition for individuals
working in space, while being easy
and safe to store, prepare and
consume in the machinery-filled
weightless environments of crewed
spacecraft.
• More recently space food has been
used by various nations engaging
on space programs as a way to
share and show off their cultural
identity and facilitate intercultural
communication
YOUR CHALLENGE: DESIGN A MENU FOR A HUNGRY ASTRONAUT FOR TWO DAYS IN SPACE. Draw and
label the food, including details of its nutritional value. You could show the food in or out of its packaging. Think about the
different types of food astronauts will need and make sure your menu is varied but delicious! EXTRA: If you have the chance to
make, shake or bake a food product then don’t forget to take a photo. If you can, send all finished work through for the Time
Capsule.THE “IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?” CHALLENGE…
YOUR CHALLENGE:
Searches for alien life are on-
going so could YOU be part of Imagine that NASA have commissioned you to write a data transmission to
the process?… be projected out on a radio to in the hope of finding extra-terrestrial life
and encouraging a response.
• Breakthrough Listen is a ten- You must write a radio broadcast to tell aliens all about us and ask them to
year initiative with $100 get in touch. But what will you include? Remember- they know nothing
million funding to actively about human beings at all! But will you tell them the whole truth?
search for intelligent extra-
terrestrial communications in
You may want to include the following:
the universe. • What humans look like and how our body works, inside and out
• What human facial expressions or body language means, e.g. nodding
your head or shaking hands
• What we eat, how we work, where we live…
• Differences between us (different cultures / religions/ languages / gender)
• Human emotions and values, e.g. love / friendship
• Important events in human History or scientific discoveries
• What Earth looks and feels like: weather / landscapes / seas
• Other creatures we share the Earth withTHE SPACE TRAVEL CHALLENGE! YOUR CHALLENGE: • Imagine NASA have employed you to market and advertise trips for everyday people to The International Space Station. • Design a package trip to ISS including: transport on a spacecraft, space wear, space food, sleeping pod accommodation, things to do on ISS… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkYz43qALMU • Present your trip as a leaflet showing the price, information (as above) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyFYgeE32f0 include pictures so buyers know what to expect. WATCH THE CLIPS: have another look inside the ISS by • You could include special features, watching the clips (above) which give you a quick tour (first e.g. a spacewalk outside the craft, a clip) OR a look at sleeping in space (2nd clip)! OR you could visit to the Science lab for top watch the clip (below) which shows a space walk outside of the secret experiments OR a visit to the ISS. (Remember to copy & paste the address into your browser) onboard alien petting zoo. (You can use your imagination as well as facts and knowledge!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmrrSfiMxGA
The Chris Hadfield:
Musical Challenge
• During his free time on Expedition
35, Hadfield recorded music for an
album, using the Larrivée Parlor
guitar previously brought to the ISS.
• The first song recorded in space,
Jewel in the Night, was released via
YouTube on Christmas Eve 2012. YOUR CHALLENGE: Imagine you are Doug Hurley
travelling to the ISS on the Crew Dragon. Write
your own song about this latest space adventure and
what you can see from your spaceship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YufsbE4-jmY
LISTEN TO THE SONG BY WATCHING THE CLIP (above). Write your lyrics first. If you know how to play a
Remember to copy & paste the address into your musical instrument you could write music to
browser. accompany them. Or – of you like to sing you could
record yourself singing them to your own tune!CHALLENGE: ASTRONAUTS WANTED!
APPLY NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5T9iYjt6Lk
WATCH THE CLIP (above): follow this short video
about how to become a NASA Astronaut
and what the training feels like.
Did you know they are recruiting?
Perhaps you may one day be a future
space traveller?
You could also go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts
to find out about how to become an YOUR CHALLENGE: Design an advert: ASTRONAUTS
astronaut as well as to read about current
or past astronauts. WANTED!
Include information about the skills and qualities needed
YOU COULD ALSO WATCH THIS EXTRA SHORT CLIP TO as well as what the training is like for potential astronauts.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TRAINING TO BE AN Present your work as a POSTER with pictures and writing
ASTRONAUT: OR as a video clip advertisement if you want to bring it to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ojzEqbMZBE life!We would love to see ANY OF your work and
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