![Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/Wind_Tunnel_Test.jpg?itok=fGLZha3Y)
Pre-flight Testing
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.
![Yuri Gagarin Capsule and space suit](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/yuri_gargarin_suit_capsule.jpg?itok=84XTVtC4)
Human Spaceflight: The First 50 Years
Backgrounders
A history of the first 50 years of human space flight.
![Mosaic of the Valles Marineris hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/mars-globe-valles-marineris-enhanced.jpg?itok=xYSA2DNX)
Let's Talk Mars Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources to get you up to speed on the discussion surrounding Mars
![NASA Environmental Control and Life Support System](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/ECLSS_at_the_ECLSS_Test_Facility.jpg?itok=VQ7vpr6Z)
Life Support in Space - Closed Systems
Backgrounders
Learn how astronauts survive in the International Space Station.
![Astronaut Daniel Tani in the ISS](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/Daniel_Tani_in_ISS_sleeping_bag.jpg?itok=mjrDYl2y)
Home Sweet Home In Space
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.
![The face of the planet Mars (NASA)](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/PIA08636_orig.jpg?itok=Aa5pX4g6)
Destination Mars
Backgrounders
Discover how space agencies have explored the Red Planet in the past and present and learn about the future of human spaceflight to the red planet.
![Astronauts from the Apollo Mission landing on the moon.](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/moon_landing.jpg?itok=7GFV-Nbc)
Let's Talk Lunar Resources
Backgrounders
Discover some background information on how we'll learn to live and work on the Moon - and beyond!
![Student going over materials and plans](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-02/Engineering%20Panel_UGuelph_Feb.25_EventCard.png?itok=ZcSYNrN5)
Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.
![Mars Perseverance rover](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/perseverance_rover.jpg?itok=XB-RXgBl)
Exploration of the Planets in the Solar System
Backgrounders
Learn about how spacecraft have helped us learn about our Solar System.
![Testing of the Boeing Starliner spacesuit](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/starliner_spacesuit_testing.jpg?itok=qqA2s20r)
Testing Spacesuit Material
STEM Explained
Learn about a new material for spacesuits and the engineer who designed it.
![Meteor seen through an opening in the trees](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/milky-way-meteor-forest.jpg?itok=suu9kYmi)
Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites
Backgrounders
Learn about where and when to find meteoroids, meteors and meteorites.
![Space lander](/sites/default/files/2020-12/yellow-space-lander.jpg)
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
![Image showing the physics of flight on a drone.](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-02/Forces_of_flight_on_a_drone_1.png?itok=UsnLkNCm)
Resources on Physics and Aerospace
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.
![The Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope located in Cheshire, England](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-06/Jodrell_Bank_Lovell_Telescope.jpg?itok=TFL_abQu)
Telescopes and Astronomy
Backgrounders
Visible light is only part of what astronomers study. They use different types of telescopes to study the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
![Jamie Sevigny au travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-02/Jamie%20Sevigny.jpg?itok=kg6JcDjB)
Jamie Sevigny
Career Profiles
Management Engineer