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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
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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.
![Satellites orbiting Earth](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/global-positioning-system.jpg?itok=IKUDapOB)
Introduction to Satellites
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Learn about the history, functions, and types of satellites.
![Earth with pinned locations](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/planet-earth-with-red-map-pin.jpg?itok=Ope_wk4P)
The Math Behind GPS
Backgrounders
Learn about the history and math behind the Global Positioning System.
![Red soil on the surface of Mars](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/bonneville_crater.jpg?itok=_or8QS8d)
Soil on Mars
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Learn how soil is different on Mars than on Earth, and what that means for growing plants on the red planet.
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Let's Talk Lunar Resources
Backgrounders
Discover some background information on how we'll learn to live and work on the Moon - and beyond!
![Astronaut standing on Mars with Earth in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/astronaut-walking-on-mars.jpg?itok=AlYF5pct)
Earth vs. Mars
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Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.
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Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources
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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
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Learn about how spacecraft have helped us learn about our Solar System.
![Pluto lit by a distant Sun](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/pluto_and_sun.jpg?itok=Lrs0GRLo)
Meet Our Dwarf Planets
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Learn about the dwarf planets in 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
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Learn about where and when to find meteoroids, meteors and meteorites.
![Jupiter’s atmosphere taken from NASA's Juno spacecraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/above_jupiters_clouds.jpg?itok=uWE7qUix)
The Outer Solar System
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Learn about the amazing planets and moons of the outer Solar System.
![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.
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Resources on Physics and Aerospace
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.