Space Exploration

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Let's Talk Space Exploration Resources

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Discover a set of resources to develop background knowledge on the topic of space exploration.

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Anastasiia Prysyazhnyuk

Career Profiles

Science and Innovation Lead, Health Beyond Initiative

I explore ways in which science and technology can provide solutions to healthcare problems in space and on Earth.
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Cameron Dickenson

Cameron Dickinson

Career Profiles

Senior Engineer, Space Exploration

I work on sensors and camera technology for use on planetary exploration missions.
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Katie Harris (she/her)

Career Profiles

Medical Student/Prospective Aerospace Medicine Specialist

I am working towards a career as an aerospace medicine specialist - a doctor who works with astronauts and keeps them healthy for long missions!
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Waves, Tides and Tsunamis

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Learn about ocean waves and how they can form tsunamis and tidal waves.

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Annie Martin

Career Profiles

Portfolio Manager for the Health Beyond Initiative

I coordinate the different activities of our initiative, do strategic planning to define its vision and objectives and collaborate with other international space agencies.
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Pre-flight Testing

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Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.

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Human Spaceflight: The First 50 Years

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A history of the first 50 years of human space flight.

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Let's Talk Mars Resources

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Discover a set of resources to get you up to speed on the discussion surrounding Mars

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NASA Environmental Control and Life Support System

Life Support in Space - Closed Systems

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Learn how astronauts survive in the International Space Station.

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Astronaut Daniel Tani in the ISS

Home Sweet Home In Space

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Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.

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The face of the planet Mars (NASA)

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.

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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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Astronauts from the Apollo Mission landing on the moon.

Let's Talk Lunar Resources

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Discover some background information on how we'll learn to live and work on the Moon - and beyond!

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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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