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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.
![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
Backgrounders
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!
![Miriam Micael](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-11/Miriam%20Micael2.jpg?itok=stlGvpe2)
Miriam Micael
Engineer, Project Management
![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
Backgrounders
Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.
![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.
![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
Backgrounders
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.
![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
Backgrounders
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.
![Jamie Sevigny au travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-02/Jamie%20Sevigny.jpg?itok=kg6JcDjB)
Jamie Sevigny
Career Profiles
Management Engineer
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Thomas Graham
Career Profiles
Research Scientist, Space Farming
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Mike Dixon
Career Profiles
Professor and Director of CESRF
![Doctor pointing to a knee x-ray](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-12/doctor_pointing_to_xray.jpg?itok=56sDaZM9)
Why a Trip to Outer Space Could Be Bad for Your Bones
STEM Explained
Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.
![ChaoticMind75 - iStock](/sites/default/files/2019-08/why-is-it-colder-in-the-winter-even-though.jpg)
Why is it colder in the winter even though the Earth is closer to the Sun?
Hands-on Activities
Learn why we have seasons in this hands on activity.