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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.
![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!
![Miriam Micael](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2021-11/Miriam%20Micael2.jpg?itok=stlGvpe2)
Miriam Micael
Engineer, Project Management
![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.
![Timothy Burkhart](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-11/Timothy_Burkhart.jpg?itok=_rID7Ano)
Query a Career Profile
Lessons
Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.
![Cross-section of the Earth showing layers.](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-07/earth-core-structure-with-geological-layers.jpg?itok=_R5VEnY-)
Why does the Earth have Layers?
STEM Explained
An in-depth look at how the Earth got its layers.
![Jamie Sevigny au travail](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-02/Jamie%20Sevigny.jpg?itok=kg6JcDjB)
Jamie Sevigny
Career Profiles
Management Engineer
![Thomas Graham](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-01/Tom%20Graham%20at%20haughton%20crater.png?itok=yMLRqy4E)
Thomas Graham
Career Profiles
Research Scientist, Space Farming
![Photo de Mike Dixon](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-01/mike%20dixon.jpg?itok=srNXyg1T)
Mike Dixon
Career Profiles
Professor and Director of CESRF
![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.
![The planet Mars](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Mars.png)
What is your weight on another planet?
Hands-on Activities
Do you weigh the same on Jupiter as you do on Earth? Learn to calculate your weight on a different planet.