![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
![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.
![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
![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