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Rockets

Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel

Pre-flight Testing

Backgrounders

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

The face of the planet Mars (NASA)

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.

Let's Talk Lunar Resources

Backgrounders

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

Student going over materials and plans

Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

Artist’s conception of NASA’s Space Launch System

Escape Velocity

STEM Explained

Why do a baseball and a rocket need the same launch speed to get from Earth into space? It has to do with physics and gravitational force.