Space Explorations

Space Explorations

6.E.1.3 Space Explorations

Objective Unpacked

• Space exploration has allowed humans to learn much about the workings of the solar system.

• The composition of planets and moons, and the effects of many types of solar radiation on Earth and its inhabitants. 

Space Exploration

• In preparing for the challenges of space exploration, people have developed tools and products that have become very important in enriching our lives. 

• Humans have traveled to the Moon, landed probes on Mars and Venus, and sent probes speeding past Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. 

Accomplishments

• An International Space Station, through the joint effort of many countries, was built to allow space to be studied continually. 

• We also had the Hubble Telescope built so scientists could learn much more about the uniqueness of Earth and its place in our solar system and universe. 

• Scientists have also learned that there are millions of galaxies in space, each containing solar systems. 

Space Techs to Home Conveniences

• Many of our modern conveniences such as microwaves and hand-held calculators are the result of products developed for use in the space program. 

• The Chandra X-ray Observatory is part of NASA’s fleet of Great Observatories, along with the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the now de-orbited Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. 

Data Images

• Observatory. Chandra allows scientists from around the world to obtain X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe. 

• Another deep-space telescope, the Fermi-Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the Milky Way. 

• The feature spans 50,000 light-years and may be the remnant of an eruption from a supersized black hole at the center of our galaxy.

What should you "students" be doing?

• Understand: to grasp the meaning of space exploration.

• Summarize: to tell in or reduce to a summary of Space Explorations

• Space exploration: the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecraft with human crews.

Implications

• Student Misconceptions:Students be given the chance to learn both modern and historical space exploration endeavors.

• Students might not realize how much the space program has led to new technologies and a deeper understanding of our own planet.

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