National Aeronautics and Space Administration When NASA astronauts explore the moon starting in 2020, they’ll stay for about a week to start out and then gradually lengthen their visits as an outpost takes shape. At f

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• Apollo program
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• NASA
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• Space suit
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• Exploration of the Moon
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lunar Rocks! NASA astronauts became the first humans to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. A total of six NASA Apollo

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Unit 1 Pre-Apollo Activities Distance to the Moon Diameter of the Moon Reaping Rocks Before Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.

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• Apollo program
• Planemos
• Exploration of the Moon
• Celestial mechanics
• Moons
• Lunar distance
• Natural satellite
• Astronomical unit
• EME
• Spaceflight
• Space
• Astronomy

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA’s Hispanic Astronauts JOSEPH M. ACABA—Born in 1967 in Inglewood, CA, and raised in Anaheim, CA. Acaba, a former science teacher, was selected by the National Aeron

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• Women in technology
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• Military organization
• Ellen Ochoa
• Carlos I. Noriega
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• John D. Olivas
• Military personnel
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APPENDIX E. GEOLOGY FIELD EXERCISES: EARLY TRAINING Field Training Schedule for the first 3 Groups of Astronauts (29) Date Location

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• Apollo 17
• Apollo 13
• Apollo 15
• Cinder cone
• Apollo 14
• Apollo 1
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• Lunar plaque
• Spaceflight
• Apollo program
• Apollo 16

Asteroid Redirect Mission NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission will robotically capture and then redirect a small asteroid into a stable lunar orbit, where astronauts can safely visit and study it. The asteroid co

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• Planetary defense
• Asteroids
• Mars exploration
• Asteroid-impact avoidance
• NASA
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• Manned mission to Mars
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• Space technology
• Space

5-8 Activity #1 Article: Astronauts’ Little Helper In the near future, a day in the life of an astronaut may include being awakened in the morning by a personal assistant that also provides a briefing for the coming da

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• Canadian space program
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• Grapple
• International Space Station
• Spaceflight
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Quick Facts Orion is America’s next generation spacecraft that will take astronauts to exciting destinations never explored by humans. It will serve as the

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• Orion
• International Space Station
• Spacecraft
• Apollo
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• Spaceflight
• Manned spacecraft
• Human spaceflight

Script In the News: Living and Working on the Moon Hello this is Nan Munsey recording from the NSTA conference in Anaheim, CA. We have been researching the safety issues for astronauts who will be living and working on t

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• Astronomy
• Plasma physics
• Light sources
• Human spaceflight
• Space science
• Solar cycle
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• Sun
• Spaceflight
• Space
• Space plasmas

Pre-Classroom Activities K-4 Activity #1 In the near future, astronauts will get a new helper in space. This new helper comes in the form of a robot. This robot

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• Enthiran
• Humanoid robot
• Film
• Cinema of India
• Robot