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This page was created for a after school activity for young teens. In this class a mock "Mars Mission" allowed the students to become mission planners, Mars scientists and astronauts. The Mars links below were created to help the students find materials for course activities. Hope this helps you in your quest to understand and visit Mars. Explore!
--Astra
NASA's Mars Exporation Home
Explore Space Classroom Activities - from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
Hubble Space Telescope Mars Images
Exploring Mars: Mars the Planet -from Space Today On-line
NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration - a pdf
A Crewed Mission to Mars - National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
Mars Exploration Strategies an AIAA paper with helpful information
Race to Mars - Discovery channel
Manned Mission
to Mars Wikipedia Article on Mars Missions
Exploring Mars:- Mars Exporation - from Space Online Today
International pace University (ISU)1991 - Design for an International Mars Mission
MEPAG - Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group
No one has spent more time, effort, and resources than NASA to study and define a workable Mars Mission. Here you will find the papers from current and past conferences.
How Long would a trip to Mars take? - from Astronomy Cafe's Mars Page
Live Simulation Mars from Classroom of the Future and NASA. (Resources for Educators and Students)
Radiation Hazard -
Force shield paper from the Institute of Physics
Human Adaptation
to Space from Wikipedia
Trip
to Mars in 90 days? - far out!
Disclaimer: This article was written in 2004, over a decade ago
Flight to Mars: How Long? Along what path? -from Stargazers to Starship website
Trajectories -
JPL's Basics of Space Flight
Orbital Shapes Animation - this Hohmann transfer ellipse from Earth to Jupiter
Useful Mars Parameters
Eccentricity = .093527
Semi Major Axis = 1.52 AU
Date Calculator - Make Launch Date Calculations
Sites from DRA 5.0
- Arsia Mons
- Centauri and Hellas Montes
Gully Deposit in the Centauri Montes Region Crater
Centauri Montes - A video flyby
- Isidis Basin / Jezero Crater
Science Magazine Jezero Crater - Site Information (Feb 2017)
- Mangala Vales
Mangala Valles - from Wikipedia
Mars Human Landing Site Workshop 2015 Presentations
USGS Mars Map - From MOLA Data
Selecting a Landing Site for Human Missions to Mars - presented by Dr. Sydney Do (2016) fairly technical with no specific candidates mentioned.
Landing sites for 2020 Rover - view the slideshow to see the Mars sites of interest
Mars
Landing Site Catalog - More on Site Selection (Check the list of 153 sites)
Evidence of
Water on Mars - Geology.Com
Hellas Planitia -
Wikipedia Link to Images of Hellas Basin from JPL
NASA PDS Database Mars Data Holdings - look up some stuff from here
Google Mars - Check out your site
Developing a plan for human exploration in the solar system including a human journey to explore the Mars.
The Evolvable Mars Campaign - Presented by Jason Crusan (2014)
The Evolvable Mars Campaign - Presented by Dr. Chris Moore (2016)
Evolvable Mars Campaign Development - NSF Large Facility Workshop (May 2016)
This is a 71-page document that contains an in-depth discussion of the strategies for exploration of Mars including establishing a field station, regions of interest (ROI), in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), details of Mars and its environment. Detailed look at Jezero crater the current target for the Perservance rover.
The EMC - The Moons of Mars as a Destination - presented by Pat Troutman of NASA Langley Research Center
Mars DRA 5.0 Executive Summary - 31-page summary
Mars Reference Mission - Download Page
Mars Atlas from NASA's Exploration Page - Surface features
NASA's
Mars Reference Mission - Reference Mission Version 3.0
CHAOS 2004 - Theme: Mission Mars, Part 1 - Download Paper on Site Selection.
Let's go to
Mars activity - What will you take with you?
Challenger Center
Earth to Mars Engineer Design Challenge - Grades 9-10
While I think its going to be a long, long time, here is Oscar Castellino's premiere performance:
Rise to Mars anthem
More information can be found at Astra's Stargate on the 3 Faces of Mars page
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