Space Hazards Learners & Families
Check out these resources, adapted from the Space Hazards Science and Engineering Curriculum. It is intended for you and family members to explore at home.
Learn more about Space Hazards from NASA:
- Moon’s South Pole is Full of Mystery, Science, Intrigue
- Dust: An Out-of-This World Problem
- Ingenuity Passes the Test
- Missions to Hubble
- NASA Prepare Rocket, Spacecraft, Ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole, Re-targets Launch
- 5 Hazards of Human Spaceflight
- NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Gets Its Wheels and Air Brakes
- Artemis
- OSIRIS-REx
Learn about how AstroAccess is promoting disability inclusion in human space exploration by paving the way for disabled astronauts.
Read Team Trash
Check out more engineering activities from EiE Families
Check out videos about space hazards made by the PLANETS team:
- Dangerous Dust
- Using Local Resources
- Micro-Impacts & Low Gravity
- Earth Hazards and Climate Change
- Robots and Space Hazards
- Space Radiation
- Extreme Temperatures
- Volcanic Hazards
Want to hear directly from planetary scientists? Check out our Ask a Planetary Scientist Series:
- Mars 2020 Interview with Alicia
- Mars 2020 Interview with Ken
- Osiris Rex with Cristina
- Mars 2020 Interview with Ryan
- Can you See Mercury Right Now?
- What is PLANETS?
- Hurricanes, Atmospheres, and Weather in Space
- Perseverance Interview with Robin
- Why do we send rovers instead of people with Ryan and Elise
- Is there water on Mars with Ryan and Sarah
- Perseverance Interview with Ken
- Water in the solar system
- Do we need sunscreen in space?
- Why is dust dangerous?
- Interview with the Scientists behind the Water in the Solar System Cards
Check out more videos about space hazards:
- AskNASA┃ What are the Next Generation Spacesuits?
- How Can We Protect Our Astronauts in Space?
- Introducing: NASA’s Earth System Observatory
- Lunar Dust is Difficult
- NASA Crews Spray Foam Insulation on Artemis III Rocket Hardware
- NASA has big ‘guns’ to study micrometeorite & space debris impacts
- Spacesuits for the Next Explorers-Full feature
Check out some of the materials your learner may be using in their out of school time program!
