Voyage to Mars

The full email can be found at: https://highlander.cap.gov/hcs-news/hcs-announcements/hcs-email---voyage-to-mars--the-challenger-learning-center-in-colorado-springs-2022

WHAT: 

Simulation - Challenger Space Center's Space Mission Simulator offers visitors the next best thing to actual space flight with a Mission Control room designed after NASA Johnson Space Center and an orbiting space station modeled after the laboratory on the International Space Station. During a space mission, team members work as scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems in an engaging, immersive environment. 


Breakout boxes - Using critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication, along with an amped-up version of Breakout Boxes, students learn aerospace content, practice collaboration and problem-solving skills and challenge their teamwork in this timed and entertaining session.


Planetarium (Destination Mars) - Voyage to the red planet as we compare Earth and Mars, learn about planetary orbits and gravity, and review and highlight future missions to Mars.

9:00a - 11:30a - Mars simulation
11:30a - 12:00n - Lunch (pack your own lunch)
12:00p - 1:00p - Breakout boxes (space-themed mystery and escape room) 
1:00p - 2:30p - Planetarium - Destination Mars


MISSION: Voyage to Mars - It is the year 2076. A now routine Voyage to Mars has brought the latest human crew into Martian orbit. The crew, arriving from Earth on the Mars Transport Vehicle, is specially trained to replace the existing crew of astronauts, which has manned Mars Control for the past two years. Control of the incoming flight has been transferred from Houston’s Mission Control to Mars Control at Chryse Station. After arriving on the Martian surface, the crew of students must collect and analyze a number of planetary samples and data. The information they gather is vital to scientists and explorers to help give them a better understanding of the red planet.



INFO VIDEOS: 

Challenger Learning Center of Maine / Rendezvous with a comet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04j9qIRJ7e0
Discover the Challenge Learning Center Experience / Mission to the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seb3fHX8aXw
Pictures from 2018 CAP activity: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx&type=3

WHO: Any CAP Cadet