Description should include
- lessons learned from past missions that inform the planning of future missions and exploration
- the critical elements involved in ensuring the success of a mission
- the Artemis program and its goal of returning Americans to the moon
- issues (e.g., radiation) caused by human space travel
- missions to Mars.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are some dangers of lunar and Martian expeditions?
- What challenges make the moon a difficult place for human survival?
- What criteria must a planet meet to be considered in the habitable zone?
- Of what did the Chandra X-ray Observatory gain direct proof?
- What was one of Spitzer Space Telescope’s most notable discoveries?