21st Century Explorer

NASA’s 21st Century Explorer will:

• Educate learners of all ages about:
  
  
  
  • space exploration
  
  
  • the challenges of long duration space exploration missions
  
  
  • the environment in which the human explorer must function, and
  
  
  • the technologies required to sustain human life during long duration space travel.
  
  
  
  


• Stimulate students’ interest in STEM while simultaneously involving the community, including educators, parents and, family members in this process.

Educational Packages

Each of the twelve, bilingual educational packages consists of:

• a 30-second, multimedia, student-hosted newsbreak,


• a web explanation of the space exploration topic,


• an educator and student hands-on activity guide, and


• supporting materials (glossary, quiz, and book and web resources).

http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/explorers/