Life On Mars

Mars is the 4th planet from the sun and is named after the Roman God of War. It is also referred to as the "red planet." Scientists have done numerous actions to find life on this planet.

In June 2012, scientists measured the ratio of hydrogen and methane levels (hydrogen/methane levels less that approximately less than 40 would indicate life is likely present and active ) and saw that the Lower Martian atmosphere was 10 times higher.

0n August 7, 1996, scientists announced that they’d found signs of life inside of a meteorite found on mars. NASA administrator Daniel Goldin gleefully said it was an “unbelievable” day. He was more accurate than he knew.

By- (Abraham T./JCD STEM)

All the Rovers on Mars

Sojourner
- The first wheeled vehicle to rove on another planet.
- It came in a lander shaped like a pyramid and covered in airbags. It had a safe, bouncy landing.
- Sojourner used cameras to take pictures and sent back more than 550 pictures back.
Spirit & Opportunity (Found evidence of water on Mars)
- These two rovers landed on Mars at same time.
- They landed on opposites sides of the planet.
- They both took first color pictures of Mars and found evidence of water.
Curiosity (Finding out if Mars once had all what life needs)
- This rover was as big as an SUV.
- Landed in the Gale center, which has a tall mountain in the middle
- Curiosity has many scientific instruments to study the rocks on the crater.
Perseverance (Look for signs of present life and if humans can go to Mars)
- It only recently landed in Mars on February 18 2021
- Perseverance will test a method for getting oxygen from Mars’s atmosphere.
- It Landed in the Jezero crater which is a very old region of mars.

-Ethan M JCD STEM

Mars Misson Rover Summary

By David M and Iris P from JCD STEM

Mars Perseverance Rover Summary

Kids at JCD STEM learned:

"I found the fact that Mars had water over 3 billion years ago,"

"One thing I learned is how NASA works, and how people there work how they work and what they work on using STEM everywhere,"

"I learned that the presenter has been to the white house. how cool is that!"

"Something I learned is that it is important to work as a team,"

And SO MUCH MORE!!!

-Scroll down for our paragraph summary!!!!

Made by David M and Iris P of JCD STEM

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Video by -Nomita Sharma Jnv Jhajjar

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Requirements for a Mars Colony

Many factors would be required to create a mars colony. A major problem we would face would be the lack of oxygen on Mars. However, with enough plants, we could turn much of Mars's carbon dioxide into oxygen we could breathe from. Mars's low atmospheric pressure could also be a problem. To solve this, the colonists would have to have pressurized homes. Aside from these, and a few other essentials, we would be set to colonize mars.

Pranav Satapathy - JCD STEM