During the project we will be speaking with experts from around New Zealand and the globe in our Zoom webinar series.
You will find a schedule of these on this page, as well as recordings of completed webinars.
9.30am 27th July
Ota Lutz, Head of STEM education at NASA JPL is joined by Rich Rieber and Anais Zarifian, who explain why Mars exploration is important for our future. They also share the knowledge of the Mars rover and show us an actual working version!
1.40pm 18th August
Antarctica is one of Earth's best analogues for both the Moon and Mars!
Join Miranda Satterthwaite, director of the Antarctic Academy at the International Antarctic Centre as we explore how Space agencies are using Antarctica to prepare for our future.
9.30am 26th August
In this webinar, we'll talk with NASA's education team to explore how humans will get to Mars.
What sort of rockets will they need?
What steps do we need to take first to make this happen?
What other technology will we need to think about?
9.30am 26th August
In this webinar, Caroline shows us through some examples of effective communication design and the principles that guide this design.
9.30am 23rd September
In this webinar, we'll talk with NASA's education team to explore how humans will live on Mars.
What sort of habitat will they need? What conditions are they going to have to cope with?
What steps do we need to take first to make this happen?
What other technology will we need to think about?