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Future of Space Exploration
Future of Space Exploration
Watch the below videos to learn about space exploration missions being launched by various space agencies in the next few years:
SpaceX to launch unmanned cargo mission to Mars (2026)
SpaceX to launch unmanned cargo mission to Mars (2026)
Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, plans to launch an unpiloted mission in 2026 to confirm water sources, identify hazards, and put in place initial power, mining, and life support infrastructure.
Musk further wants SpaceX to send a crewed spacecraft to Mars with the primary objectives of building a propellant depot and preparing for future crew flights, though SpaceX is quick to label these goals "aspirational."
India to send crewed Space flight (2025)
India to send crewed Space flight (2025)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to send the first batch of Indian astronauts into space in 2025 for a duration of approximately one week. The mission is dubbed the Gaganyaan mission.
The astronauts chosen for the Gaganyaan mission are:
Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair
Group Captain Ajit Krishnan
Group Captain Angad Pratap
Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla
NASA's Artemis II Mission to the Moon (2025 and 2026)
NASA's Artemis II Mission to the Moon (2025 and 2026)
NASA plans to send the first woman and the next man back to the Moon by 2025.
NASA is targeting September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole. See more details here.
JAXA's trip to the Martian Moons (2025)
JAXA's trip to the Martian Moons (2025)
In March 2025, JAXA's Martian Moons Exploration probe will enter Mars orbit before moving on to Phobos to collect particles with a simple pneumatic system.
If successful, the spacecraft will return to Earth five years later, hopefully shedding light on whether Mars' moons are captured asteroids or the result of devastating planet impacts.
NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Titan (2026)
NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Titan (2026)
This highly anticipated mission to Saturn's icy moon Titan is scheduled to launch in 2026 and is expected to arrive at Titan in 2034, when it will begin to study the moon's wide variety of environments. Titan has been likened to an early Earth analogue, so scientists hope the mission will inform our understanding of how life evolved here on our home planet.
ESA's JUICE Explorer to arrive at Jupiter (2029)
ESA's JUICE Explorer to arrive at Jupiter (2029)
This probe from the European space agency will not explore one but three moons of Jupiter—Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa - as well as the Gas Giant itself. Once it makes its seven-year journey after launch in 2022, the probe will enter the Jupiter system, but it will take another four years before it reaches orbit around Ganymede in 2033.
Space related educational Resources from NASA
Space related educational Resources from NASA
Check out these educational resources from NASA to deepen your understanding of space...
NASA EDUCATIONAL resources ON SPACE EXPLORATION
NASA EDUCATIONAL resources ON SPACE EXPLORATION
For Grades 5 to 8
NASA EDUCATIONAL resources ON SPACE EXPLORATION
NASA EDUCATIONAL resources ON SPACE EXPLORATION
For Grades 9 to 12
Software Tools
Software Tools
Check out these free software tools and see if you can use them to build virtual prototypes related to space exploration...
Open rocket
Open rocket
OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before you build and fly them.
Click here to view OpenRocket website
QGIS
QGIS
QGIS is a free and open source Geographic Information System. You can create, edit, visualize, analyze, and publish geospatial information using this tool.
Click here to view QGIS website
Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based geospatial analysis platform that enables users to visualize and analyze satellite images of our planet. Scientists and non-profits use Earth Engine for remote sensing research, predicting disease outbreaks, natural resource management, and more.
Click here to visit Google Earth.
tiny gs
tiny gs
TinyGS is an open network of Ground Stations distributed around the world to receive and operate LoRa satellites, weather probes, and other flying objects, using cheap and versatile modules.
Click here to view website
Space related Movies to watch
Space related Movies to watch
Watch these movies to understand more about space exploration, space travel, human habitation in space, etc.
Space related Books to read
Space related Books to read
Read these books to get inspired about Space exploration and the lives of astronauts undertaking space missions. Click the images to view the books directly in Amazon Store.
check out the major space agencies of the world
check out the major space agencies of the world
Know what Space agencies of major space-faring nations of the world are doing, what missions they have launched in the past, and what space missions are they planning to launch in the near future. Click the logos or links to visit the respective websites.
What did you learn in this programme?
What did you learn in this programme?
A peek at Mars - Get to know about Mars - Up Close
Going to Mars - Rockets and Human Pods
Exploring Martian Terrain - Mars Rover
Flying on Mars - Mars Helicopter
Challenges of living on Mars - Water, Atmosphere, Radiation, Dust Storms, and more...
Terraforming Mars - Making Mars a Habitable Planet
First Manned Mission to Mars - Enabling Technologies
Colonizing Mars - Setting up a Mars Colony
Interplanetary Travel - Space Shuttles and Space Ships
Pointers for further Exploration - Learn more about Space
activity:
activity:
Create a Portfolio Website to showcase all the digital and/or physical creations you have put together in this bootcamp.
Your website should be organized into multiple pages or sections - with different web-pages / section - one page for each module learnt in this bootcamp.
Embed your digital creations (such as your 3D models, photos, videos, animations, chatbots, eBooks, animations, links, etc.) within different web-pages / sections of your website. For e.g., embed all your digital / physical creations related to "A Peak at Mars" module within the corresponding web-page / section. Embed all your digital/physical creations related to "Terraforming mars" within the corresponding web-page / section. And, likewise do the same for all module-specific web-pages / sections.
Provide a brief description below each creation explaining what your creation is, how does it work, what is novel or innovative or creative in it, what digital tools or physical resources did you use to create, what did you learn from this activity. What "prompt" did you use in the AI tool? How did you successively refine your creation, etc.
Add an "About Me" page giving information about yourself, such as your name, school, your hobbies, interests, projects done, awards won, etc. Publish the website and make it public. Do NOT include any personal details such as your photo, email id or phone number.
You may use Google Sites, Wix, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud Express or any other website building tools to build your portfolio website.
If you are using Google Sites, use the menu option: Insert -> Embed -> By URL or Insert -> Embed -> Embed Code to embed your digital creation within the portfolio website. You can also add a 'Button' or 'Image' within your website and link the button/image to your digital creation.
The Best 10 Portfolio websites by participants will be interlinked with the Martian Odyssey portal so that all participants can see your creations after the end of the bootcamp. These portfolio websites will be showcased to the Principals, Teachers and Mentors of all 37 ATL Sarthi Cluster Schools so that your work gets due visibility and recognition.
Submitting your activity: Click "Submit Activity" button below to submit your activity. Provide the link to your portfolio website in the Activity submission form.
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