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A) WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? This Weekend A) WHAT IS THIS PROJECT? This weekend saw history being made when SPACE X launched the Crew Dragon for a mission into space. This is a project for you to find out more about what happened, why it happened and who is affected by this very important event. There are different challenges for you to enjoy and share with your teachers. Keep on reading to find out more… • B) WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? 4)There are 8 challenges in this project. Choose 1) Read through the slides to find out at least 1 challenge to complete. You can about Space X, Elon Musk, the complete more if you wish to! launch, what it’s like to be an astronaut and how people on Earth are involved. 2) Keep a record of your thoughts & ideas…On some slides you will see a box with the subtitle: Think & Share. Whenever you see this you can write down your views on paper. Use the title “Space Explorer Feedback.” If you can, you could talk through your ideas with another person before writing them down. 3) Watch the clips on the slides if you have access. You may want to make notes as you watch. If you can’t watch them all, choose the ones that interest you most. If you can’t access them, read the slides and look at the pictures. C) HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO DO AND WHEN? 1) Quality is always more important than quantity. Do what is right for you at a pace that you can cope with. 2) There are 8 challenges that target different skills. Choose the ones that suit your talents best first. So, for example, if you are a good artist, choose an artistic challenge to start with. (You don’t need to do them all!) 3) There are lots of clips to watch. You don’t D) WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I AM STUCK? have to watch them unless you want to. They are there only to help you. 1) There are lots of challenges aimed at different 4) Spend your time on your work in a way that skills and abilities, so choose the challenges suits you and your family. This is a project for Monday AND Tuesday. Spread the work out. that feel right for you. Manage your working time so that you can 2) If one challenge doesn’t work out- move on to a enjoy your project. There is no one-way-fits- all. different one. 5) This is a large power-point. It isn’t designed 3) If you are completely stuck and need some help to be read & engaged with all at once. Access it bit by bit with breaks in between! you can email: lo’[email protected] We would love to see your work and include it in the WHS Time Capsule if you would like to If you would like to share your work for the Time share it. (We are creating the Time Capsule to Capsule, send it (or photos of it) to your House remember and celebrate all of the home Heads using the Email addresses below: learning taking place in lockdown). baobabhouse- [email protected] The Space X Mission is an historic event and ndizihouse- the WHS Time Capsule must represent the [email protected] important events that have shaped our world acaciahouse- when we are not together in school. [email protected] mpingohouse- REMEMBER TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME & YEAR GROUP WITH YOUR [email protected] WORK IF YOU SEND IT IN. • SpaceX is an American company that provides commercial and government launch services on its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. • Entrepreneur Elon Musk founded the company in 2002, with the goal of reducing space transportation costs, enabling the colonisation of Mars. • SpaceX was the first private company to routinely return rocket stages to Earth under propulsive power so they could be re-flown rather than being discarded. • It has been conducting regular flights of cargo to the ISS (International Space Station), and will now aim to begin launching astronauts. • Musk's company is also developing a bigger spacecraft to carry humans - called Star-ship - which could begin the process of settling Mars! THINK & SHARE: If you had the chance to be the RESEARCH : find out more about the Space X director of Space X, what missions would you want to see company and what it is trying to achieve happen? Mars? The moon? Or somewhere else entirely? (Why?) • Born in South Africa, Elon Musk made more than $160m from the sale of online payment service PayPal to eBay. • His desire to see humanity become a true space- faring civilisation was a driving factor behind the founding of SpaceX. • But he has also been involved in founding a variety of other companies such as the electric car manufacturer Tesla. • He also conceived a project called Hyperloop, a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPJTOBOo3c high-speed transportation system using pods that travel through a system of tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp7oGkWKkig • His colourful personality and lifestyle made him the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr's interpretation of Marvel Comics character Tony WATCH THE CLIPS: to find out more about Elon Musk and his Stark. vision for Space Exploration. (Copy and paste the web address • Musk is no stranger to controversy: his tweets into your browser). have triggered lawsuits and led to him being CLIP 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ELON MUSK (Top Tip: find out forced out as the chairman of Tesla (though he remained as CEO). about his AD-Astra School!) CLIP 2: ELON MUSK’S PRE- LAUNCH SPEECH WATCH THE CLIPS: Find out how the launch operated and watch real footage of the astronauts and NASA on the ground as Crew Dragon sets off! (Copy & paste the web address into your browser). Clip 1: The BBC news report & live launch (13.51 mins) Clip 2: The NASA minute by minute coverage Why is this launch so important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3fiNkgTOU • Since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, Nasa has been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsvr55cTZ0&feature=youtu.be paying Russia tens of millions of dollars to launch its astronauts on the Soyuz spacecraft. • The Crew Dragon launch from Florida marks the first launch of humans from US soil in nine years. As such, it is seen as crucial for restoring American prestige in human spaceflight. • This will also be the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit. • The Crew Dragon is the spacecraft that transports astronauts to the International Space Station. • The Crew Dragon is designed to carry a maximum of seven passengers, but Nasa flights will carry four, with the rest of the space taken up by supplies. • It is equipped with thrusters that enable it to manoeuvre in space and will dock - or attach - to the space station under autonomous control. • Unlike previous spacecraft designed for humans, the crew cabin features touchscreen controls in place of physical buttons. • Although the Dragon capsule is a fully automated vehicle capable of finding its own way to the ISS, the crew needs to prepare for all eventualities and that means knowing exactly how the ship will behave in their hands. • Uniquely, the Dragon has no control stick; all flight commands must be entered via a touchscreen panel. THINK & SHARE: Find out…What were the first space craft like compared with the Dragon capsule? How has technology improved? Find examples by researching on the internet. Why do you think there is no longer a touch stick? THINK & SHARE: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go inside a spacecraft? Have you ever thought about how people work together to design a spacecraft and how long this could take? What skills do you think it takes to design and build a spaceship? Look at the image on the right? Is it a good design in your opinion? What changes would you make and why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgY4NKoT9SQ WATCH: the clip above to see the tour of the Dragon by the astronauts themselves! (Copy and paste the web address into your browser to access). Hurley has spent a total of 28 days and 11 hours in space, while Behnken has accumulated a total of 29 days and 12 hours, including 37 hours of spacewalking time. Both men are also married to astronauts. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are Nasa astronauts. They were selected in 2000 and have each flown to space twice on CHECK OUT THEIR TWITTER ACCOUNTS FOR INFO ON LIFE the space shuttle. They are among the most experienced AS AN ASTRONAUT: members of Nasa's astronaut corps and both trained as test Bob BehnkenVerified account @AstroBehnken pilots - which has been critical for putting the new spacecraft Col. Doug Hurley@Astro_Doug through its paces. Both astronauts on board have families and they will be apart during this mission. THINK & SHARE: Saying goodbye is emotional but not just sad- often a positive moment filled with pride and respect for the job these men do. Look at Karen’s face in the picture on the left. She seems to be smiling. Why do you think this is? How do you think the astronauts’ sons look at their dads’ jobs? FUN FACT: Both of the WATCH THE CLIP: See the two astronauts as they say goodbye to astronauts’ wives are their families in their space suits and get into the D’Lorean that also astronauts will take them to their spacecraft.
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