Challenger Learning Center
Southeastern Connecticut -
Space Science Mission
Simulations
Rendezvous with a Comet
In orbit around the sun, between Earth and Mars, a Space Station moves toward its long awaited target: Haley's Comet. The year is 2061 and the comet has not passed through our solar system in 76 years and won't grace our skies again for a very long time. Many years of planning and hard work have been invested in this one moment. This is literally the chance of a lifetime! You have just two hours to maneuver the Space Station into a rendezvous with the comet's tail and to launch a scientific probe into the comet. What may seem to be a routine exploration is sprinkled with a lot of surprises and emergencies, giving students first-hand insight into teamwork and problem solving.
Voyage to Mars
In Earth years, it is 2076, and a now routine Voyage to Mars has brought the latest human crew into Martian orbit. Control of the incoming flight has been transferred from Houston's Mission Control to Mars Control at Chryse Station. The crew arriving from Earth on the Mars Transport Vehicle has been specially trained to replace the existing crew of astronauts, who have manned Mars Control for the past two years, and to continue their scientific explorations.
Return To The Moon
The year is 2015. Your students have been selected to establish a lunar mining colony to extract resources which have become almost completely exhausted on earth. The mission establishes a permanent base on the Moon to observe, explore and test the feasibility of human settlement on other planetary bodies.
In orbit around the sun, between Earth and Mars, a Space Station moves toward its long awaited target: Haley's Comet. The year is 2061 and the comet has not passed through our solar system in 76 years and won't grace our skies again for a very long time. Many years of planning and hard work have been invested in this one moment. This is literally the chance of a lifetime! You have just two hours to maneuver the Space Station into a rendezvous with the comet's tail and to launch a scientific probe into the comet. What may seem to be a routine exploration is sprinkled with a lot of surprises and emergencies, giving students first-hand insight into teamwork and problem solving.
In Earth years, it is 2076, and a now routine Voyage to Mars has brought the latest human crew into Martian orbit. Control of the incoming flight has been transferred from Houston's Mission Control to Mars Control at Chryse Station. The crew arriving from Earth on the Mars Transport Vehicle has been specially trained to replace the existing crew of astronauts, who have manned Mars Control for the past two years, and to continue their scientific explorations.
The year is 2015. Your students have been selected to establish a lunar mining colony to extract resources which have become almost completely exhausted on earth. The mission establishes a permanent base on the Moon to observe, explore and test the feasibility of human settlement on other planetary bodies.