Everest Academy: Aug. 6, Space: Curiosity Rover Entry & Landing

Everest Academy is sponsored by Everest Family Ministry in the Birmingham Metro Area. We offer freedom along with quality resources, information, activities and support to those homeschooling in Alabama. We believe that the parent has the best interests of their children at heart. We believe that the parent is the first and only teacher that a child needs. In keeping with this philosophy, we wish to be a very hands-off cover school and allow the parent to lead and guide their children in the direction and at the pace they feel is best suited to their children. We ask only for what the law requires while offering support along with quality resources to aid families in their efforts.

Aug. 6, Space: Curiosity Rover Entry & Landing

The Curiosity rover entry and landing is just 20 days away (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html). I've pasted a link below to a video that shows the landing process and general idea of surface operations. Curiosity is about the size of a Mini-Cooper automobile and is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) instead of solar panels. The surface operations will be a lot slower and deliberate than depicted, but you'll get the general idea of how the cameras and science instruments operate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_Ju1mbbbw&feature=relmfu

Fred Kepner

Education Specialist
OHC Contract-WTI
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Academic Affairs HS30
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