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1 COMMUNICATION TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Communication Team. Your team s mission will be to establish a verbal link between Mars Control and the spacecraft. Your assignment will involve speaking, reading, and listening. Send messages to Mars Control Receive messages from Mars Control Operate the video cameras Send messages to the spacecraft You will be the only verbal link between Mars Control and the spacecraft for many of the teams! Practice Message In order to have effective communications between Mars Control and the spacecraft, specific communication procedures need to be followed. Below is a message that you should practice before coming to the mission. From Mars Control: Spacecraft, this is Mars Control. I have a message for the Medical Team. Over. From spacecraft: Mars Control, this is the spacecraft. We are ready to receive. Over. From Mars Control: Spacecraft, this is Mars Control. The message for the Medical team is Please check the Probe team for visual reaction time. Over. From spacecraft: Mars Control, this is the spacecraft. We acknowledge. Over. When the message is complete, say Over. Before you say, We are ready to receive, have the team raise their hands to show that they are ready to receive the message. Do not yell into the headset s microphone. how to pronounce Hygrometer, barometer, Geiger counter, meteoroid, and acknowledge.

2 DATA TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Data Team. Your team s mission will involve sending -type messages between Mars Control and the spacecraft. You will be forwarding messages by computer and printing messages for the Communication team to read. Your assignment will require the use of a computer and data printer. Forward written messages to Mars Control Print messages that Communication will send verbally Forward written messages to the spacecraft Print messages that Communication will send verbally Track all emergency messages Your responsibilities will include sending written data from all of the spacecraft experiments to Mars Control and making sure that all Mars Control teams receive and collect data. Data results from experiments conducted on the spacecraft. Encrypted/Encoded- messages are altered into a code only the computer can read keyboard Data printer

3 MEDICAL TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Medical Team. Your team s mission will involve performing medical tests to monitor the health of the astronauts on board the spacecraft. Test visual and auditory reaction time Measure skin temperature Measure blood pressure Record data sent from the spacecraft Analyze data from the spacecraft Send messages to the spacecraft Auditory reaction time how long it takes to react to a sound you hear. Blood pressure the pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. Gravity the force that pulls bodies toward the center of a planet. Heart rate (pulse rate) the number of heart beats per minute. Pulse the pressure in the arteries due to the beating of the heart. Skin temperature external temperature of the body; lower than internal temperature. Visual reaction time how long it takes to react to a light that you see. keyboard Blood pressure monitor Thermometer

4 NAVIGATION TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Navigation Team. Your team s mission will involve using the computer to identify celestial bodies in space, calculate the spacecraft s position in space, enter Martian orbit, and determine a landing course. Determine the spacecraft s position in space Fire thrusters to send the spacecraft into a low Mars orbit Plot a landing course on Mars Send instructions to the spacecraft Collect data from the spacecraft Calculate the spacecraft s position in space Plot a landing course on Mars Constellation Any of the 88 star groups named after various mythological characters. Thrust The propelling force produced in a rocket by the high-velocity discharge of expanding gases. Orbit The path of a manmade object or celestial body as it revolves around another body. Latitude The angular distance North or South of the earth s equator. Longitude The angular distance East and West of the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England. keyboard Headsets

5 ISOLATION TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Isolation Team. Your team s mission will be to use robotic arms to determine if chemicals are leaking into the spacecraft (ISO 1), retrieve micrometeoroid impact panels and determine the condition of the solar array (ISO 2), and measure radioactivity levels in air filters (ISO 3). Operate robotic arms to move various materials Test for leaking chemicals Check micrometeoroid panels for damage Perform radioactivity experiments Collect and record data sent from the spacecraft Analyze data from the spacecraft Send messages to the spacecraft Balance an electronic scale for measuring mass. cpm counts per minute; the number of radioactive particles striking the sensor of a Geiger counter during each minute. Micrometeoroid small pieces of material traveling through space. Geiger counter a device for measuring radioactivity. Isolation chamber an airtight, enclosed work area. Radioactivity a physical property of some hazardous materials that cause materials to emit particles that can be measured with a Geiger counter. keyboard Robotic arms Balance Geiger counter

6 LIFE SUPPORT TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Life Support Team. Your team s mission will involve maintaining the air, water, and power systems of the spacecraft and analyzing the seed supply. You will be conducting experiments and solving problem situations. Monitor environmental conditions Perform ph tests Perform water tests for TDS Monitor the oxygen system Experiment with solar energy Monitor the seed supply Send messages to the spacecraft Collect and record data sent from the spacecraft Analyze data from the spacecraft Ammeter a device for measuring electric current. Barometer an instrument for measuring air pressure. Beaker a laboratory device used for measuring liquids. Environmental conditions the temperature, air pressure, and humidity in the spacecraft. Graduated cylinder a laboratory device for measuring liquids. Hygrometer an instrument used to measure the relative humidity. Indicator a chemical used for testing if a liquid is an acid, a base, or neutral. Liter the basic unit of volume in the metric system. ph a number which tells how acidic or basic a liquid is. ppm (parts per million) the units attached to the number determined by the TDS meter. Solar energy energy provided by the sun. TDS (total dissolved solids) a number telling how much solid material is dissolved in water; measured by the TDS meter. Valve a device used to control the flow of air or water. Gauges Ammeter Solar cell Graduated cylinders Beakers Test tubes

7 PROBE TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Probe Team. Your team s mission will involve building and launching a probe. Your assignment will require special attention to following instructions in a step-by-step manner. Assemble the probe Communicate with Mars Control Assist in launching the probe Assist with probe assembly Check probe assembly Research probe part functions Communicate with the spacecraft Airlock the special drawer in which the probe is securely kept. Test Cable a wire that carries electricity from one component to another in the probe. Component an electronic part that is plugged into the probe. Deploy to launch a probe from the spacecraft towards an object in space. Probe a data-collecting device that will explore the moons of Mars. and their functions Axis gyro used to stabilize the probe. CPU (Central Processing Unit) - coordinates computerized probe functions; the computer brain of the probe. MMD (micro-meteoroid detector) - detects micrometeoroids. Multiplexer accepts signals from all the probe components. Power supply supplies power for the probe to operate. Radiation detector detects radiation in space. Transceiver transmits and receives signals. Video processor transmits pictures back to the spacecraft.

8 REMOTE TEAM Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Remote Team. Your mission will involve performing geology experiments in the spacecraft glovebox. Experiments include research on meteoroids, volcanic ejectas, minerals, and soils. Send messages to Mars Control Measure properties of meteoroids Identify volcanic ejectas, minerals, and soil samples Collect and record data sent from the spacecraft Analyze data from the spacecraft Balance an electronic scale used for measuring mass. Glovebox a special experiment area that is enclosed to protect your experiments. Mass a quantity (amount) of matter. Volume a measure of the amount of space that an object occupies. Balance Graduated cylinder Magnifying glass Glovebox

9 SPACE WEATHER Congratulations! You have been selected to be a mission specialist on the Space Weather Team. You will determine how space weather can affect the Earth, satellites and spacecraft by doing research. You will work to minimize damage to equipment during a CME or space debris emergency, and identify possible sightings of auroras. Send messages to Mars Control Measure CME and sun spot activity Perform magnetism experiments Collect and record data sent from the spacecraft Implement procedures to protect satellites and communication systems in the event of a solar flare or a coronal mass ejection Aurora- Glowing, dancing curtains of light in the upper atmosphere of a planet. Auroras are caused by the interaction between the planet s magnetosphere and charged particles from the Sun Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)- a huge cloud of hot plasma occasionally expelled from the sun. Mars Magnetosphere- A region of space surrounding the Earth that shield s it from the solar wind. Solar Wind- a fast outflow of hot gas in all directions from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. Sun Spots- Dark areas on the Sun s surface. Sunspots appear in groups and can last from several days to several months. Solar Flare-a rapid outburst on the Sun of electrons, ions and atoms, usually in the vicinity of active sunspots. Solar Storm- a disturbance on the surface of the sun such as a solar flare or a coronal mass ejection Keyboard Magnets Satellite Images

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