Welcome to Explore! To the Moon and Beyond with NASA's LRO Mission
Today’s children are the next generation of lunar explorers! NASA plans to have humans on the Moon possibly by about 2020, and an upcoming robotic mission will help us get there! The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, will launch this summer and spend one year in orbit collecting detailed information about the Moon’s environment. This information will help humans return safely to the Moon, where they can prepare for a human mission to Mars — and beyond! Children are introduced to our Moon and the LRO through either As the Moon Turns - A Puppet Show or a song, the Moon Tune. Moon Pie and Mission Moon! are team activities that familiarize children with the Moon and its environment. In The Scoop on Moon Dirt, Make a Volcano, and Impacts!, children touch, manipulate, and create the features that shape the Moon’s surface. In Reflections on Ice: How We Look for Ice and Ice Zones: Where We Look for Ice, children discover why scientists are looking for water ice on the Moon. Imaginations can soar to the Moon through the activities Build an LRO and Build a Colony!. The activities are suitable for children ages 8–13 unless otherwise noted in the “activities” section. Discover links to additional games, activities, and information in the “further resources” section.
May 27, 2009
