{"id":181524,"date":"2023-09-15T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/crew-transportation-with-orion\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:52:38","slug":"crew-transportation-with-orion","status":"publish","type":"stem-content","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/crew-transportation-with-orion\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Transportation With Orion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four standards-aligned activities help students learn about NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the Moon and beyond. Using science, engineering and geometry, students design, build and test model spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>With these activities, students will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use geometry to find the area of the vertical and horizontal cross sections of a crew module.<\/li>\n<li>Design and build a crew module model that will secure two 2-cm astronaut figures during a drop test.<\/li>\n<li>Construct and test a model of a target docking system and crew module.<\/li>\n<li>Design a heat shield to protect the contents of a crew module during a simulated atmospheric reentry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS2-2, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-4<\/p>\n<p>Common Core State Standards: 6.RP.A.1, 6.NS.B.3, 6.G.A.1, 7.NS.A.3, 7.G.A.1, 7.G.A.3, 7.G.B.6, 8.G.C.9<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/np-2020-02-2805-hq.pdf?emrc=968faf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crew Transportation With Orion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/transporte-de-tripulacion-con-orion-508.pdf?emrc=055d2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crew Transportation With Orion (Spanish Version)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Section Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/crew-transportation-introductory-pages.pdf?emrc=415b5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introductory Pages<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-one-analyze-the-geometry-of-a-spacecraft\/\">Activity One: Analyze the Geometry of a Spacecraft<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/design-a-crew-module\/\">Activity Two: Design a Crew Module<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-three-model-a-spacecraft-docking-system\/\">Activity Three: Model a Spacecraft Docking System<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-four-build-a-heat-shield\/\">Activity Four: Build a Heat Shield<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/crew-transportation-appendix.pdf?emrc=3d2f9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appendix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This educator guide is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem\/nextgenstem\/moon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next Gen STEM Moon<\/a>\u00a0series. Also in this series:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/crew-transportation-with-orion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crew Transportation With Orion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/propulsion-with-the-space-launch-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Propulsion With the Space Launch System<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/habitation-with-gateway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Habitation With Gateway<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/landing-humans-on-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Landing Humans on the Moon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/hazards-to-deep-space-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hazards to Deep Space Astronauts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deep Space Communications<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/artemis-generation-spacesuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemis Generation Spacesuits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/build-launch-recover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build, Launch, Recover<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students use science, math and the engineering design process in four standards-aligned activities to learn about the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the Moon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":297893,"template":"","categories":[],"stem-terms":[8043,8151,8056,8048,8078,8125,8044,8051,8060,8082,8086,8085,8169,8046,8093,8045],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[11405],"coauthors":[3854],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Crew Transportation With 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