{"id":180987,"date":"2023-10-15T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:03:41","slug":"deep-space-communications","status":"publish","type":"stem-content","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Space Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four standards-aligned activities help students learn about the fundamental concepts of communication technology.<\/p>\n<p>With these activities, students will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain how NASA communicates with astronauts, satellites, rovers, and other spacecraft. Then demonstrate how communications work in the DSN by encoding and decoding messages using binary or hexadecimal notation.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the relationships among frequency, wavelength, and speed. Then calculate the latency between Earth and other locations and construct a model to demonstrate the ongoing change in distance that occurs between Earth and Mars.<\/li>\n<li>Explore how a data packet may become degraded during deep space communications. Then develop a protocol that will diminish this degradation<\/li>\n<li>Find the most efficient way of getting from one place in a network to another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next Generation Science Standards: MS-PS4-2, PS4.A, MS-PS4-2, MS-ETS1-2, ETS1.C<\/p>\n<p>Common Core State Standards: 6.EE.B.6, 8.EE.A.4, 7.G.A, 7.EE.B.3<\/p>\n<p>Computer Science (CSTA): DA-07, 2-DA-09,<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ps-03435_deepspacecomm-508.pdf?emrc=1c94c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Space Communications<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/comunicaciones-en-el-espacio-profundo-508.pdf?emrc=9f96ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Space Communications (Spanish Version)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Section Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/deep-space-introductory-pages.pdf?emrc=626f92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introductory Pages<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-one-communication\/\">Activity One: Communications<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-two-latency\/\">Activity Two: Latency<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-three-performance\/\">Activity Three: Performance<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/activity-four-networks\/\">Activity Four: Networks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/deep-space-activity-appendix.pdf?emrc=4cf7ec\" 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 will learn about concepts that are fundamental for modern telecommunications and are increasingly important the farther away from Earth we want to communicate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":324006,"template":"","categories":[],"stem-terms":[8043,8161,8151,8056,8048,8132,8044,8051,8060,8082,8126,8127,8083,8129,8164,8167,8086,8085,8046,8093,8045,8084],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[8376],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Deep Space Communications","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10953\/PIA10953~orig.jpg?w=1148&h=1119&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10953\/PIA10953~orig.jpg?w=1148&h=1119&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint"},"articleSection":"General","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sandra May"}],"creator":["Sandra May"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2023-10-15T20:31:51Z","datePublished":"2023-10-15T20:31:51Z","dateModified":"2024-02-29T15:03:41Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Deep Space Communications\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem-content\/deep-space-communications\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"index\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10953\/PIA10953~orig.jpg?w=1148&h=1119&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2023-10-15T20:31:51Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Sandra May\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"featured_image":{"id":324006,"file":"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10953\/PIA10953~orig.jpg","title":"70m Antenna at Goldstone, California","alt":"Night shot of the 70m antenna at Goldstone, California. 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