Future Space Exploration

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📚 Part 1: Facts & Quick Questions (WALT & Success Criteria)

WALT: Reflect on possibilities and challenges of future space exploration and its effects on Earth.

Success Criteria: I can name future missions, identify challenges and benefits, and explain one effect on life on Earth.

1. Which mission will orbit the Moon to help prepare for future Mars missions?

Artemis II

Mars Colonisation Mission

Venus Probe

Hubble Upgrade

2. Who is known for plans to send humans to Mars and start a colony?

NASA

SpaceX

Rocket Lab

European Space Agency (ESA)

3. Check all that apply: Which of these are likely challenges astronauts will face on long space journeys?

Increased exposure to radiation

Too much gravity

Long travel times between planets

Limited supplies and life-support

4. Match each mission or idea to a short fact. Draw a line from left to right.

A. Artemis II

B. Mars colonisation (SpaceX)

C. Rocket Lab / Sir Peter Beck idea

D. Benefit to life on Earth

1. Could drive technology that improves communications on Earth

2. Plans to send people and build settlements on another planet

3. Mission to orbit the Moon and test systems for deep space

4. Interest in exploring Venus and unusual environments