This resource provides an authentic problem for students to engage with, based on NASA landing spacecraft, safely and softly on Mars and other planets/bodies in the solar system. In the Parachute Design activity students will design and test parachute landing systems to successfully land a probe on target. After testing, students can optimize their parachutes by experimenting with different materials and shapes for their parachute designs. Students can then retest their designs to see if the changes they made resulted in improved performance. The goal is to land a payload as slowly and softly as possible.
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