SPACE EXPLORATION

1 SPACEEXPLORATIONSTEM-BasedSPACE EXPLOR ATIONBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAMERIT BADGE SERIES Enhancing our youths competitive edge through merit badges SPACE the purpose of SPACE EXPLORATION and include the following:(a)Historical reasons(b)Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge(c)Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products(d)International relations and a collector s card, with a picture on the front and information on theback, about your favorite SPACE pioneer. Share your card and discuss fourother SPACE pioneers with your , launch, and recover a model rocket.

2 * Make a second launch to accom-plish a specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet the safety code of theNational Association of Rocketry. See the Model Rocketry chapter of theSpace EXPLORATION merit badge pamphlet.) Identify and explain the followingrocket parts.(a)Body tube(b)Engine mount(c)Fins(d)Igniter(e)Launch lug(f)Nose cone(g)Payload(h)Recovery system(i)Rocket and demonstrate each of the following:(a)The law of action-reaction(b)How rocket engines work(c)How satellites stay in orbit(d)How satellite pictures of Earth and pictures of other planets are madeand TWO of the following:(a)Discuss with your counselor a robotic SPACE EXPLORATION mission and ahistoric crewed mission.

3 Tell about each mission s major discoveries, itsimportance, and what was learned from it about the planets, moons, orregions of SPACE explored.*If local laws prohibit launching model rockets, do the following activity: Make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the functions of the parts. Give the history of the rocket.(b)Using magazine photographs, news clippings, and electronic articles (suchas from the internet), make a scrapbook about a current planetary mission.(c)Design a robotic mission to another planet, moon, comet, or asteroid thatwill return samples of its surface to Earth.

4 Name the planet, moon, comet, orasteroid your spacecraft will visit. Show how your design will cope with theconditions of the environments of the planet, moon, comet, or the purpose, operation, and components of ONE of the following:(a) SPACE shuttle or any other crewed orbital vehicle, whether government-owned ( or foreign) or commercial(b)International SPACE an inhabited base located within our solar system, such as Titan,asteroids, or other locations that humans might want to explore in drawings or a model of your base. In your design, consider and plan forthe following:(a)Source of energy(b)How it will be constructed(c)Life-support system(d)Purpose and with your counselor two possible careers in SPACE EXPLORATION thatinterest you.

5 Find out the qualifications, education, and preparation requiredand discuss the major responsibilities of those SPACE EXPLORATIONS pace EXPLORATION about SPACE EXPLORATION changes constantly. Each new mission makes discoveries and shows that some of our old ideas were incorrect. When you look up information about SPACE and humankind s efforts to explore it, always try to find a recently published book or a dependable LiteratureAstronomy, Aviation, Chemistry, Digital Te c h n o l o g y, E l e c t r i c i t y, E l e c t r o n i c s , Engineering, Geology, Inventing, Nuclear Science, Photography, Programming, Radio, and Robotics merit badge pamphletsBooksChaikin, Andrew, and James A.

6 Lovell. SPACE . Carlton, , Henry C., and Ronald A. Schorn. Voyager s Grand Tour: To the Outer Planets and Beyond. Konecky & Konecky, , Marianne J. Home on the Moon: Living on a SPACE Frontier. National Geographic, 2003.. SPACE Station Science: Life in Free Fall. Windward Publishing, , Wolfgang. The International SPACE Station: A Journey Into SPACE . Tessloff/BSV Publishing USA, , Tim. The Atlas of SPACE EXPLORATION . Friedman, , Wayne. To R i s e F r o m E a r t h : An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Spaceflight, 2nd ed. Checkmark Books, , R. Mike. Do Your Ears Pop in SPACE ?

7 And 500 Other Surprising Questions About SPACE Travel. John Wiley & Sons, 1997. Reich, Tony, editor. SPACE Shuttle: The First 20 Years the Astronauts Experiences in Their Own Words. DK Publishing, , Carl, and Carol Sagan. Pale Blue Dot. Random House, , Gregory, and Alwyn T. Cohall. SPACE EXPLORATION Projects for Young Scientists. Scholastic, EXPLORATION ResourcesVisit the Boy Scouts of America s official retail website at for a complete listing of all merit badge pamphlets and other helpful Scouting materi-als and EXPLORATION EXPLORATION ResourcesOrganizations and WebsitesAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsTe l e p h o n e : 8 0 0 - 6 3 9 - 2 4 2 2We bs i t e : SPACE AgencyWe bs i t e : Europe s gateway to SPACE has 19 member countries, including France, Germany, and the United Legacy SiteWe bs i t e : SPACE Flight CenterWe bs i t e.

8 Center is home to the nation s largest organization of combined scien-tists, engineers, and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments, and new technology to study Earth, the Sun, our solar system, and the universe. NASA Image GalleriesWe bs i t e : multimedia/imagegallery/The NASA image galleries boast a col-lection of more than a thousand images of significant historical interest. Jet Propulsion Laboratory4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109 Te l e p h o n e : 81 8 - 3 5 4 - 4 3 21 We bs i t e : JPL is considered NASA s leading center for robotic EXPLORATION of the solar system.

9 Johnson SPACE CenterSpace Center Houston 1601 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058 Te l e p h o n e : 2 81 - 2 4 4 - 210 0 JSC website: centers/johnson/ SCH website: SPACE CenterTelephone: 321-867-5000 We bs i t e : SPACE Flight CenterWe bs i t e : Aeronautics and SPACE AdministrationTe l e p h o n e : 2 0 2 - 3 5 8 - 0 0 01 We bs i t e : s website has a bounty of infor-mation about SPACE EXPLORATION for students of all at NASA: Selection Program: applet to track satellite sight-ings including the International SPACE Station: : Association of RocketryTo l l - f r e e t e l e p h o n e : 8 0 0 - 2 6 2 - 4 8 7 2 We bs i t e : world s oldest and largest sport rocketry organization.

10 Visit the website to find the club nearest SPACE SocietyTe l e p h o n e : 2 0 2 - 4 2 9 - 1 6 0 0 We bs i t e : SPACE EXPLORATIONS pace EXPLORATION SocietyTe l e p h o n e : 6 2 6 - 7 9 3 - 510 0 We bs i t e : National Air and SPACE MuseumIndependence Avenue at Sixth Street, SW Was h i n g t o n , D C 205 6 0 Te l e p h o n e : 2 0 2 - 6 3 3 - 10 0 0 We bs i t e : c h n o l o g y S t u d e n t A s s o c i a t i o nTo l l - f r e e t e l e p h o n e : 8 8 8 - 8 6 0 - 9 010 We bs i t e : provides programs for middle and high school students interested in the Boy Scouts of America thanks the National SPACE Society of North Texas and the Austin (Texas) SPACE Frontier Society for their hard work and diligence in updating the SPACE EXPLORATION merit badge pamphlet.