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{"title":"Supporting an ISS experiment as PhD students: a case study of the PARTICLE VIBRATION project","authors":"Geo. Crewdson, Alessio Boaro, Monica Kerr, M. Lappa","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.017","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an insight into the involvement of two PhD students in the PARTICLE VIBRATION project, a multiphase fluid experiment, also known as, “Thermovibrationally-driven Particle self-Assembly and Ordering mechanisms in Low grAvity” (T-PAOLA) to be launched on the International Space Station by the end of 2022. The project aims to identify self-organization phenomena in dispersed phase flows when vibrations are applied to the system. It will therefore underpin the development of new contactless particle manipulations and materials processing strategies. In this short paper, the work of two PhD candidates, working within the T-PAOLA project framework, is discussed. In doing so, the various research activities undertaken are highlighted, both experimental and numerical, as is the peripheral or supporting research being undertaken by both students in order to expand the scope of the project and identify new lines of enquiry regarding convection-based control mechanisms","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122463438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementation of space clubs in Kenya","authors":"C. Mwangi, Malkia Kelelue","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.078","url":null,"abstract":"The Kenya Space Agency Strategic Plan 2020-2025 identified the need for capacity building in infrastructure and human resource as a priority focus area to enable Kenya to tap into the potential of the space industry. With this in mind, several initiatives were put forth to encourage innovation, education and awareness on space related matters. The concept of Space Clubs in Kenya was mooted in 2020 as an education and outreach program that comprises of interactive scientific activities, competitions, events and learning sessions with students from schools around Kenya. The Space Club initiative is aimed at creating awareness and interest on Geography, Science, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics by educating the next generation of learners on the significance of these subjects in supporting the space industry. It seeks to broaden and enhance the quality of education for Kenyan students and allow them to understand and actively pursue the opportunities that Space related disciplines portend for them. With the support of teachers in primary school (our current target audience) in Kenya, KSA has created an all-rounded program that encompasses a variety of aspects pertaining to space. The initiative has identified and prioritized four disciplines that are critical for the advancement and growth of Kenya’s space sector. These include; Space Systems Engineering, Information Technology and Robotics, Space Science and Astronomy and Earth Observation. The development of the initial learning and training content on these focus areas was concluded in November 2021. The first phase of the project has seen the development of 12 topical student’s books and 4 comic books. These materials, which are under review, will be free for use and will be hosted on the Kenya Space Agency website. Since July 2021, the Space Club team has been hosting a mentorship and training program aligned with these focus disciplines. The Space Club team use of tools such as Cubesat models, water rockets, robotics kits, telescopes and portable planetariums to engage students in hands-on activities.These events have elicited a lot of interest and curiosity amongst students with many expressing interest in Space related careers. The team has noted the significance of student mentorship for the space industry and would recommend that programs of a similar nature be developed, more especially in developing countries, to build a strong foundation for the growth of a vibrant and indigenous Space industry.","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"401 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122789499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Meteor observation with the SOURCE CubeSat – Developing a simulation to test on-board meteor detection algorithms","authors":"Marcel Liegibel, Jona Petri, Philipp Hoffmann, Niklas Geier, S. Klinkner","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.034","url":null,"abstract":"The scientific mission objectives of the Stuttgart Operated University Research CubeSat for Evaluation and Education are meteor observation, measurement of the lower Earth's atmosphere during re-entry as well as technology demonstrations. The meteor observation is done by pointing a camera towards Earth and continuously taking images during Eclipse. Since it is not possible to downlink all images, an on-board detection algorithm is necessary and mission critical. Therefore, this algorithm needs to be tested thoroughly. Realistic test data showing meteors from orbit is needed to properly develop and test the algorithm. Existing videos, provided by the Planetary Exploration Research Center, captured from the ISS are used as a baseline but are not sufficient to test the algorithm. The videos do not have the diversity of meteors needed and the meteor properties are not settable which makes it difficult to test the detection algorithm in as many scenarios as possible. Therefore, an artificial meteor program was developed to simulate meteors with given properties as perceived from a meteor observation system in a low Earth orbit. Here, we present the details of the artificial meteor program, its working principle and how we tested an algorithm for meteor detection. The user can choose between different background videos, the existing ISS videos from PERC or the self-generated videos. Each different background is used to test a different aspect of the meteor detection algorithm. The ISS videos from PERC provide more diverse backgrounds than the self-generated videos with e.g., clouds and lightning. For these self-generated videos, a program is developed to take image sections of NASA’s Black Marble and putting them frame by frame together into a video. These videos are more suitable for simulating satellite rotation and camera properties. Independent of the background video, settable meteor properties contain important characteristics of a meteor like the light curve, brightness, speed, direction and shape. Additionally, the user can choose the meteor position in the video frame, in which frame it appears and which distance it covers. Furthermore, distortion settings can be applied which contain airplanes with adjustable parameters and scalable noise. Only a properly working meteor detection algorithm leads to a success of a mission critical part of the SOURCE CubeSat. Therefore, the development of this artificial meteor generation program is crucial. Furthermore, this technology demonstration of developing and especially testing a meteor detection algorithm will enable future space-based missions for meteor observations","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128666821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and testing of the 3U+ CubeSat PCDU for SOURCE","authors":"Kevin Waizenegger, Athanasios Papanikolaou, Moritz Rudolf, M. Koller, S. Klinkner","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.047","url":null,"abstract":"SOURCE (Stuttgart Operated University CubeSat for Evaluation and Education) is a 3U+ re-search CubeSat that is being developed by students at the University of Stuttgart in coopera-tion with the Institute for Space Systems and the Small Satellite Student Society KSat e.V.. The objectives include technology demonstrations, atmospheric research and the investigation of satellite demise while also serving as an educational program. SOURCE was selected by ESA's \"Fly your Satellite\" program and is currently in Phase D. The electrical power supply system combines commercial off-the-shelf parts with self-devel-oped units to meet the requirements of the payloads. The solar array configuration and Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) are self-developed, while the battery is a commer-cial product. A total of 56 solar cells provides up to 32W under ideal conditions, which can be stored in a 75Wh space-qualified lithium-ion battery. To maximise the power output of the solar cells, maximum power point tracking is performed by the PCDU. This is controlled by a radiation hardened microcontroller. The PCDU provides regulated 3.3V, 5V and unregulated battery voltage to the subsystems with 32 switchable outputs, 27 of which are latch-up current protected. The microcontroller controls these individual output channels and the switching between the various CubeSat modes as commanded by the on-board computer. Additionally, every output channel power consumption is monitored for overcurrents. The PCDU functions as a watchdog by checking the health of the on-board computer, rebooting it in case of a failure. High priority commands can be sent directly to the PCDU from the ground via the communication system, bypassing the on-board computer. These can reset either the communication subsystem, the on-board computer or the entire satellite. Four hybrid inhibits, using a combination of mechanical switches and FETs are integrated in the PCDU, replacing the usual fully mechanical design. Three are used to deactivate the satellite in the deployer configuration and the fourth is a remove-before-flight inhibit. An engineering model was manufactured during phase C and is being tested functionally, en-vironmentally and for performance. This paper presents the detailed design of the PCDU, the acquired test results and outlines issues encountered during the tests","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126278364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On-board image classification payload for a 3U CubeSat using machine learning for on-orbit cloud detection","authors":"Mark Angelo C. Purio, T. Leong, Yasir M. O. Abbas, Hoda Awny Elmegharbel, Koju Hiraki, M. Cho","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.112","url":null,"abstract":"CubeSats are giving the opportunity for educational institutes to participate in the space industry, develop new technologies and test out new ideas in outer space. CubeSat missions are developed to perform scientific research and demonstrate new space technologies with relatively cheap cost and limited resources. This category of satellites has many limitations such as the short development time, the power consumption and the limited time and capability of data downlink. Earth Observation from a Low Earth Orbit is one of the most appealing m applications of CubeSats developed by students or non-space faring countries. Investigating new technologies to improve image quality and studying ways to increase acquisition adequacy is very promising. This paper aims to introduce a mission hardware design and machine learning-based algorithm used within an Earth Observation (EO) CubeSat. The case study of this paper is Alainsat-1 project which is a 3U CubeSat developed with the support of IEEE Geo-science and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) at the National Space Science and Technology Center, UAE. The satellite is planned to be launched by 2022. A low-resolution Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) camera for EO is developed as a primary mission in this \u0000CubeSat. The compatible hardware design and software algorithm proposed is responsible for classifying the images captured by the camera into different categories based on cloud intensity detected in these images before downloading them to the ground station. A microcontroller-based architecture is developed for controlling the mission board; it is responsible for accessing the memory, reading the images, and running the cloud detection algorithm. The cloud detection algorithm is based on a U-net architecture while the algorithm is developed using a Tensor-flow library. This model is trained using a dataset of images taken from the Landsat 8 satellite project. Moreover, the SPARCS cloud assessment dataset is used to evaluate the developed model on a new set of images. The overall accuracy achieved by the model is around 85% in addition to the acceptable performance of the model observed on a set of low-resolution images. The plan is to make the design modular and optimize its \u0000performance to be used on-board CubeSats fulfilling the size constraint and overall power consumption limitation of an add-on module to a camera mission.","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124409879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mechanical design and deployment of a quasi-rhombic pyramid drag sail for safe de-orbit of a 3U CubeSat","authors":"Gregor MacAskill, Stefano Messina, Ignacio Serrano Martín-Sacristán","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.134","url":null,"abstract":"Orbital debris is rapidly becoming a more prevalent and alarming obstacle that, without immediate intervention, will undoubtedly become disastrous for human activity in space. The University of Glasgow’s microsatellite society, GU Orbit, has taken action to equip its 3U CubeSat ASTRAEUS-01 with a drag sail de-orbit device. This payload represents a simple and low-cost solution for the mitigation of debris in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and is expected de- orbit the CubeSat within 12 to 24 months, depending on solar activity. These aspects are deemed fundamental for the mission and align with GU Orbit’s ethics of promoting space sustainability and accessibility. As a student society, the aim of this research is to demonstrate the viability of a drag sail technology in the absence of large monetary investment.a In this article, the studies on the structure, material and Hold-Down and Release Mechanism (HDRM) of the drag sail system are evaluated and briefly discussed. The discussion starts by illustrating the 7m2 quasi-rhombic drag sail that will deploy to increase the satellite's atmospheric drag and allow the spacecraft to lose altitude and re-enter the atmosphere. Various aspects of the geometry and folding technique used to fit the drag sail on the CubeSat are analysed. Phenomena of material degradation such as thermal and oxygen degradation have been accounted for in the design to mitigate their effect over the duration of the mission. Tape spring booms coiled around a spool will release the drag sail from its folded state maintained throughout the mission. These have been dimensioned through a mathematical model in order to provide optimum deployment dynamics for the drag sail. The paper describes also how a simple and economic nichrome burn-wire HDRM has been integrated with the drag sail design to trigger the release sequence of the cover doors and the drag sail itself.","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129145212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design and implementation of space educational activities to motivate young students in Catalonia","authors":"Guillem Olivella Martí, Marcel Marín de Yzaguirre","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.005","url":null,"abstract":"STEM education is a new interdisciplinary concept that fuses the learning objectives of sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. After concluding that many undergraduate students are not interested in STEM disciplines and taking into account the admiration for space, a series of educational activities have been developed to increase their engagement in this field. The proposed project-based workshops are diverse: designing and launching High Altitude Balloons; building water rockets; protecting an egg from the impact with the ground after being dropped from a drone; designing and building paper gliders; 3D printing customzied quadcopters, etc. One of the most impressive activities consisted of designing, manufacturing and launching a low-cost high-altitude balloon to take photographs of the stratosphere. To do so, a kit was developed and validated: this contains a GPS tracker, a camera, an EPS box, a parachute and a helium balloon. The selection of the components was done trying to minimize the operational cost and maximizing the reliability of the design; the final High Altitude balloon weights 350g and has reached altitudes around 27.000 - 30.000 m. The educational activity is a 3 to 4 days workshop in which the students go through the process of building their own HAB, launching it and eventually recovering it to obtain the photographs. The activities have been implemented in multiple schools and high schools in Catalonia, and all of them have shown excellent results. After evaluating the reasons why the workshops were well-received, it was concluded that students were more implicated than in standard lectures because they went from a passive to an active mindset. Moreover, the workshops were designed to make them become curious and increase their eagerness to learn, while forcing them to think and to take important decisions that ultimately influence the final result, rather than observing and admiring somebody else’s work","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129645274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A student perspective into ESA Academy Space Systems Engineering Training Course","authors":"Davide Bellicoso","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.003","url":null,"abstract":"The ESA Academy’s Space Systems Engineering Training Course is a unique educational opportunity offered by the European Space Agency’s Education Office. It allows Bachelor, Master and PhD students to learn about the fascinating world of Systems Engineering and its applications within the space sector, while bringing this captivating framework of challenges and satisfaction to life for the participants of the Training Course. During this course, the whole life-cycle of a space project is explored from a System Engineering viewpoint, and students can learn about the challenges of Space Systems Engineering. Moreover, the Systems Engineering process is explored in detail [1]. Taught by ESA experts, the Training Course is delivered through formal lectures, with a heavy emphasis on the interaction with the students. During the course, students take part in group exercises aimed at putting the theory learnt into practice. This paper purposes at giving an overview of the training course, as it took place online on the 12th -20th of July 2021, and at addressing the benefits of the Author’s participation into the Training Course for his studies and future space career","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125546469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Designing avionics for lasers & optoelectronics","authors":"H. Chau, I. Boyle, P. Nisbet-Jones, C. Bridges","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.126","url":null,"abstract":"Unlike imagery-based Earth observation (EO) which has become very widely and cheaply available, gravity sensing EO has not yet emerged from its fundamental science roots. The challenge therefore is to develop gravity sensing instruments that can replicate the success of widespread imagery based EO. There are three main gravity sensing mechanisms under investigation: laser ranging (e.g., GRACE-FO [1]); atom interferometers, which measure gravitation perturbations to the wavefunctions of individual atoms; and ‘relativistic geodesy’ which uses atomic clocks to measure the gravitational curvature of spacetime. All three of these measurement systems use stabilised lasers as their main enabling technology. However traditional laboratory laser systems struggle to meet the robustness, reliability, or low size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements for use in space. A demonstrator was build that adapted telecommunications industry COTS components, and software radio FPGA/DSP techniques, to develop a new all-fibre space-qualified stabilised laser systems for geodesy that have equivalent performance to laboratory systems. This instrument was used to develop a 780 nm laser system that is stabilised to the Rubidium D2 line - the stabilised laser most commonly required by the quantum and atomic sensing field achieving sufficiently high laser performance for the laser system to be immediately useful for quantum applications (stability: 1-10 kHz, accuracy: 1 MHz); and in an ultra-compact package that has the potential to be used in space (1 litre, 0.5 kg, 10 W) [2]. This paper reports on the current student work that advances the instrument further towards a flight payload – and key avionics design considerations for future researchers. This takes lessons learnt from the ESA ESEO software radio payload in utilising ECSS design practices [3] to fabricate a robust and modular avionics back-end board that can operate with numerous front-end laser or opto-electronics configurations for different quantum applications. The new board consists of a single PCB containing circuitry for TT&C reporting of power supply and voltage conditioning, the current and temperature electronics needed to control a diode laser on orbit, interfaces for photo detectors and opto-electronics, and a high-speed analogue- to-digital conversion network centred around a FPGA. As an example, digital signal processing performed frequency-modulated spectroscopy on a warm Rubidium vapour using an all-fibre optical arrangement.","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126596173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experiment collaboration program during a Martian analogue mission to introduce young students to human space exploration","authors":"Léa Rouverand, Cerise Cuny, Elena López-Contreras González, Marine Prunier, Mathéo Fouchet, Nicolas Wattelle, Valentine Bourgeois, Quentin Royer, Marie Delaroche","doi":"10.5821/conference-9788419184405.090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.090","url":null,"abstract":"The last decade has demonstrated an increased public and private interest towards crewed missions through the emergence of New Space and the Artemis program. There is therefore a need to form the next generation of scientists to prepare future crewed space exploration missions. In this context, it is important to familiarize teenagers with the scientific issues of today’s world and to inspire them to engage in the space sector. Crew 263 is a group of seven students preparing a Martian analogue mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the desert of Utah (United States). A Martian analogue mission at the MDRS, because is the perfect set-up to introduce young students to human space exploration. In the context of their mission, Crew 263 has organized a program of space educational activities for middle and high school students surrounding the topics of altered gravity, astronomy, health and safety procedures and robotic systems. Precisely, a set of four experiments that will be performed by the students was conceived to bring into light the various scientific topics surrounding space exploration missions. \u0000The experiment “Plants in Microgravity” aims to illustrate the influence of gravity on plant growth by planting seeds in pots mounted on a rotating platform in a vertical plane, which will disturb their gravitational cues. “Beginner Astronomer” aims to introduce students to astronomy and astrophotography by establishing with the students a list of galaxies/nebulas to be observed during the Mission. Then, for “Emergency situation at the MDRS” students will put into practice the scientific approach by creating protocols to mitigate risk situations during space exploration missions. Finally, for the “Perseverance’s little brother” experiment, students will develop a small rover to analyze the atmosphere condition around the MDRS station. \u0000To maximize their involvement, prior to the mission at the MDRS, the middle and high school students prepare the experiments with the support of the crew. Then, the prepared experiment will be performed in parallel with the crew while they are simulating Martian life. To allow students to be immersed in the mission when the crew will be at the MDRS, short podcasts will be recorded describing the crew’s daily life and the evolution of the different experiments. This podcast will be sent to the classes during the simulation, thus allowing the students to have an insight on the daily life of the analogue astronauts at the station.","PeriodicalId":340665,"journal":{"name":"4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117226769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}