Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Computer Science, Mathematics
Type
Hands-on Activities, Interactive Multimedia, Lesson Plans / Activities, Videos
At NASA, the process we call entry, descent, and landing, or EDL, is the series of events that occurs from the time a spacecraft encounters the top of the Martian atmosphere until it safely touches down on the surface. You can model this process using coding languages, such as Python!
In this activity, students will program several features of EDL, such as determining their spacecraft’s proximity from the surface once it arrives at Mars.