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Audience
Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Physical Science, Space Science, Flight and Aeronautics, Missions to Planets and Moons
Type
Hands-on Activities
Mars Perseverance Parachute Coding Activity
In this Mars Perseverance Parachute Coding activity, you will learn how NASA engineers used a binary code to include a hidden message in the parachute that helped the Perseverance rover, land successfully on Mars. You will also have the opportunity to create your own hidden message.