Audience
Educators
Education Opportunity
Exhibits and Museums
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Life Science, Space Science, Living and Working in Space, Missions to Planets and Moons
Ever wonder what it would be like to fly to Mars? “Destination Mars: The New Frontier” gives audiences a close-up look at the work being done globally to make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, explore the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and learn about the rockets and vehicles that will return humans to the Moon and, one day, on to Mars.
Produced by the Museum of Science in partnership with NASA, with narrators who include the first African American woman in space Dr. Mae Jemison, the show also comes with an associated Educator’s Guide that links the show to Next Generation Science Standards and provides additional resources for teachers and planetarium presenters.