Explore Moon to Mars: Designing a Crew Module for Artemis Astronauts

Explore Moon to Mars: Designing a Crew Module for Artemis Astronauts
Wednesday 06/02/2021
6:00 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

NASA’s mission to return to the Moon with Artemis Program has a heartbeat – its Astronauts! Design of the crew module to transport astronauts is driven by the utmost important goal of keeping astronauts SAFE. Bring this challenge to your students with a hands-on activity that will engage them in science and engineering practices using Engineering Design Process. This webinar will provide educators with a big-picture story of Artemis Program and strategies to implement a hands-on activity that engages students from diverse background in thinking about considerations for a crew module design. Please join us for this free 1-hr webinar!

Deepika is a NASA Education Specialist at Texas State University. She works to support NASA EPDC efforts nationally - both face-to-face and virtually. Deepika has worked in STEM Education in various capacities – as a researcher, educator, outreach coordinator, member of a non-profit startup, and K-8 Educator. She has enjoyed building diverse experiences in STEM education and hopes to add unique value to Educator Profession Development at NASA. Deepika has degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Mysore, India (Bachelors), University of Maryland, College Park (Maters), and Purdue University (Ph. D.) where she researched how to teach fundamental disciplinary concepts in Electrical Engineering.