Describe extra-orbital space exploration systems.
Description should include the features of the Hubble Space Telescope, Explorer 1 and 2, Voyager 1 and 2, James Webb Space Telescope, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, other remote sensing systems, and the methods they use to gather and communicate data and discoveries.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is remote sensing?
- Why are exploration systems sent into space?
- What is being explored? What are the benefits of space exploration?
- What information do space probes provide?
- How do space exploration systems measure or capture data?
- What is the effect if Earth organisms contaminate another planet?