Let's Discover New Frontiers
Let's Discover New Frontiers

Activity Overview
This activity is designed to introduce audiences to exploration aspects associated with three NASA sample return missions. These missions, part of NASA's Discovery and New Frontiers exploration programs, were designed to collect samples from other objects in our Solar System and return those samples to Earth.
This activity is designed to be used with informal audiences although it can also be used in a formal classroom environments.
Activity Scope
• Grades 3-8+ • Ages 8-13+ • Full Activity < 1 Hour
Relevant Topics
Sample Return, Solar System exploration missions, asteorids, comets, the Sun, curation, Astromaterials samples
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These infographics will give your audience an inside look at NASA's missions of exploration along with what's inside our Astromaterials Collections here on Earth.
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