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Programs, people & discoveries
Explore 8 courses and 32 connected lessons. Start with a program that interests you, then follow its links into science, engineering, and history.
Some courses compare several programs or follow shared projects. Each keeps its own lesson sequence and suggested preparation.
8 courses to explore
Space programs and missions · Intermediate
From a Ka-band spacecraft to a useful broadband connection
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Space programs and missions · Intermediate
Algeria’s two-spacecraft imaging program, from orbital geometry to long-term operations
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
Test the origins of Phobos and follow a sample’s journey home
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
A small moon, ambitious instruments and the limits of a mission’s final phase
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
Balloons in the clouds, spacecraft at a comet and a worldwide observing team
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
Driving a lunar laboratory from Earth—and learning from it decades later
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
Forty years of weather observations and a lasting climate record
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Space programs and missions · Beginner to Intermediate
European launch access across changing generations
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