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Space Explorers, Inc. is proud to offer virtual missions, experiments, and data analysis tools that are currently used in thousands of classrooms. Click on the map above to find a classroom in your area!

Mission: Solar System allows students to take on the roles of scientists and engineers as they send spacecraft to the Moon, Mars, or a nearby asteroid. Students work in teams or as individuals to accomplish the specific goals of each mission.

Recommended grades: 4-12

Students participating in Mission: Solar System

Orbital Laboratory® allows students to perform experiments similar to those conducted by astronauts aboard the ISS. This program takes current or recently flown experiments and creates a classroom kit for teachers to use with their students.

Recommended grades: 4-12

Students participating in Orbital Laboratory®

K-3 Space® allows students to explore the solar system without leaving their classroom. This program uses a combination of hands-on multidisciplinary activities and interactive animations to teach students basic space concepts.

Recommended grades: K-3

Featured Class:
Northern Lights ABC School
Anchorage, AK
Teacher Carole McKee

Middle school students at Northern Lights ABC School successfully put the Mars Odyssey satellite into orbit around Mars as part of the Marslink® simulation. Some students even wore special costumes while conducting the mission simulation.

Click here to see additional pictures from Mrs. Carole McKee's class and learn how to become the next featured class.

Where's Mars Phoenix Landing?
The Phoenix Mars Lander is estimated to arrive on Mars on May 25, 2008. NASA has conditionally approved a landing site in a broad, flat valley known as "Green Valley," that has the largest concentration of ice on Mars outside of the polar caps. Phoenix will dig into an ice-rich layer of the surface, analyze the water and soil for evidence about climate cycles, and investigate whether the environment there has been favorable for microbial life. For more information about Phoenix Mars Lander, log in and visit the Space Library®. The mission has already completed one trajectory correction, and has three more planned opportunities for maneuvers before May 25 to further refine the trajectory for a safe landing at the "Green Valley." For more information about trajectory corrections, log in and try the Trajectory Correction Interactive Applet.