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Like the pioneers who trekked the wilderness of North America, space
scientists have found frontier life in space charged with danger and mystery.
They, too, must confront the unknown and overcome doubt to successfully
advance the frontiers of science. But it's a team job, demanding that
Earth-bound scientists work hand in hand with the astronauts. The teams of
astronauts, scientists, engineers, and specialists working on the International
Space Station program believe that the costs of success will be more than
matched by the value of their discoveries.
To confront the life-threatening events aboard the space station, Mission Control
enlists teams of mission specialists, just like you, to help solve problems
and avoid catastrophes.
You and your classmates can form this team. You'll spend several intense weeks
exploring and studying the sun, the space station and its life support systems,
solar generated electricity, and radiation. When you're prepared, we'll link up
with you in your school, and together we'll conduct a life-saving mission. It's
a challenge! The more you learn, the better you'll be prepared as a mission
specialist for the e-Mission.
We are looking for problem solvers, for students who can think "outside of the
box," who are willing to learn and apply basic math and science skills to challenging,
real-life problems.
Apply today and you may qualify to become mission specialists and fly e-Mission:
Space Station Alpha.
To qualify, you will participate in a brief but intense training program. During
your training, you will study the sun, the atom, radiation, electricity and magnetism,
and the Earth's atmosphere. you will practice data management skils, mission-related
mathematics, and learn about some of the space station's life-saving technology. These
topics sound complicated, but you will read about them and talk about them in class.
You will also sharpen your team-building skills.
Your training goal will be to discover how these various science, math, and technology
topics relate to the well-being of the space station and its crew during a dangerous
solar proton event.
At the successful completion of your training, after you achieve mission specialist
status, you will be assigned to one of four e-Mission teams.
Each team plays a key role during e-Mission: Space Station Alpha. Your teams will work
together and provide mission control with the assistance it needs to protect the space
station and its crew from a growing solar storm. With the help of computers, the
Internet, and a live video feed, you will assist Mission Control’s Flight Director,
who is stationed at the Challenger Learning Center®. As specialists, you will record
and analyze data, monitor the status of key space station systems, and make
recommendations to mission control regarding the procedures the astronauts must follow
to avoid danger and save the space station.
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