NASA Exploration Experience: Testing Artemis Tools and Spacesuit Gloves

Welcome Mission Directors!

This guide contains two hands-on sections. The first section is the Engagement activity. This is a 45-minute activity where participants explore the constraints of spacesuit design and test a glove that can be used to perform work on the Moon. The second section is the Experience activity. It is a 3-hour experience which is broken up into three 1-hour phases. During the Experience, participants will create and modify a geological tool to collect rock samples on the lunar surface.

Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS 1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4

Common Core State Standards: MP.2

Exploration Experience Educator Guide

Sections:
Introductory Pages 1-4
Mission Briefing – Engagement Activity Page 5
Mission Briefing – Experience Activity Pages 6-8
Culturally Responsive Education Strategies Tip Sheet Page 9
Spacesuit Glove Dexterity – Engagement Activity Pages 10-12
Getting a Grip on the Moon – Experience Activity Pages 14-21
Phase I-III Sticker Sheets Page 22-24
Glossary of Key Terms Page 25
Phase II-III Tool Feedback Forms Page 26-29

Exploration Experience Student Guide

Sections:
Engagement- Spacesuit Glove Dexterity Page 1-3
Activity Overview Page 4-6
Testing Procedures Pages 7
Recording Sheet Page 8-9
Experience – Getting a Grip on the Moon 10-14
Phase I Pages 12-31
Phase II Pages 32-42
Phase III Pages 43-54
Glossary of Key Terms Page 55

Watch Video: Creating Artemis Tools

Watch Video: Working With Spacesuit Gloves

This Exploration Experience Educator Guide is part of the Next Gen STEM Moon series. Explore More activities in this series:

—Crew Transportation With Orion
—Propulsion With the Space Launch System
—Habitation With Gateway
—Landing Humans on the Moon
—Hazards to Deep Space Astronauts
—Deep Space Communications
—Artemis Generation Spacesuits
—Build, Launch, Recover