Space Exploration: Rockets, Astronauts, Moon, ISS & Telescopes

Space Exploration: Rockets, Astronauts, Moon, ISS & Telescopes

Space Exploration: Rockets, Astronauts, Moon, ISS & Telescopes

This five-week course surveys human space exploration—from the first satellites and rockets to the Apollo Moon landings, life aboard the International Space Station, and the space telescopes astronomers use to study the universe. Each week focuses on a major area of exploration, helping students understand how missions reach orbit, how astronauts live and work in space, and how telescopes reveal distant objects.

Space Exploration: Rockets, Astronauts, Moon, ISS & Telescopes

Paid once.

Level
Beginner
Ages
8–12
Duration
40 min
Classes
1 / Week
Weeks
5

Class Experience

This five-week course surveys human space exploration—from the first satellites and rockets to the Apollo Moon landings, life aboard the International Space Station, and the space telescopes astronomers use to study the universe. Each week focuses on a major area of exploration, helping students understand how missions reach orbit, how astronauts live and work in space, and how telescopes reveal distant objects.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify how human space exploration began and progressed

  • Explain how rockets and launch mechanics send craft to space

  • Describe the Apollo Moon missions and their significance

  • Explain how astronauts live and work aboard the International Space Station

  • Describe how space telescopes are used to study the universe

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Clare Varghese

Joined August, 2026

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