1 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:21,821 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:21,821 --> 00:00:23,490 >> HI, MY NAME IS NICOLE SMITH, 3 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:24,657 AND I'M AN ENGINEER 4 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:26,126 WORKING ON NASA'S 5 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:28,695 SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. 6 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,196 NASA HAS A GREAT CHALLENGE 7 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:31,664 TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND 8 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:33,833 WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SOLUTIONS. 9 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:36,436 THE CHALLENGE IS SAFE TRAVELS. 10 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:41,107 HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED 11 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:42,675 WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO TRAVEL 12 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:45,211 TO THE MOON, TO MARS, 13 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:48,214 OR OTHER DESTINATIONS IN SPACE? 14 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:50,617 SINCE 1961, HUMANS HAVE BEEN 15 00:00:50,617 --> 00:00:52,552 TRAVELING TO SPACE. 16 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:53,753 HOWEVER, THE FARTHEST 17 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:55,789 ANYONE HAS EVER GONE HAS BEEN 18 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,490 TO OUR MOON. 19 00:00:57,490 --> 00:00:59,292 IF WE ARE TO EXPLORE FARTHER OUT 20 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:00,960 INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,796 WE'LL NEED A SPACECRAFT 22 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:04,264 THAT CAN DO MORE THAN 23 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:06,833 WE'VE EVER IMAGINED. 24 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,402 >> AND LIFT-OFF, AT DAWN. 25 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:10,570 THE DAWN OF ORION. 26 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:12,505 >> IN DECEMBER OF 2014, 27 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:14,641 NASA COMPLETED A TEST LAUNCH 28 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:18,344 OF NASA'S NEW ORION SPACECRAFT. 29 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:20,880 ORION TRAVELED 3,600 MILES 30 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,282 ABOVE EARTH. 31 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:24,451 THAT'S 15 TIMES FARTHER AWAY 32 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:25,785 FROM THE PLANET THAN 33 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:28,721 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 34 00:01:28,721 --> 00:01:30,089 FOR THIS TEST FLIGHT, 35 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:32,158 NO ASTRONAUTS WERE ONBOARD. 36 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,693 THE SPACECRAFT'S COMPUTERS 37 00:01:33,693 --> 00:01:34,894 CONTROLLED THE FLIGHT 38 00:01:34,894 --> 00:01:36,329 AND COLLECTED DATA 39 00:01:36,329 --> 00:01:38,998 FROM LAUNCH TO LANDING. 40 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:40,300 SCIENTISTS ARE NOW STUDYING 41 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,168 THIS DATA AND CONDUCTING 42 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:43,703 MORE TESTING TO BETTER 43 00:01:43,703 --> 00:01:45,738 UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE HAZARDS 44 00:01:45,738 --> 00:01:47,507 OR SAFETY CONCERNS THAT 45 00:01:47,507 --> 00:01:49,676 ASTRONAUTS AND THE SPACECRAFT 46 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:50,944 COULD ENCOUNTER DURING 47 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:53,913 LONG-DISTANCE SPACE MISSIONS. 48 00:01:53,913 --> 00:01:55,615 AS AN ENGINEER WHO WORKS ON 49 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:58,051 ORION, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT 50 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,853 THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT 51 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:01,654 THIS SPACECRAFT WILL GIVE US 52 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:02,989 IN TRAVELING FARTHER INTO 53 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,390 OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 54 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:07,193 AND DISCOVERING THE UNKNOWN. 55 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:08,561 NOW HERE'S NASA ASTRONAUT 56 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:11,264 AND ENGINEER, STEPHANIE WILSON, 57 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:13,833 TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CHALLENGE. 58 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:15,301 >> HI, I AM STEPHANIE WILSON. 59 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:16,469 I AM SO EXCITED THAT 60 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:17,770 YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE 61 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:19,672 TO BE PART OF NASA'S TEAM. 62 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:20,673 NASA'S DEVELOPING 63 00:02:20,673 --> 00:02:21,674 THE NEXT GENERATION 64 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:23,877 OF SPACE EXPLORATION VEHICLES. 65 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:25,378 LET US EXPLORE ONE VEHICLE, 66 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:26,679 KNOWN AS ORION. 67 00:02:26,679 --> 00:02:28,047 ORION WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT 68 00:02:28,047 --> 00:02:29,782 HUMANS BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT, 69 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:31,384 TRAVELING TO THE MOON, MARS, 70 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:33,419 AND OTHER DESTINATIONS IN SPACE. 71 00:02:36,155 --> 00:02:37,423 YOUR TEAM'S CHALLENGE: 72 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:38,725 DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR OWN 73 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:40,760 MODEL SPACECRAFT FOR TESTING. 74 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,128 YOUR SPACECRAFT MUST BE BUILT 75 00:02:42,128 --> 00:02:43,630 TO PROTECT A CREW OF ASTRONAUTS 76 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,031 DURING A LANDING. 77 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:46,199 AS YOU TEST AND IMPROVE 78 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:47,133 YOUR DESIGN USING 79 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:48,902 THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS, 80 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:50,570 YOU MAY FACE PROBLEMS, 81 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:51,471 YOU MAY HAVE TO COME UP WITH 82 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:53,406 NEW SOLUTIONS, BUT YOU WILL BE 83 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:54,307 BUILDING THE SKILLS 84 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:55,475 AND KNOWLEDGE TO HELP SOLVE 85 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:56,576 TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES 86 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:58,545 IN SPACE AND ON EARTH. 87 00:02:58,545 --> 00:02:59,479 SINCE ORION WILL TAKE 88 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:01,214 MY COLLEAGUES AND I INTO SPACE, 89 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:02,181 I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE 90 00:03:02,181 --> 00:03:04,350 THE SPACECRAFT YOU CREATE. 91 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:05,718 >> THANKS, STEPHANIE. 92 00:03:05,718 --> 00:03:06,653 NOW THAT YOU HAVE 93 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:07,720 YOUR ASSIGNMENT, IT'S TIME 94 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,155 TO GET TO WORK. 95 00:03:09,155 --> 00:03:11,858 YOUR SPACECRAFT MODEL MUST: 96 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,493 BE DESIGNED WITH SEATS FOR 97 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:15,795 TWO ASTRONAUT FIGURES. 98 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:17,530 THE ASTRONAUTS MUST STAY 99 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,232 IN THEIR SEATS DURING 100 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:21,067 THE DROP TEST WITHOUT BEING 101 00:03:21,067 --> 00:03:25,004 GLUED OR TAPED IN PLACE. 102 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:26,806 HAVE ONE HATCH THAT OPENS 103 00:03:26,806 --> 00:03:29,108 AND CLOSES FOR THE ASTRONAUTS 104 00:03:29,108 --> 00:03:32,979 TO SAFELY ENTER OR EXIT. 105 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:34,781 THE HATCH MUST STAY CLOSED 106 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:37,917 DURING THE DROP TEST. 107 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,319 FIT WITHIN THE CONTAINER 108 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:42,422 YOUR TEACHER GIVES YOU. 109 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:44,123 AND FINALLY, THE TOTAL MASS 110 00:03:44,123 --> 00:03:46,159 OF YOUR SPACECRAFT MODEL 111 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:48,795 MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 100 GRAMS. 112 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:52,098 NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. 113 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:54,100 BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR DESIGNS. 114 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,301 I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE 115 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,470 WHAT YOUR TEAMS COME UP WITH. 116 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:58,571 >> YOU ARE THE FUTURE SCIENTISTS 117 00:03:58,571 --> 00:03:59,906 AND ENGINEERS WHO WILL HELP US 118 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,941 IMPROVE HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION, 119 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:02,842 AND I AM SO THRILLED 120 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:04,877 TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM. 121 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:06,512 TOGETHER, WE'LL CHART A PATH 122 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:07,981 TO NEW DISCOVERIES. 123 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,115 AND WHO KNOWS? 124 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:10,950 YOU MAY EVEN USE ORION ONE DAY 125 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,085 TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST 126 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,120 ASTRONAUTS TO SET FOOT ON MARS. 127 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,888 GOOD LUCK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD 128 00:04:15,888 --> 00:04:17,457 TO SEEING YOUR SOLUTIONS.