1. North Dakota Space Grant Consortium
NASA Parachute Parade
North Dakota Space Grant Consortium

2. Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin
Human Space Flight
What do you know about human space exploration?
Who has been to space?
Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
April 12, 1961
Astronaut Class 2013
Sally Ride
1983 & 1984
Karen Nyberg
2008 & 2013

3. Human Space Flight
Where have we gone?
Not yet!

4. Human Space Flight
How do we get to space?

5. Human Space Flight
How do we come back to Earth?

6. Orion Space Capsule
Designed to take humans to the International Space Station, Mars, and Asteroids!

7. Parachute Parade
You’ve been selected by NASA to design a parachute that will safely land their astronauts back to Earth! NASA has provided you with an assortment of parachute-building materials. Choose wisely - the lives of the crew are depending on you!
7 minutes Orion Trial By Fire
25 minutes Delta Launch Live
5 minutes Orion Test over Arizona

8. You get to build your own Orion!
What do you want to test?
Size of parachute
Weight (astronauts)
Materials – different connections, space capsules
Length of Ribbon
Height of drop
Different Colors …
Today you are the NASA engineers!

9. Parachute Parade