Journey to the Unknown

Welcome to Journey to the Unknown. You will be going on a mission to travel to Mars with NASA's Mars discovery team. During the mission, you will be learning concepts about rocket launching, moving while you lose sense of direction, controlling aspects of the space shuttle, and most importantly, how to become an astronaut.

About The Project

We designed a 4 part adventure game through Scratch for middle school students that deals with multiple types of hazards and issues in space that endanger crewmates' lives. Launching requires students to calculate the angle for take off; Space Maze demonstrates radiation hazards and food supplies; Urgent Controller highlights problems that may happen within the space shuttle; and Trivia tests the common senses students learned about aerospace through the game. We believe that after playing our game, students can truly comprehend these hazards and issues, how difficult it is being an astronaut, and bring more interests toward aerospace.

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The Challenge

THE TRAIL TO MARS: CAN YOU KEEP YOUR CREW ALIVE

  • Create an educational game for middle schoolers (approx. ages 10-14)
  • Focuses on keeping an avatar alive and healthy during a voyage from Earth to Mars and back
  • Identifies the most difficult challenges and the biggest risks involved in human spaceflight.