Deep Space High: Kids Guide to Space

Sam’s making a presentation for his class at Deep Space High – all about the exciting developments in spaceports on his home planet of Earth.  He explores what they are and why we need to think about them.

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Sam, Stats and Quark take a trip to see one of the busiest satellites in the sky – the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Taking readings across a wide variety of wavelengths, it helps get the full picture of activity around the sun.

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Outside the protective magnetosphere, there’s nothing between humans and the powerful radiation from the solar winds. Sam, Stats and Quark find out how it isn’t just astronauts who are at risk – even aircraft passengers can be affected.

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Sam, Stats and Quark are exploring some of the projects through which scientists measure and investigate solar activity. One project is the European Space Agency’s Cluster Mission.

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The source of most of the space weather affecting Earth is The Sun. In this episode, the class take a trip inside the star to see where it all starts.

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Sam, Stats and Quark are finding out about SPACESTORM – a way to predict the effect of space weather on satellites - and take a trip to the far side of the Sun to see STEREO.

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Sam, Stats and Quark learn about how other planets are affected by space weather.

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Sam, Stats and Quark learn about how big solar storms can affect things on earth, whether it be planes or satellites in orbit.

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Sam, Stats and Quark are learning how space weather can affect life on Earth and the atmosphere around it.  But how do we measure space weather?  And how can we know what to expect?

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Sam, Stats and Quark are finding out about different types of space weather – from magnetic storms to cosmic rays, solar wind and coronal mass ejections.  There’s a lot going on up there!

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