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Star Wars Day, May the Fourth, is coming and NASA/JPL Edu has a lesson that connects "Star Wars," NASA's Dawn Mission and Newton’s Laws of Motion.
In our latest Teachable Moment, JPL education specialist Lyle Tavernier explains the physics behind the ion-propulsion engines that drive the Dawn spacecraft. Then, he shows how to use those same laws to model additive velocity on a hypothetical, ion-propelled spacecraft in a lesson that meets Next Generation Science and Common Core Math Standards for grades 6-12.
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