Artemis ROADS Online Resource Guide

• Artemis ROADS Final Challenge Crater Course
• Artemis ROADS FAQ
• Challenge Supplies
• Mission Objective Online Resources
• NASA Media Release Forms

Artemis ROADS Final Challenge Crater Course

The Artemis ROADS final challenge crater course map is now available! The map is 60″ x 60″. Teams can print this map or make it themselves using the coordinates. All teams should plan on using this map to program their rovers and practice for the final event.

• PDF of the Challenge Map (60″ x 60″)
• PDF of the bottom and top of the challenge map for printing with a standard plotter (30″ x 60″)
• Coordinates of Map Objects
• Artemis ROADS Crater Course Description
• Artemis ROADS Surface Navigation Challenge Description

Note: A full-scale version of this map will be available for teams participating in one of NESSP’s in-person final challenge events. Teams will not need to bring their map or ramps to these events. Teams completing the final challenge virtually may print the map or build their own using the coordinates of the ramps, sample locations, and hazard regions.

Additional Resources:

• A short video showing how a laser altimeter work
• A short video about Shackleton Crater

Interactive Maps of Shackleton Crater from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO):

• Laser Altimeter Data
• Visual Data
• Hillshade Data
• Slope Data

Challenge Supplies

NESSP will provide the following challenge supplies to teams that register for the challenge as availability allows. However, these are not required supplies. Your team can purchase similar materials or use robots, drones, etc., already available to complete the mission objectives.

Item	Links for more information
Lunar Simulant	Exolith Simulant Website Exolith Simulant Educational Products
Foldscopes	Foldscope Website Foldscope Tutorials
LED Grow Light	Lots of options like this one on Amazon
Carbon Dioxide Detector	Temtop CO2 Meter CO2 Meter Calibration Instructions
Drone	Example Drone (any drone works) Drone Safety 101
LEGO Spike Prime Set	LEGO Spike Prime Set (any programmable robot works too) LEGO Spike App

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Additional Mission Objective Online Resources

Mission Objective 2: Observe and Explain the Moon

Cameras and Virtual Simulations of the Sky:

• Stellarium
• mlcallsky.org

Resources for Understanding and Teaching Moon Phases:

• NASA: Moon in Motion
• NASA Education Guide: Moon Phases
• Moon Observation Journal
• NESSP Book List

Mission Objective 3: Investigate the Moon’s Surface

NASA Treks Resources

• NASA Treks
• NASA Trek Preview
• Artemis ROADS – Moon Trek Tour for Instructors
• Moon Treks and Lunar Crater Resource Guide

Foldscope Resources

• How to Assemble Your Foldscope
• Foldscope Viewing Methods

Mission Objective 4: Life in a Closed System

• NASA: Growing Beyond Earth – A Citizen Science Project
• NASA: Growing Plants in Space
• NASA: Veggie Fact Sheet
• NASA: Scientists Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon
• Our World: Plants in Space 

Mission Objective 5: Pack Your Moon Kit

• Journaling: Astronauts Chronicle Missions
• What’s in Your #NASAMoonKit
• The Personal Preference Kit: What astronauts take with them to space
• Landing Humans on the Moon Educator Guide: Activity 3

Mission Objective 6: Path(s) to the Moon

• Drone Safety 101
• NASA JPL Educational Rocket Activity: Heavy Lifting
• NYTIMES: How NASA’s 3 Missions Could Send Humans Back to the Moon
• Artemis I Trajectory Map
• Artemis II Trajectory Map
• Artemis III Trajectory Map

Mission Objective 7: Rover Testing and Navigation

• NESSP LEGO Spike Playlist
• NASA’s Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory
• VIPER Hits SLOPE Lab Video

Mission Objective 8: Make a Mission Patch

• NASA E-Clips: Our World – Mission Patches
• Shop NASA: Mission Patches
• Wired Magazine: NASA’s Most Awesomely Weird Mission Patches

NASA Media Release Forms