How Does NASA Drive The Mars Rover?

How are video games made? Who invented the concept? Why do games have levels? Who invented them? Why are game consoles so expensive? Why do people like playing these games so much and do they turn your brain to mush? What do you do if you can’t make yourself stop playing? In this ...  Show more

What is ADHD? How does ADHD affect the brain? Why do only some people have it? How can we control our brains? An estimated 11 percent of U.S. kids are diagnosed with the neurological condition known as ADHD, so you may have it or have a friend or classmate with this unique way of ...  Show more

Ever wonder how engineers on Earth operate Rovers on another planet? It's not as easy as you think. Listen to our podcast with NASA JPL mechanical engineer Brian Franz who has worked on both the Perserverance and Curiosity Rovers on MARS!! He gives us a peek behind the scenes of ...  Show more

When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? A few stars, or a satellite, maybe even one of the seven other planets in our solar system? But how many planets are there in all of outer space? We asked astronomer Mark Popinchalk to help us find the answer! Got a question tak ...  Show more

It’s the central question for the current generation of Mars missions. Since the first close-up pictures of the red planet back in 1965, decades of space missions have revealed our neighbouring planet to be cold, rocky and sterile. But there are hints of a more dramatic past; ...

We spend a lot of time on top of our planet, but we don’t spend much time inside it. So it makes sense you might wonder what our planet is made of, deep deep down. Is it more rocks? Is it lava? Is it a gooey caramel center? And what about the other planets, like Mars and Jupiter? ...  Show more