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This page contains problem sets sorted by the NASA missions that contributed to their content.

ACE

81 The Pressure of a Solar Storm - Grade level: 9-11

Cassini

135 How Big is It? - Io and Jupiter. - Grade level: 4 - 7

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

137 Black Holes---Part V - Grade level: 7 - 10

144 Exploring Angular Size - Grade level: 7 - 10

GALEX

119 A Star Sheds a Comet Tail! - Grade level: 8-10

Heliophysics

5 The November 8, 2004 solar storm

6 Observing the Sun's rotation

23 Solar Flares and Sunspot Sizes

26 Super-sized Sunspots and the Solar Cycle.

27 Satellite Failures and the Sunspot Cycle

42 Solar Storms in the News - Grade level: 6-10

51 Sunspots Close-up and Personal - Grade level: 9-11

63 Solar Activity and Tree Rings - What's the connection? - Grade level: 9-11

64 Solar Activity and Satellite Mathematics - Grade level: 9-11

85 The Solar Tsunami! - Grade level: 9-11

98 Solar Flare Reconstruction - Grade level: 9-11

100 The Sunspot CYcle - endings and beginnings - Grade level: 6-9

107 Monster Sunspots! - Grade level: 5-9

114 The Heliopause...a question of balance - Grade level: 8-10

134 The Last Total Solar Eclipse--Ever! - Grade level: 7 - 10

Hinode

78 Moving Magnetic Filaments Near Sunspots - Grade level: 9-11

96 Hinode Satellite Power - Grade level: 9-11

97 Closeup of a Sunspot - Grade level: 9-11

99 The Hinode Satellite Views the Sun - Grade level: 6-8

102 How fast does the sun rotate? - Grade level: 6-9

103 The Mysterious Solar Micro-Flares! - Grade level: 6-9

104 Loopy Sunspots! - Grade level: 9-11

105 The Transit of Mercury - Grade level: 9-11

112 How fast does the sun spin? - Grade level: 5-9

Hubble Space Telescope

43 An Interplanetary Shock Wave - Grade level: 6-10

44 Interstellar Distances with the Pythagorean Theorem - Grade level: 9-11

46 A Matter of Perspective. - Grade level: 9-11

47 Discovering the Milky Way by Counting Stars. - Grade level: 9-11

50 Measuring the Speed of a Galaxy. - Grade level: 9-11

52 Measuring the size of a Star Cluster - Grade level: 9-11

53 Astronomy: A Moving Experience! - Grade level: 9-11

54 Exploring Distant Galaxies - Grade level: 9-11

58 How many stars are there? - Grade level: 9-11

61 Drake's Equation and the Search for Life...sort of! - Grade level: 9-11

62 Star light...Star bright - A question of magnitude! - Grade level: 9-11

122 XZ Tauri's Super CME! - Grade level: 8-10

IMAGE

2 Satellite Surface Area

4 Sketching the Northern Lights

7 Solar Flares, CME's and Aurora

9 Aurora Power!

10 The Life Cycle of an Aurora

11 How high is an aurora

12 The Ring Current

13 Plasma Clouds

14 Kinetic Energy and Particle Motion

15 Radio Plasma Imaging with IMAGE

16 Solar Power and Satellite Design

17 Magnetic Forces and Kinetic Energy

18 Magnetic Forces and Particle Motion

29 The Wandering Magnetic North Pole

30 Exploring Earth's Magnetosphere [DOC]

33 Magnetic Energy From B to V

35 Exploring the Plasmasphere - I

21 Exploring the Plasmasphere - II

22 The Auroral Oval

25 The Distance to Earth's Magnetopause

41 Solar Energy in Space Grade level: 7-10

43 An Interplanetary Shock Wave - Grade level: 6-10

48 Scientific Notation - An Astronomical Perspective. - Grade level: 9-11

67 Unit Conversion Exercises - Grade level: 9-11

82 Are U nuts? - Grade level: 9-11

90 A Career in Astronomy - Grade level: 9-11

91 Compound Interest - Grade level: 9-11

109 Scientific Notation I - Grade level: 5-9

110 Scientific Notation II - Grade level: 5-9

111 Scientific Notation III - Grade level: 5-9

International Space Station

36 The Space Station Orbit Decay and Space Weather

125 The View from ISS - How Big is It? - Grade level: 4 - 7

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

83 Luner Meteorite Impact Risks - Grade level: 9-11

84 Beyond the Blue Horizon - Grade level: 9-11

124 The Moon's Atmosphere! - Grade level: 8-10

127 How Big is It? - The Moon up close II. - Grade level: 4 - 7

129 How Big is It? - The Moon up close I. - Grade level: 4 - 7

Magnetospheric Multi-Scale Mission

113 NASA Juggles Four Satellites at Once! - Grade level: 8-10

Mars Orbiter, Rovers, etc

8 Making a Model Planet

59 Getting A Round in the Solar System! - Grade level: 9-11

60 When is a planet not a planet? - Grade level: 9-11

70 Calculating Total Radiation Dosages at Mars - Grade level: 9-11

74 A Hot Time on Mars - Grade level: 9-11

126 A Martian Avalanche - How Big is It? - Grade level: 4 - 7

133 Mars Rover - How Big is It? - Grade level: 4 - 7

139 How Big Is It? - Mars - Grade level: 4 - 7

MESSENGER

121 Ice on Mercury? - Grade level: 8-10

NEAR

143 Asteroid Eros surface - Grade level: 4 - 7

RHESSI

101 Super-Fast Solar Flares!! - Grade level: 6-9

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

28 Satellite Power and Cosmic Rays

39 Solar Storm Timeline Grade level: 7-9

86 Do Fast CMEs Produce SPEs? - Grade level: 9-11

94 Solar Storms: Odds, Fractions and Percentages - Grade level: 9-11

115 A Mathematical Model of the Sun - Grade level: 8-10

117 CME Kinetic Energy and Mass - Grade level: 8-10

Space Shuttle

95 A Study on Astronaut Radiation Dosages in Space - Grade level: 9-11

Space Radiation and Analysis Group

31 Airline Travel and Space Weather

32 Solar Proton Events and Satellite Damage [DOC]

65 A Perspective on Radiation Dosages - Grade level: 9-11

66 Background Radiation and Lifestyles - Grade level: 9-11

68 An Introduction to Space Radiation - Grade level: 9-11

69 Single Event Upsets in Aircraft Avionics - Grade level: 9-11

70 Calculating Total Radiation Dosages at Mars - Grade level: 9-11

71 Are the Van Allen Belts Really Deadly? - Grade level: 9-11

74 A Hot Time on Mars - Grade level: 9-11

76 Radon Gas in the Basement - Grade level: 9-11

77 Some Puzzling Thoughts about Radiation! - Grade level: 9-11

79 Correcting Bad Data Using Partity Bits - Grade level: 9-11

80 Data Corruption by High Energy Particles - Grade level: 9-11

87 Atmospheric Shielding from Radiation- I - Grade level: 9-11

88 Atmospheric Shielding from Radiation- II - Grade level: 9-11

89 Atmospheric Shielding from Radiation- III - Grade level: 9-11

93 An Introduction to Radiation Shielding - Grade level: 9-11

95 A Study on Astronaut Radiation Dosages in Space - Grade level: 9-11

Spitzer Infrared Observatory

56 The Sombrero Galaxy Close-up - Grade level: 9-11

141 Exploring a Dusty Young Star - Grade level: 4 - 7

STEREO

92 A Lunar Transit of the Sun from Space - Grade level: 9-11

116 STEREO - The Comet Encke Tail Disruption Event - Grade level: 8-10

118 STEREO-An Application of the Parallax Effect - Grade level: 8-10

THEMIS

1 Magnetic Storms I

3 Magnetic Storms II

108 THEMIS - A in Satellite Synchrony - Grade level: 5-9

TRACE

104 Loopy Sunspots! - Grade level: 9-11

XMM

136 Black Holes---Part IV - Grade level: 7 - 10

NASA Mission Contributions

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