Anu Ohja
Occupation: Director of the UK’s National Space Academy and a Director of the National Space Centre
Research Areas: Education, Skills, Human Spaceflight, Exploration Science
Solar System
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Credit: 中部経済産業局ホームページ
Occupation: Project Manager, Professor
Year born: 1955
Research Areas: Engineering, Planetary Exploration
Ursula Marvin
Credit: Charles Hanson
Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1921
Research Areas: Meteorites, Moon Rocks
Gerard Kuiper
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Astronomer & Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1905
Research Areas: Atmospheres and Moons
Claudia Alexander
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Planetary Scientist
Year born: 1959
Research Areas: Jupiter’s Moons, Comets
"I feel like a modern-day explorer; the last frontier is space"
Exploring
Credit: USGS National Map Data
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Claudius Ptolemy
Credit: Portolanero
Occupation: Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer
Year born: 100 AD
Research Areas: Movements of planets and stars, cartography
Early Life
Tycho Brahe
Credit: Wikimedia Sverige
Occupation: Astronomer
Year born: 1546
Research Areas: Astronomy, Supernovae, Mechanics
Nicolaus Copernicus
Credit: Nieznany
Occupation: Astronomer, Mathematician, Clergyman
Year born: 1473
Research Areas: Planets, Mechanics
Solar System In Your Pocket
Using a length of till-roll create a scale representation of the Solar System. Great for learning the order of the planets and for showing how they're spaced within the Solar System.
