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Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

To the Moon Artemis

• Artemis-I
  • https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Artemis
  • https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
• Artemis Program
  • https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion
  • https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
• NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal
  • https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
• The Artemis Plan
  • https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
• Rocket Weight and Thrust
  • https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_reference_guide_2022_web.pdf
• NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad by Brendan Byrne
  • https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087417075/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad
• NASA's Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon by Ashley Strickland
  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/world/nasa-artemis-person-of-color-crew-scn/index.html
• NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live by Chelsea Gohd
  • https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-megarocket-rollout-webcast
• Why NASA’s new ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ is so incredible by Adam Mann
  • https://www.livescience.com/megamoon-rocket-is-incredible
• SpaceX Starship: Stunning Concept Art Reveals NASA’s New Lunar Lander by Mike Brown
  • https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-nasa-new-concept-art
• Inventions we use everyday that were actually created for space exploration by Josie Green
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/
• How Heavy Is A School Bus? (Empty And Full) by Measuring Stuff
  • https://measuringstuff.com/how-heavy-is-a-school-bus-empty-and-full/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20an%20empty%20school,the%20weight%20of%20the%20passengers.

Oh Snap! 

• New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap by Emily Conover

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