Try It At Home: Build-It-Yourself: Satellite launches!
- By Maggie Masetti
- July 18, 2012
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I wanted to thank all you Blueshift readers (especially a few of our Facebook followers) who were really helpful at offering me feedback for my new game. We’ve made a bunch of changes and released the final result! If you played an earlier version, please give the latest one a try, and if you haven’t tried it yet, please check it out!
The game allows you to be scientist as you build your own satellite. You’ll start by choosing what science your satellite will be used to study, and then decide what wavelengths, instruments, and optics will help you learn the most about the science you’ve chosen. After you launch your satellite, you’ll see what it looks like, and learn what real mission has data similar to the one you created. You’ll discover a large range of astronomical missions, dating from the 1980s to today. (The James Webb Space Telescope, the muse of the game, is, for example, being built right now.)
For more information, read the NASA release.
Here are a few screenshots:
