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KidSat: Exploration From Space By and For Kids Johns Hopkins University/CIY - Curriculum Development and Applications - Program Evaluation - Link to Education Public Policy University of Nebraska - KidDAAC - Data Archive and Access Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Instruments, Telepresence - Mission Control - Project Management California Space Institute/UCSD - Shuttle Photography - Education Tools - Student Mission Operations Johnson Space Center -Shuttle, Mir, Space Station Goals: - To Capture the interest of many students through the human space program and maintain interest through Earth exploration with remote sensing - To excite and motivate children to successfully complete their education - To encourage higher expectations and individual pursuit of knowledge through the utilization of space technology Key Components: - Cameras and multispectral sensors utilizing existing flight qualified hardware - Telepresence with live data downlink/virtual reality through captured images - Designed, built, operated, and data analyzed by students - Coordinated educational curricula, lesson plans, resources, teacher training - Applications in science, geography, art, history, exploration, environment, shop... - Staged deployment on Shuttle, Mir, Space Station - In-situ measurements for validation - KidDAAC hold KidSat data and provides links to other space data