Our World: Life on Other Worlds
Explore the possibility of finding life on other planets. See how NASA's search for water on Mars proved successful with the Phoenix Lander. Find out about extremophiles and what makes a habitable zone for life as we know it. Since the production of this video, NASA has learned more about Mars through these missions: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity), Mars Orbiter Mission, and MAVEN.
Background Information
Grades K through 5
- NASA Mars Exploration: Mars Phoenix
- NASA The Phoenix Mars Lander
- Phoenix Mars Mission - University of Arizona Could Life Survive on Mars?
- Phoenix Mars Mission - University of Arizona Habitability and Biology
- University of Arizona Phoenix Mars Mission
Grades K through 8
Grades K through 12
Activities
Grades K through 5
- NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) What Can Life Tolerate?
Grades K through 8
- NASA Getting Dirty on Mars
- NASA Space Place Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game
Grades K through 12
- NASA JPL Mission to Mars