Lunar Lander

Can you avoid the boulder field and land safely, just before your fuel runs out, as Neil Armstrong did in 1969? Our version of this classic video game accurately simulates the real motion of the lunar lander with the correct mass, thrust, fuel consumption rate, and lunar gravity. The real lunar lander is very hard to control.

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Version 2.01
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Topics

Main Topics

Lunar landing
Moon
Mass
Thrust
Fuel consumption rate
Lunar gravity

Sample Learning Goals

Explore how the lunar lander behaves on the moon.
Can you measure the value of the moon's gravitational pull?
Explore the relation between the force vectors on the lunar lander and the amount of thrust you apply to it.
Challenge: how many times can you successfully land the lunar lander in different locations before running out of fuel?

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Ideas and Activities for this Sim

There are 5 contributions listed.

Title	Author	Level	Type	Updated
Conservation of Energy for Middle School	J. Workshop	MS	Lab	4/09
Lunar Lander Activity	D. Isola	HS	CQs	1/09
Lunar Lander/ Fun Game	C. Lierheimer	HS UG-Intro	Lab	2/09
Newton's Laws and the Lunar Lander	S. wheeler	UG-Intro HS	Lab	11/09
Space Cadets Lunar Landing Showdown	M. Poynter	HS	Lab	5/08

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Software Requirements

Windows Systems	Macintosh Systems	Linux Systems
Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Macromedia Flash 8 or later	OS 10.4.11 or later Macromedia Flash 8 or later	Macromedia Flash 8 or later

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