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I love that the activity has an accompanying video that includes footage and models of real landers and missions. It’s an engaging feature that adds authenticity and meaning to the activity. I wish some more information, regarding the actual methods used for precisely landing spacecrafts, was given rather than simply stating that science and engineering were used. The site could have given examples of different ways spacecraft engineers thought of completing their goals, portraying the engineering design process. The activity itself is simple and uses very accessible materials. I appreciate that students are encouraged to redesign and redo the activity based on different results.