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Cleanroom Technology DLESE Reviewed Collection
This video contains interviews with scientists and technicians who work in the Genesis cleanroom at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Footage shows scientists donning cleanroom clothing, washing samples, and assembling sampling wafers onto the array frame of the Genesis probe. It also explains the risk of dust to sensitive technology such a space probe and describes how dust concentrations in the air are measured.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Video
Subject:
  • Space science
  • Technology
Technical requirements:
Windows Media Player
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright and other restrictions information is unknown.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-ESERevSProd067
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/