Introduction Science is the study of all kinds of things Scientists are people who study science They study the world They study nature They study animals They study people They study forces They study energy Scientists observe Observe means to see Scientists experiment Experiment means to test things out Scientists explore ideas They design projects They make many mistakes They learn from their mistakes They keep working They want to get it right But there are science mistakes And then there are really strange science mistakes These science mistakes are super strange They’re so strange that they’re hard to believe They sound like fiction But these stories are all true
Some scientists work in labs Some work in the field
chapter one NASA Probe NASA manages space programs for the United States It made a probe Probes are like small rocket ships NASA’s probe was called Genesis Its job was to go beyond Earth’s moon It was to bring back space material It was launched in 2001 It was in space for 3 years It collected bits from the sun’s wind NASA scientists made a mistake They put some parts in backward The probe didn’t know it was slowing down So it didn’t launch a parachute Parachutes look like large umbrellas They help slow things down 6
The plans were drawn backward The probe crashed in 2004 It crashed in Utah This crash messed up the samples Samples are bits They were to be studied 7
