Online Astronomy Course - Space Exploration (OAE4) - English Medium - May, 2026

Duration: 4 Saturdays - 4 Lectures - Total 8 hours

Dates : MAY

Time : 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Registration deadline - MAY

Content

· Day 1 -  Rockets before 1957, What is a rocket and parts of a rocket, Newtons laws for motion, Difference between aircraft engines and rocket engines, Types of rocket, Rocket engine classification, propulsion, Mass ratio, Process of launching a satellite, What is a satellite.

· Day 2 -  1957 to present, Manned missions, Apollo 11 mission 

· Day 3 -  Previous space stations, International Space Stations, Deep space missions, Orbits, Satellite communications, Navigation of a satellite, Ground stations, GPS, weather satellites, GIS, Cubesats.

· Day 4 -  Mars exploration, Future missions, Space x, Starlink, Orion, dragon capsules, Space launch system, falcon rockets Other rising companies/projects, Advantages from space explorations.

E-book and E-certificate will be send to your email address. 

Lectures are conducted by experienced professionals of the Institute of Astronomy Sri Lanka, trained under Homi Bhabha centre for science education India

A valuable E-certificate will be issued at the completion of the short course and the certificate will be email after the program.

Suitable for anyone over 11 years old (Grade 6 and above), willing to learn Astronomy from beginning.