Students will learn how NASA communicates with faraway spacecraft using the Deep Space Network – including how data, such as images, are decoded. By decoding data themselves to reveal space images: Younger students will practice attention-to-detail and artistic expression. Middle-grades students will practice exponents. More technologically advanced students will practice spreadsheet skills. Materials Pencils Colored pencils, crayons OR markers Worksheet I: Simple Black and White Images (docx)