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  • Crab Nebula

    Go Observe! The Crab Nebula  →

    11.10.09 - The Crab Nebula can be seen with a modest telescope under dark skies.

  • Virtual Conference for Educators: Apollo Space Program screen capture

    Apollo Space Program Virtual Conference  →

    Join NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a FREE online conference taking place on Nov. 10, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

  • The spiral galaxy Messier 101

    After School Astronomy Clubs  →

    10.26.09 - These clubs are for participants in grades K-12.

  • White House with stars in the sky

    White House Star Party Activities  →

    10.20.09 - Replicate the hands-on activities from the White House star party. Students built scale models of the solar system, made impact craters and investigated meteorites and moon rocks.

  • The Andromeda Galaxy as seen through binoculars

    Go Observe! The Andromeda Galaxy  →

    10.14.09 - On a clear, moonless night in October, you can see a marvelous world over 2 million light years away.

  • LCROSS Citizen Science logo

    LCROSS Citizen Science  →

    09.29.09 - Find out how to get involved with the observing campaign and advance our understanding of our nearest neighbor.

  • My Exploration - Upload Your Video!

    Whose video will be featured next?

    09.29.09 - Submit your video answering why you think space exploration is important and it could be featured online!

  • The space shuttle in a hangar

    Space Shuttle Program Artifacts

    09.22.09 - NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to register to screen potential space shuttle artifacts.

  • NASA exhibit

    Review NASA Informal Education Proposals  →

    09.22.09 - NASA is recruiting reviewers for external peer reviews of proposals submitted to the Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums.

  • Galileo's drawings of Jupiter and four of its moons

    Go Observe -- Jupiter and Its Moons  →

    09.15.09 - In September, view the solar system's largest planet and four of its satellites as Galileo may have seen them.

  • An X-ray view of the Crab Nebula

    Ten Years of Chandra  →

    09.09.09 - Ten years ago, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever made began its exploration of the universe. See what the Chandra X-ray telescope has discovered in one decade.

  • Cartoon image of a book lashed to the back of a rocket and words Blast Back to School in lower right corner

    Blast Back to School

    08.11.09 - Add a little space to your classroom this year with NASA educational resources.

  • IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System title screen

    IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System  →

    09.01.09 - This full-dome show allows audiences an in-depth look at NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer. The IBEX mission is collecting high-speed atoms to create a map of the solar system's boundary.

  • student holds sundial

    NASA Is Looking for a Few Good ... Teachers

    08.21.09 - NASA's Solar System Educators Program, a nationwide network of highly motivated teachers, is now accepting applications from interested teachers.

  • Are We Alone? logo

    Are We Alone?  →

    08.25.09 - This podcast, sponsored by NASA and hosted by Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute, highlights both NASA research and the Kepler mission to find habitable planets.

  • The Giant Worlds Exhibit

    Giant Worlds Exhibit  →

    08.11.09 - Visitors explore the extraordinary giant planets orbiting the sun and learn what they tell us about the formation of solar systems, our planet and the conditions necessary for life.

  • The Perseids meteor shower

    Go Observe! The Perseids  →

    08.11.09 - For August in the International Year of Astronomy, watch the most visible meteor shower for observers in the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Artwork showing a developing moon and the word Selene

    Introducing a New Moon

    08.04.09 - "Selene," a NASA-funded game, guides students to see the moon in a new way.

  • My Moon logo

    My Moon  →

    07.28.09 - Do you want to engage with other people to explore the moon? Find events and opportunities to share your ideas and connect through social media.

  • International Year of Astronomy 2009 logo showing the figures of an adult and child looking up at the night sky

    Apply Now: IYA Multiwavelength Image Unveiling  →

    U.S.-based informal education venues may apply for selection as a site for a national unveiling and display of a new multiwavelength image produced by NASA's Great Observatories.