NASA - STS-125 Space Shuttle Mission: Resources for Educators

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NASA Astronaut Tweets

NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

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STS-125 Educator Resources

STS-125: Mission to Hubble

The space shuttle's visit to Hubble will make the space telescope better than ever.
Visiting an Old Friend

On the STS-125 mission, John Grunsfeld will improve the Hubble Space Telescope for a third time.
Servicing Hubble

After a "lifetime" of service to science and astronomy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope needs servicing itself.
STS-400: Ready and Waiting

Endeavour and its crew are standing by if a rescue is needed for the Hubble repair mission.
The Hubble Space Telescope Inspires Wonder

The Hubble educational resource site offers activities and resources for three primary themes: Hubble Careers, From Galileo to the Great Observatories, and the Hubble Walk: Spacesuits and Spacewalks.
Spacesuits and Spacewalks Site for Educators

Engage your students in the wonders of space as they learn about spacesuits and spacewalks.
Educational Spacewalk Simulations STS-125

This 3-D simulation is an interactive animation of several spacewalks planned for the STS-125 mission.
Space Shuttle Missions Education Resource Pages

See these educational resource pages associated with previous missions.

Related Mission Sites

STS-125

Learn more about the STS-125 mission and crew.
Hubble L-1 Webcast

Tune in the day before the launch to learn what it takes to fly a difficult servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
STS-125 Image Gallery
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STS-125 Animations

View animations dealing with the STS-125 shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

NASA Educator Guides and Materials

Optics: Light, Color and Their Uses Educator Guide -- Grades K-12
This guide has activities using lenses, prisms, hidden messages, periscopes and kaleidoscopes.

Space Based Astronomy Educator Guide -- Grades 5-8
This educator guide is divided into units of study that include science demonstrations, lesson plans and student sheets so that students may learn about Earth's atmosphere, the electromagnetic spectrum and telescopes.

Suited for Spacewalking -- Grades 5-12
The activities in this guide help students understand the history and technology behind spacesuits.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Lithograph
The Hubble Space Telescope peered back in time to see galaxies of all shapes, sizes, colors and ages.

Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 Lithograph
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a planetary nebula. The lithograph includes a space science lesson plan on the death of a star.

Hubble Space Telescope Model   →
Make a scale model of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope out of parts you can find at local hardware and craft stores.

Amazing Space   →
This Hubble Space Telescope page is for students, teachers and space enthusiasts. Watch this page for mission news, videos and animations that track astronauts' tasks, Career of the Day and more.

HubbleSite   →
Discoveries, galleries, news, kids stuff, educator pages, information about telescopes and much more can be seen on this Web site.

For Kids and Students

STS-125 Now in Space

Learn how the astronauts prepared for their mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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STS-125 Memory Game

How fast can you match the STS-125 pictures?
STS-125 Info Orb

Help Space Kid collect orbs to learn about the fifth space shuttle mission to update the Hubble Space Telescope.
What Is the Hubble Space Telescope? Student Topics

The Hubble Space Telescope helps scientists understand how planets and galaxies form.
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What Is the Space Shuttle?

The space shuttle carries astronauts to space and back.
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What Is a Spacesuit? Student Topics

Spacesuits protect astronauts in space, on the moon and on other planets.
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Color and Learn Book

Color pictures and learn about the space shuttle.
Steps to Countdown Storybook

Find out how the space shuttle gets ready for launch.