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Make Cookie Moon Phases →
Open up some cookies and scrape off the cream filling to make the four major phases of the moon.
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Interplanetary Christmas →
Read NASA's 1999 interview with Santa Claus.
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'A Global Partnership for All Mankind' Video
Learn how people from different countries and cultures designed, built and operated the most complex engineering project in history.
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Help Earth: Buy a Real Christmas Tree! →
No matter how many years you reuse an artificial tree, one day it will end up in a landfill for the next 1,000 years!
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Is Earth Part Comet? →
Comets are mostly water ice. In the past, comets may have made regular water deliveries to Earth.
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What Is a Helicopter?
11.14.12 - A helicopter is an aircraft that uses rotating wings called blades to fly.
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Path of 2010 Solar Eclipse
On July 11, 2010, a total eclipse of the sun was visible from within a narrow corridor that traversed Earth's southern hemisphere.
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Clara Ma -- Naming Curiosity →
In sixth grade, Clara won an essay contest to name the Curiosity rover. Almost four years later, she talks about her inspiration for the name.
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NASA's REEL Science Communication Contest →
Students ages 13-18 may submit a video on one of three science topics.
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Earth's Aurora From Space
Watch a view of an aurora from the space station and learn how aurora are generated.
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Earth Science Week Contests 2012 →
Are you an artist, photographer or writer? Enter this year's Earth Science Week contests. Entries are due Oct. 19, 2012.
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Scope It Out! →
Play this game to see how the Webb Telescope is similar to tube-shaped telescopes.
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ISS Update: Guillen Middle School Video
Students talk with space station flight controller Cassandra Rodriquez.
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"Lucy's Planet Hunt" →
Turn the pages with your mouse to see if Lucy can find an Earth-like planet in the universe.
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NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students
09.04.12 - Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth.
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Space School Musical Part 9: Big Bang →
"S to the P to the A-C-E. Space is the only place for me." The entire "solar system" sings in a big bang of a grand finale.
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NASA and Pharrell Congratulate More Than 900 Students
08.29.12 - NASA's Associate Administrator of Education and former Astronaut Leland Melvin recalls when he applied to the astronaut program. He had family members telling him he couldn’t be an astronaut, but his dreams surpassed any obstacles that stood in his way, and Melvin made it happen.
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Space School Musical Part 8: We're the Scientists →
Galileo, Newton and Einstein visit Hannah to give her words of encouragement.
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Space School Musical Part 7: The Asteroid Gang →
These asteroids were born to rock. They mosh around and can be found by Jupiter and Mars ... downtown.
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Making NASA History
Learn about the key moments in the history of the American space program.
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