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STS-132 Info Orb
05.11.10 - Help Space Kid collect orbs to learn about the STS-132 space shuttle mission.
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Green Careers →
05.04.10 - Learn about jobs that help the planet.
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Smart Art: Imaging the Cosmos →
04.27.10 - To view how astronomers get amazing pictures from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (Galex) and the Spitzer space telescopes, watch this video.
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What Does "Global Climate Change" Mean? →
04.20.10 - Even though Earth has no thermostat, it does have its own control system. Nothing changes in one place without changing something in another place. The overall effect gives us our global climate.
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What Is a Satellite?
04.13.10 - A satellite is a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star.
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STS-131 Mission Patch Explorer
Click on the different parts of the STS-131 mission patch to learn about the mission and the crew.
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Students Prove Visit to Ames Was Not a “Drag”
03.24.10 - Thirteen year old Ajay Ramesh and twelve year old Prithvi Aiyaswamy, two seventh grade boys from Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, Calif., were so excited about their visit to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., that they could barely sleep the night before their visit.
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What Is a Space Probe?
A probe is a spacecraft that does not carry astronauts.
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Sun for Kids
03.09.10 - Why do we study the sun?
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Kid's Eye View of the Sun →
03.09.10 - How much would you weigh on the sun? Enter your weight and find out. Then learn other facts about the star of the solar system.
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What Is Mars?
03.19.08 - Earth's next-door neighbor is often called the Red Planet because of its red soil.
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What Is a Black Hole?
09.30.08 - Black holes may answer questions about the beginning and the future of the universe.
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Last Chance to Enter Kids' Science Challenge! →
Students in grades 3-6 are challenged to design a sport to be played on Mars. Entries are due Feb. 28, 2010.
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STS-130 Cosmic Corridor
Move Space Kid from platform to platform and intercept knowledge about the STS-130 space shuttle mission.
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NASA Brain Bites™: What's a Launch Window? →
02.02.10 - NFL quarterback Kurt Warner explains how football is similar to launching space vehicles in this short video.
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Already a Star, Calandrelli Tells Students to Aim High
01.26.10 - A West Virginia University student stresses the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Children's Patches Tell Toy's Story
01.20.10 - A student dreaming of becoming an astronaut wins NASA's and Disney's Buzz Lightyear Mission Patch Design Challenge.
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Coming In From the Cold
01.19.10 - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near NASA's Kennedy Space Center has been transformed into a sea-turtle rescue facility.
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Rocket
01.12.10 - A team of young rocket scientists tells the high-flying tale of the rocket they built for NASA's Student Launch Initiative.
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"I See Ice" Viewer →
Find the alien, icy places in the solar system with this special viewer.
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