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Do-It-Yourself Podcast

Create your own podcast with NASA video and audio clips.

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In the Spotlight

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?

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

Emily Calandrelli smiles as she floats aboard an airplane

A West Virginia University student stresses the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Fun and Games

STS-130 Preflight Animations

See video of how the space shuttle docks with the station.
Mission Planner

Play a game to learn about the STS-130 mission.
3D Guide to the Galaxy →

Take an interactive tour of the Milky Way.

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Stuff You Can Do

"Kids in Micro-g!" Challenge

Students in grades 5-8 are challenged to devise experiments to be conducted aboard the space station. Proposals may be submitted through Feb. 19, 2010.
No Boundaries Project and Student Contest →

Submissions for this contest must be received by April 15, 2010.
Send Your Name to Mars →

Submit your name to be included on a microchip that will be sent to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled to launch in 2011.

World Book for Students

Students in grades 4-8 can use these resources for help with homework and reports.
World Book @ NASA

Middle and high school students can use these resources for research.
MyNASA

Students 13 years and older may use MyNASA to help with homework and projects relating to NASA.