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Animals on the Move →
Read about the long distances some animals must travel, and play a memory game.
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Super Star Meets the Plucky Planet →
Read this storybook to learn about the sun and how it affects Earth.
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Wonders of Weather Art Contest →
This year's contest invites young scientists and artists to explore weather. Entries from students in grades 2-4 are due Nov. 7, 2011.
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Why Is the Sky Blue? →
It is easy to see that the sky is blue. Have you ever wondered why?
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What Is Gravity?
Visit the Picture Dictionary to learn the definition of gravity.
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Green Careers →
Learn about jobs that help the planet.
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Elmo Visits NASA
Elmo put on his flight suit and went to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see the final space shuttle launch.
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How Do Hurricanes Form? →
Hurricanes are like giant engines that use warm, moist air as fuel.
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Homework Topics
Find answers to questions about NASA and science!
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What Is Jupiter?
08.10.11 - The planet Jupiter is as large as 1,000 Earths!
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Building Hope
08.03.11 - First-grader Owen helped a team of college students build a robot for a NASA contest.
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What Is Juno?
12.27.11 - A new spacecraft named Juno will study the beginning of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
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Why Do Astronauts Float Inside the Space Shuttle?
Astronauts don't really float inside the shuttle -- they fall.
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What Is a Rocket?
NASA uses rockets to launch things and people into space.
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STS-135 Memory Game
How fast can you match the STS-135 pictures?
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What Is the Space Shuttle?
06.29.11 - The space shuttle carries astronauts to space and back.
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Who Is John Glenn?
06.22.11 - John Glenn was the first NASA astronaut to orbit Earth.
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What Are Hurricanes?
06.08.11 - Hurricanes are large, swirling storms that form over warm ocean waters.
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What Is Aerodynamics?
06.04.11 - This science explains how things fly.
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What Is Climate Change?
05.18.11 - To learn about climate change, you first must know what climate is.