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Video: Future Frontier

Artist concept of SLS on the launchpad.

'Future Frontier' discusses the new Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift launch vehicle and its importance to furthering NASA's exploration mission.

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Charting the Course

Graphic for PDF, Voyages, Charting the Course for Sustainable Human Space Exploration

NASA's capability-driven approach is an innovative strategy that challenges the way we think about human space exploration and sets the stage for a new era of discovery.

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SLS Education and Outreach

Artist concept of a Space Launch System launch

Look to this site for images, lithographs, classroom resources and upcoming events to meet and interact with SLS personnel.

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SLS Monthly Highlights

An artist rendition of an asteroid capture in progress.
What's the Latest?

Read about the progress of the Space Launch System via "monthly highlights."

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Why We Explore

why do we explore?
Why Do We Explore?

From the time of our birth, humans have felt a primordial urge to explore -- to blaze new trails, map new lands, and answer profound questions about ourselves and our universe.

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SLS Education and Public Outreach Events

    The SLS Education and Public Outreach (EPO) team participates in many exciting outreach events throughout the year. Listed below are a few upcoming events the team is supporting. If you are in the area, please come out and visit us.

    May 22-25, 2013
    Destination Imagination Global Finals
    The Plains, Va.
    The Space Launch System (SLS) Outreach Team will be exhibiting at this year's Destination Imagination (DI) Global Finals May 22-25 at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), the arts and service learning. Since incorporation as a non-profit in 1999, DI programs have reached more than a million kids from 48 states and more than 30 countries. If you happen to be in the area, stop by to see a 1:50 scale model of NASA's next launch vehicle, the SLS, and talk to members of our Outreach Team.

Education/Outreach Links

    Check out these NASA websites for games, puzzles, and more for kids of all ages.

    Learning Launchpad
    Explore games, videos, and websites that will help kids of all ages discover more about working at NASA.

    Mars Funzone
    your virtual exploration of the Red Planet with interactive games that put you in the driver's seat. Mars Funzone is the destination for Red Planet-related games, amazing facts, activities and special events related to the exploration of Mars.

    Solar System Exploration
    Put together puzzles, learn facts about planets, build your own space fleet, and much more.

    Space Place
    Play games, watch animations, and do projects that teach you about Earth, space, and technology.

    Rocketry
    Play games, watch animations, and do projects that teach you about Earth, space, and technology.

Outreach Contacts

    For additional information, contact:

    Twila Schneider
    Marshall Space Flight Center