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Artist's concept of Human Landing System.

Landing on Target Activity

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The craters Takel and Cozobi are featured in this image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Takel is the young crater with bright material on the left of this image, and Cozobi is the sharply defined crater just below center.

Impact Craters

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Image of Tycho impact crater on the Moon

Sculpting Lunar Geology

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Lunar Cargo Packing List Worksheet

Priority Packing for the Moon

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The artist’s concept portrays SpaceX’s Starship HLS with two Raptor engines lit performing a braking burn prior to its Moon landing. The burn will occur after Starship HLS departs low lunar orbit to reduce the lander’s velocity prior to final descent to the lunar surface.

Safe Landing on the Lunar Surface

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Illustration of a marshmallow astronaut lander

Make an Astronaut Lander

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SLS Word Search Activity

HLS Artemis Word Search

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Child's drawing of two astronauts and a lunar lander on the Moon

Learn To Draw Astronauts on the Moon

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Coloring Sheets

We Are Going! Coloring Sheet

We Are Going! Coloring Sheet

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Artemis illustration coloring sheet

Artemis Coloring Sheet

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Outline of an astronaut

Exploration Coloring Sheet (Astronaut)

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Exploration Coloring Sheet (astronaut in space)

Exploration Coloring Sheet (Astronaut in Space)

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Videos

The full Moon stands our against the blackness of the night sky. The Moon appears as a white and gray orb dimpled with craters and valleys.

Why the Moon

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iss072e097437 (Oct. 24, 2024) -- As the International Space Station soared 257 miles above northern Mexico, NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth while a green atmospheric glow crowned the horizon.

NASA Explorers: The South Pole

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Podcasts

Curious Universe – Why the Moon's Icy South Pole is a Hot Target for NASA

(January 2025)

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Curious Universe – Mysteries of the Moon

(May 2022)

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From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.

Houston We Have a Podcast – Moon to Mars: Reviewing the Architecture

(December 2024)

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From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.

Houston We Have a Podcast – Where to Land on the Moon

(February 2024)

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The full Moon stands our against the blackness of the night sky. The Moon appears as a white and gray orb dimpled with craters and valleys.

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