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Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II Design Challenge

Calling all designers! The Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II Zero Gravity Indicator Design Challenge wants your ideas for a small plush object that will travel inside the Orion capsule with the Artemis II astronauts to indicate when the spacecraft reaches microgravity. Submission Deadline: May 27

Cartoon image of two astronauts looking out the window of the Orion crew capsule, enjoying a view of the Moon. A teddy bear is floating across the window, indicating the zero-gravity environment.

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Design the Mission Patch for NASA’s Next HERA Campaign

Did you know NASA simulates crewed space missions with the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA)? K-12 students at private and public schools in the U.S. are invited to design the patches for these upcoming missions. Winners will work with a Human Research Program graphic designer to turn their concept into a reality. Submission Deadline: Oct. 15

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In this whimsical scene, a dreamy purple-teal sky sets the stage with the Moon gently glowing in the top right corner. On the right, an astronaut in a white spacesuit floats serenely, flashing a peace sign with two fingers. On the left, a tricolor dog—black, white, and tan—joins in the fun, dressed in a white spacesuit and clear helmet, looking as if it’s smiling. Between them, NASA’s Orion spacecraft grins with a playful set of glasses, bringing the whole cosmic crew together in a joyful moment of space exploration.

Our Friend Orion

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An cartoon illustration of a solar flare that has a blast of light and energy from the Sun’s surface.

How Does the Sun Behave?

Hooray for SLS! Book Cover

Hooray for SLS!

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Former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is seen after President Barack Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Who Was Katherine Johnson?

Spiral galaxy: 2 almost-straight arms coming from the left and right of the golden core that meet a starry, bluish ring around the edge. A faint light halo surrounds the galaxy. One bright star, a few small stars and galaxies all on a black background.

What Is a Black Hole?

An illustrated view of the Block 1B crew configuration of NASA’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket the night before launch

What Is the Artemis Program?

NASA Kids' Club Nebula Character standing next to a rocket

Why Do We Explore?

Go to Animated Storybook

Commander Moonikin Campos Graphic

The Adventures of Commander Moonikin and Friends

Join Our Heroes on their Adventure

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Story Time with Astronauts

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Comic book astronaut characters in Microgravity

The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Microgravity

Read the Story About Microgravity

A drawing of a group of students and an educator with the word sound in the background

The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Sound

Read the Story About Sound

Cover of The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Energy storybook

The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Energy

Read the Story About Energy

Aeronautics Leveled Readers

Read About the History of Aviation

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Put it Together

Pick a NASA Image and Solve the Puzzle

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Search for Spinoffs Game

Use Clues to Find NASA Spinoffs

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Nebula character gathering food from a cafeteria lunch line

Space Lunch Game

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A graphic showing a satellite with the words RELAY

Relay: A Laser-Based Space Communications Game

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An illustration of a rocket

Launch The Rocket Game

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Roman Space Observer in large letters

Catch the Objects in Space!

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Airplane High Low game

What Number Am I Thinking Of?

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Star Fall game

Clear All the Stars to Win!

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Travel to the Moon with Spacey Casey!

Watch Getting Ready for the Moon

Orville D. Squirrel explores how the different parts of an airplane help make it fly.

Explore Parts of an Airplane with Orville D. Squirrel

Sing and Dance Along with NASA

A comic book about NASA’s Traveler: Field Guide to Basic Black Holes

Space Toons

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Is it Easy to Walk with a 280-Pound Spacesuit in Space?

Astronauts Answer Questions From Space

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Animated gif showing the Orion spacecraft near the Moon during the Artemis 1 uncrewed flight test in 2022.

Build an Orion Desktop Model

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Paper templates, scissors, tape, bowl and other materials

Make a Cloud Mobile!

Green Balloon on a black background.

Create a Nutty Balloon Noisemaker

Three rocky asteroids

Make Asteroids You Can Eat!

A paper model of an airplane attached to pencils that run across the wings and along the fuselage

Make an Airplane

Animation of a whirling, falling paper helicopter

Make a Paper Mars Helicopter

A young school student holding a tablet with scribbles and drawings and text (X-Plane, research, innovation) floating around her.

Build Your Own Flight Log

Example of a finished solar or sun cookie

Edible Model of the Sun

Launch It!

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Built Mars Helicopter Model

Build Your Very Own Mars Helicopter!

Image of a paper airplane, the X-59.

Make Your Own X-59

Colorful paper airplane and the words "Now fly"

Make and Color a Paper Airplane

How to Make a Demo-2 Straw Rocket

DIY Quick and Easy Straw Rocket

Apollo Moon capsule craft

Apollo Moon Capsule Craft

Woman blows into straw to launch a paper straw rocket

Launch a Straw Rocket the Farthest

Color It!

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Hooray for SLS! Activities graphic

Hooray for SLS! Activities

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Outline of an astronaut

Download the Astronaut Coloring Page

Nebula character standing next to an easel with paint in hand

Learn About Plants and Animals That Live at NASA Centers Across the U.S.

Psychedelic false-color view of Saturn

Color and Learn About Faraway Worlds

Black and white drawing of the vehicle to use on other planets or moons

Space Exploration Vehicle Coloring Sheet

Curiosity rover on Mars

Follow Your Curiosity Coloring Pages

An illustration representing clouds and the ocean with the words Happy World

Learn About Oceans and Clouds

Black and white Artemis coloring page

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Coloring Pages with a row of crayons in various colors on the bottom.

Airplane Coloring Pages for Kids

Color Different Airplanes

Solve It!

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Earth Trip Around the Sun Crossword Puzzle

Earth’s Seasons and the Sun: A Crossword Puzzle

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Space Tech Fun Pad animated character standing next to a flag on a planet surface

Space Technology Fun Pad

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An illustration of animated satellites

Space Communication Fun Pad

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Treehouse maze

Find Your Way Through the Maze

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Emoji math puzzle

International Space Station Emoji Puzzles

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NASa PICTURE DICTionAry

Are You Ready for an A-B-C Adventure?

Find word definitions and pictures related to space, flight and more.

Child holding tablet computer

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NASA Kids' Club Mascot named Nebula

NASA Kids' Club

NASA Kids Science