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Launch rockets, build robots, explore your world and beyond! Our projects, toolkit and contests will take you into space without ever leaving Earth.

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Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator - New for 2020

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Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator - New for 2020

Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year!
TAGS:Earth Earth's Moon Moon Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Moon Calendar Moon Phases Apollo Moon 2024 Moons Sun
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Create a Moon or Mars exploration game using Scratch, a visual programming language. Think like NASA space-mission planners to design your game!

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Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game

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Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game

Create a Moon or Mars exploration game using Scratch, a visual programming language. Think like NASA space-mission planners to design your game!
TAGS:Coding Programming Mars Rover Moon Rover Game Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rovers
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Find out why the sun is so hot!

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Space Place in a Snap: Where Does the Sun's Energy Come From?

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Space Place in a Snap: Where Does the Sun's Energy Come From?

Find out why the sun is so hot!
TAGS:Stars Solar System Voyager Sun
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See how seasonal changes affect our planet.

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The Change of Seasons: Views from Space

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The Change of Seasons: Views from Space

See how seasonal changes affect our planet.
TAGS:Climate Change Earth Earth's Moon Seasons Water Atmosphere Weather and Climate
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Build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across a room.

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Make a Cardboard Rover

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Make a Cardboard Rover

Build a rubber-band-powered rover that can scramble across a room.
TAGS:Design Flight Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rovers Spacecraft
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Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.

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Make an Astronaut Lander

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Make an Astronaut Lander

Design and build a lander that will protect two "astronauts" when they touch down.
TAGS:Earth's Moon Lander Design Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot Mars Missions Spacecraft
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Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw – then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!

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Make a Straw Rocket

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Make a Straw Rocket

Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw – then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!
TAGS:Earth's Moon Mars Missions Rocket Rockets Design Flight Project DIY Engineering Building The Engineering Design Process Moon 2024 Apollo #VirtualMoonshot Spacecraft
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Can you use π (pi) to solve these stellar math problems faced by NASA scientists and engineers?

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Take the Pi in the Sky Challenge

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Take the Pi in the Sky Challenge

Can you use π (pi) to solve these stellar math problems faced by NASA scientists and engineers?
TAGS:Dwarf Planets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Missions Moons NASA Pi Day Challenge Pi Day Pi Juno Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Transit of Mercury Titan Cassini InSight Energy Weather and Climate Water Atmosphere Rovers Small Bodies Spacecraft Sun
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Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.

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Oh, the Places We Go: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi

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Oh, the Places We Go: 18 Ways NASA Uses Pi

Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.
TAGS:Asteroids Comets Earth Exoplanets Jupiter Mars Missions Pi Pi Day Pluto Rovers Saturn Small Bodies Spacecraft Sun Universe