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NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge! 

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The new Lunar Autonomy Challenge invites teams of students from U.S. colleges and universities to test their software development skills.…

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NASA Announces Teams for 2025 Student Launch Challenge

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NASA has selected 71 teams from across the U.S. to participate in its 25th annual Student Launch Challenge, one of…

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NASA Announces Teams to Compete in International Rover Challenge

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NASA has selected 75 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build rovers that will compete next spring…

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Dark sky background with list of the new VALUE Bundle themes, Earth’s Moon, Explore Planets, Forces of Flight, Magnets, Planets, and Plants.

New NASA eClips VALUE Bundles for Learners with Varied Needs

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The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), aims to increase Science,…

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A collage of eight images and a text box that says “Space Crafts with NASA.” The top row from left to right shows marshmallows connected by toothpicks in the shape of the Orion constellation, a ball of swirled black and purple dough with some silver glitter in the black portions, a sparkly bluish goop, and a dark purple sucker with silver glitter. The bottom row from left to right shows three pastel colored misshapen balls on a pink plate (one of the balls is fizzing), a black sphere, a mason jar of purplish pink glitter, and a pinwheel with a space pattern.

Launch Your Creativity with These Space Crafts!

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In honor of the completion of our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s spacecraft — the vehicle that will maneuver the…

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Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

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As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data down to their earthly…

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