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Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers…
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon’s surface.…
To prepare their spacecraft for Venus, NASA's DAVINCI scientists traveled to the most Venus-like place on Earth.
A collection of images, videos, activities, and other downloadable resources about NASA's Viking 1 and 2 missions to Mars.
Earth has four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets can experience seasons, too, but they might be wildly…
| Activity | Grades 6-12+ | Big Idea 1.1 | This activity includes two informative coloring book pages covering the…
Lucy’s high-resolution, black-and-white imager, L’LORRI, captured a series of photos between Sept. 15–17, as the comet was zooming toward Mars.…
This activity is a crossword puzzle about Earth’s Seasons and the Sun.
Moonquakes pose little risk to astronauts during a mission lasting just a few days. But their effects on longer-term lunar…
![VIDEO: "Witness the Breathtaking Beauty of Earth’s Polar Regions"
Operation IceBridge recorded the diversity and fragility of our rapidly changing polar regions. These areas are some of the most inhospitable, but breathtaking places on Earth. Sit back and witness the polar regions, from western Greenland to Antarctica. Notable features include the Pine Island Glacier, Larsen C ice shelf, and rapid summer melt on the western Greenland Ice Sheet.
Learn more: Operation IceBridge
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