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Solar System Interactives

Explore our solar system from your computer or mobile device with these browser-based apps.

Simulation of the Solar System showing the Inner planet orbits around the Sun.

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System

Discover the planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and the spacecraft exploring them past, present, and in the future with this web-based simulation of our solar system.

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Mars’ Grand Canyon, Valles Marineris, visualized by Mars Trek using data from the THEMIS instrument on the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and the MOLA laser altimeter aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.

NASA's Solar System Treks

View the surface if other worlds through the eyes of different instruments, pilot real-time 3D flyovers above mountains and into craters, and conduct measurements of surface features.

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Screenshot with overlaid interface tools and labels for viewing the the Moon.

NASA's Daily Moon Guide

NASA's interactive map will show you what our Moon will look like on any given day of the year, customized to how you're viewing the lunar surface and where you're viewing from.

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Screen image of a Moon rock sample within a screen interface.

Astromaterials 3D

Browse NASA's interactive collection of 3D images of space rocks, including lunar samples from Apollo missions and Antarctic meteorites from across the solar system.

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screen view showing closeup of a Moon rock

Classify Moon Rocks

Learn more about the lunar samples gathered by NASA's Apollo missions and classify real 3D virtual samples along with NASA's Astromaterials team.

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Where on the Moon?

Train like a NASA astronaut and learn about the geography of the Moon, keeping score as you progress or playing just for fun.

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Screenshot of a quiz game board titled “NASA Science Quest: Moon Rock Edition” with a score of 0 at the top. The board shows five categories—Moon Rocks, Sample Curation, Apollo Missions, Classify This Sample, and Potpourri—each with point values of 250, 500, 750, and 1000. A “Bonus Question” button appears in the top right corner.

NASA Science Quest: Moon Rocks

Think you know a lot about Moon rocks? Play this interactive quiz-show-style online game to test your knowledge to gain points.

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Mission and Planet Packages

Links to videos, activities, printable graphics, and more, curated for the planets and missions below.

A diamond shaped rocky object is shown side-by-side with another rocky object that has a bright point of light at its bottom right side.

Doing Science

Some of the ways to get involved with NASA planetary science.

Vortices identified by Jovian Vortex Hunter volunteers.

PSD Citizen Science

Opportunities for the public to contribute to professional planetary science.

International Observe the Moon Night

People worldwide learn about lunar science and share their Moon observations in this annual event.

Stars in the night sky over a darkened Earth landscape.

Skywatching

Tips and resources for observing the night sky.

Solar System Ambassadors

Volunteers across the nation share NASA science in their communities.

illustration of hikers going up a rocky ledge to the left with solar system planets represented large in an arc across the sky

Resources for Researchers

A variety of planetary science resources and references of use to both new PIs and those who have been through the process before.

This image shows an upstream view of the 13 IDE microprobe setup showing the 7-element silicon drift detector/x-ray fluorescence detector, sample stages and mount, optical microscope, KB-Mirror focusing enclosure, and ion chamber and filter box.

Research Facilities

A collection of planetary science enabling facilities, and additional facilities supported by Research and Analysis and otherPSD programs.

Science Highlights

Link to the online form to submit PSD Science highlights.

This illustration depicts a cutaway of an ocean wave in sunset colors of pinks, blues, and purples. The wave sweeps up to the right, following the motion of luminescent pink, golden auroras on the horizon. The auroras curve upward through the sky, meeting up with a large bluish/purplish spiral galaxy in the upper left. On the far side of the galaxy is an exoplanet system and distant deep field galaxies. On the auroral path is Earth’s Moon, the asteroid Bennu, Mars, and Europa - all bodies in our solar system where water has been found. Above the horizon, the international space station hovers in the sky, while the Europa Clipper mission hovers near Jupiter’s icy moon. Molecular structures drift up from the ocean’s depths, becoming constellations once they reach the sky. They follow the auroras upward toward the galaxy, connecting life to the stars. A few meteors streak across the middle sky. Backlit by the setting sun, a NASA-funded research vessel sails in the foreground. Below the ocean surface, the vessel’s submersible explores the ocean’s depths. A ground-based observatory perches on a cliff on the horizon.

SMD Research

Information for researchers who use NASA science data and plan to propose or have submitted a proposal to an SMD research solicitation.

Science Explorer

A comprehensive search engine and discovery platform that connects scientific literature to datasets, software, and products for researchers across the Earth and space sciences.

For Students (K-12)

Young students looking at a robotic project

Space to Learn

STEM lessons, games, and activities that combine them.

Space Place: Solar System

Explore activities, videos, and more while learning about our solar system.

NASA Coloring Pages

Downloadable coloring pages featuring NASA science and initiatives.

Line drawing of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft with sample arm extended to asteroid Bennu

Astrobiology Drawing and Coloring Pages

Coloring and activity pages about the search for life on other worlds.

Internships and Undergrad Opportunities

ICONS Internships

The Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists (ICONS) internships connect the Europa Clipper mission team with undergraduate students to conduct original scientific research.

This illustration, updated in April 2022, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name.

Psyche Inspired

A program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission through artistic and creative works.

Illustration of a spacecraft at an asteroid.

NASA L'SPACE Program

A free, online program for undergraduate STEM students interested in a career with NASA or other space organizations.

Six young adults standing for a posed photo on a balcony at KSC overlooking the VAB

NASA Internships

Find opportunities for internships at NASA centers across the country.

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NASA Science Calendar

Download the 2026 NASA Science calendar, as well as mobile and desktop wallpapers, and find more information about each month's image.

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NASA Science 2026 artwork commemorating America's 250th Anniversary. The illustration uses blue tones with warm pastel accents showing humanity's space exploration journey. An open history book at the bottom emits light, with Earth emerging above it. A pathway extends from the book past the Moon, Mars, and Saturn into deep space, featuring spacecraft including NISAR, ISS, Parker Solar Probe, LRO, MRO, Dragonfly, NEO Surveyor, Webb, and Roman Space Telescope. An Artemis astronaut and robotic rover appear on opposite pages of the book, with the astronaut stepping onto the cosmic path—symbolizing how scientific discovery leads the way for human exploration in our journey beyond Earth.

Posters

NASA planetary science posters ready for downloading

Solar System Worlds

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A stylistic view of a two rovers is superimposed over the number 20. The poster says "Trailblazers: Spirt and Opportunity 20th Anniversary.""

Mars

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Solar System Missions

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"Visions of the Future"

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Graphic Novels

Astrobiology: The Graphic History Series

This graphic novel series that explores the many facets of astrobiology, the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe.

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The image shows the cover of Issue 9 of the Astrobiology Graphic History to the left and a two-page spread from the issue to the right that features the discipline of biology. The cover shows a series of planet-like objects representing disciplines of astrobiology (geology, icy ocean worlds, cellular biology, chemistry molecular biology, etc.) The biology pages feature organisms from bacteria to multicelluar life (humans, trees, etc.). A scientist looks in a microscope while others gather samples from a bubbling hot spring. An underwater vehicle looks at hydrothermal vents beneath the ocean. Stromatolites and fossils of ediacaran biota are also present, as well as molecules like DNA and proteins.

Issue 9 of the Astrobiology Graphic History answers one of the biggest questions of all… “How do I become an astrobiologist?”

NASA/Aaron Gronstal

NASA Planetary Science E-books

"50 Years of Solar System Exploration"

The science, technology, policy, and politics of planetary exploration, with a collection of in-depth studies of projects, decisions, and milestones.

"A History of Near-Earth Objects Research"

An overview of asteroid and comet observations and what scientists have learned about our origins from studying the rocky remnants.

"NASA's Discovery Program"

A history of the first 20 years of NASA's planetary science program that enables lower-cost and innovative missions to explore our solar system.

Blue cover holding a few spheres representing planets. One has what appears to be a bubble around it.

"When Biospheres Collide"

Understanding how and why NASA takes special precautions not to interfere with the systems and environments of the other worlds we visit.

"Beyond Earth"

A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016.

Full cover image of the Hubble Focus: Dark Universe e-book. Black background with a galaxy cluster that is superimposed with a blue-white haze that indicates the location of dark matter. Top of the image holds the phrase, "Hubble Focus." The "o" in focus is Hubble as we look down the tube of the telescope.

More NASA Science books

Find more NASA science, imagery, and kids' activities in e-books about our solar system and distant galaxies.

Book cover for "NACA to NASA to Now" by Roger D. Launius, featuring bold yellow, red, and blue text on a dark background with a stylized path design.

More NASA History books

Read more NASA e-books about the history and development of the agency's space and aeronautics science and exploration.

NASA Image and Video Resources

Four side-by-side images, overhead views of different landscapes on Mars: The first image shows a flat area with a few small craters. The terrain around the edge of the frame is a dull copper color, while the rest is very bright, in shades of very light green and turquoise. The second image appears to be a crater or valley, but looks like the right half of a sunflower bloom, although colored in shades of tan and brown, except for the petals at the top of the frame, which are highlighted in very light shades of mint green. The third image shows a much more uneven and rocky surface, with rust-colored craters and outcroppings; on each of those the south-facing edges are dabbed with higlights of whitish light blue. The fourth image is of mostly flat ground, colored a dull copper, resembling a face with rocky outcroppings creating two eyes up top, a nose in the middle, and a crooked mouth at the bottom of the frame. The eyes shine brightly and the nose is highlighted slightly in bright blue, coloring the south-facing slopes.

Photojournal

An image archive containing imagery, animations, and videos from numerous solar system exploration missions.

This image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA's massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carries the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the Artemis II mission.

NASA Image and Video Library

Historic and current multimedia collections from across NASA.

Animated image of an artist depiction of the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity rotating in 3d.

3D Models and More

Explore NASA's collection of free, downloadable 3D models, textures, and images.

Science Records and Archive

Illustration of eight planets and one dwarf planet displayed three across and three down.

PSD Strategic Guidance

Documents and reports that help guide Planetary Science Division activities.

Archived NASA Science Web Sites

A collection of archived NASA science web sites offering a snapshot of past missions, programs, and research efforts.

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Eyes on Exoplanets Tutorial

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Eyes on Exoplanets Tutorial

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NASA Equips Astronauts, Industry with Robotic Intelligence

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Space Out This Summer with Variety of NASA STEM Activities

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NASA Award Boosts Space Technology Research Capabilities

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Planetary Science Resources

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Solar System Interactives

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System

NASA's Solar System Treks

NASA's Daily Moon Guide

Astromaterials 3D

Classify Moon Rocks

Where on the Moon?

NASA Science Quest: Moon Rocks

Mission and Planet Packages

Asteroids and Comets

Ice Giants

Jupiter

Lucy Mission

Mars

Mercury

Earth's Moon

Ocean Worlds

OSIRIS-REx Mission