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Earth Science Week Contests 2012 →
Are you an artist, photographer or writer? Enter this year's Earth Science Week contests. Entries are due Oct. 19, 2012.
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Tonight's Sky: Highlights of the October Sky →
Grab a telescope, binoculars or just a lawn chair, and head out to the backyard for a night of cosmic sightseeing.
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Bell X-1 History →
On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 to become the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
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Celebrate World Space Week With NASA
10.04.12 - NASA offers educational resources for students and teachers around the world.
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Infrared: Beyond the Visible Video
Take a fast, fun look at why infrared light matters to astronomy. See how the Webb telescope will capture the universe in its infancy.
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Telescopes From the Ground Up →
Learn about the science of light, color and optics as they apply to telescopes and the light they detect.
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Visit NASA →
Find information about each of NASA’s visitor centers across the U.S. and start planning your trip now!
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Winning Experiments on YouTube Space Lab
The Space Lab winning experiments were performed by astronaut Sunita Williams on the space station on Sept. 13.
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Zero Robotics High School Tournament 2012 →
Tune in Saturday, Sept. 8, for a live webcast event kicking off this competition.
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NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students
09.04.12 - Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth.
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Tonight's Sky: Highlights of the September Sky →
Grab a telescope, binoculars or just a lawn chair, and head out to the backyard for a night of cosmic sightseeing.
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NASA and Pharrell Congratulate More Than 900 Students
08.29.12 - NASA's Associate Administrator of Education and former Astronaut Leland Melvin recalls when he applied to the astronaut program. He had family members telling him he couldn’t be an astronaut, but his dreams surpassed any obstacles that stood in his way, and Melvin made it happen.
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Students Reach for the Stars with will.i.am
Musician will.i.am addresses students during an event celebrating the first time in history a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from Mars.
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NASA Education Mourns the Death of Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was a role model for working hard and making dreams come true.
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Epic Struggle Between Birds and Pigs Goes on with a Martian Twist
08.23.12 - NASA is helping pigs and birds explore the Martian terrain and shed light on the agency's missions to the Red Planet in the latest update to the game Angry Birds Space. Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds, announced the update Thursday, complete with a cast of agency rovers and landers.
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Where Were You When Curiosity Landed on Mars?
Relive the worldwide sensation of the Curiosity rover's historic landing on Mars with audiences across the country who watched the live events unfold.
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Making NASA History
Learn about the key moments in the history of the American space program.
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Happy 68th Birthday, Smokey!
06.28.12 - Smokey Bear visited the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center on Thursday for a 68th birthday celebration.
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Tonight's Sky: Highlights of the August Sky →
Grab a telescope, binoculars or just a lawn chair, and head out to the backyard for a night of cosmic sightseeing.
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NASA EDGE: Lunabotics 2012
NASA EDGE presents highlights of the 2012 Lunabotics Mining Competition from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.