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The NASA Space Place website engages kids, parents and teachers in space and Earth science and technology.

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NASA Space Place inspires and enriches upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and resources for parents and teachers, NASA Space Place has something for everyone.

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NASA Space Place inspires and enriches upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and resources for parents and teachers, NASA Space Place has something for everyone. Learn about everything from black holes and asteroids to the reasons for seasons here on Earth. The NASA Space Place has materials on space, the Sun, the Solar System, our own planet and the science that makes discovery possible.

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Hear tiny sounds with a Super Sound Cone!

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"See" inside a closed box!

 Map a 3-D map of the invisible. 
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Make a topographic map!

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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!

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Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover!

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Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum

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What Is a Laser?

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Make colorful star cookies!

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Why Do We Send Robots To Space?

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Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket!

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 Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up! 
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DSN Uplink-Downlink: A DSN Game

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How Does GPS Work?

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Printable Space Valentines

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Bad (space) weather cancels pigeon races!

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What Causes the Seasons?

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Thirsty? Have a comet!

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Make Oreo Moon Phases!

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Go With the Flow: An Ocean Currents Game

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Gallery of NASA Earth Images

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Why Is the Sky Blue?

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Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!

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How Does GPS Work?

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How Does GPS Work?

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Build your own spacecraft!

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Tired travelers

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NASA is not alone in space!

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What Is Science?

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Bad (space) weather cancels pigeon races!

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Thirsty? Have a comet!

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Guide your spacecraft through a space maze

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Gallery of NASA Technology Images

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Why is sixteen so sweet?

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Launch a rocket from a spinning planet

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How do we talk to machines?

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Ions in action

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How Does NASA Communicate With Spacecraft?

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Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!

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Hear tiny sounds with a Super Sound Cone!

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"See" inside a closed box!

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Make a topographic map!

 Build your own mountain, then map it. 
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!

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Previous versions of this site. The most recent version was launched in February 2016.

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Launched in 1998, NASA Space Place's mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and resources for parents and teachers, NASA Space Place has something for everyone.

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This site is produced for NASA's Science Mission Directorate by the NASA Space Place team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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In this ocean currents game, use heat and salt to float your sub to the treasure! 
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Gallery of NASA Earth Images

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Why Is the Sky Blue?

 Learn the answer and impress your friends! 
explore

Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!

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"See" inside a closed box!

 Map a 3-D map of the invisible. 
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Make a topographic map!

 Build your own mountain, then map it. 
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!

 And in only 10 days! 
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How Do Hurricanes Form?

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What Is El Niño?

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Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!

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The Greenhouse Effect

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Make a Cloud Mobile!

 These pretty clouds move, but do not go away. 
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Guide to Climate Change for Kids

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10 Interesting Things About Earth

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Climate Kids

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What is a galaxy?
We live on a planet called Earth that is part of our solar system. But where is our solar system? It's a small part of the Milky Way Galaxy.
And our galaxy is just one of millions and millions. Find out more about what a galaxy is and how many there are.

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What Is the James Webb Space Telescope?

 The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. 
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NASA Activity Books

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Color Your Universe: Find the Hidden Objects

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What Are Constellations?

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How Scary Is Space?

 Check out these nine unearthly nightmares that could be happening right now in our own galaxy. Eek! 
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Is Time Travel Possible?

 Airplanes and satellites can experience changes in time! Read on to find out more. 
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What Powers a Spacecraft?

 It all depends on what the spacecraft will do! Read on to learn more. 
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What Is a Transit?

 A transit is when one object in space crosses in front of another object in space. The Moon transits the Sun during an eclipse, but did you know that other objects can transit, too? Learn more in this article. 

How Old Are Galaxies?

 Most galaxies formed more than 10 billion years ago!
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The windows show the Universe in all its colors. 
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Make colorful star cookies!

 Find out why stars aren't all the same color. 
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A real shooting star!

 Is Mira the zippiest star in the galaxy? 	 
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Build a physics machine!

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Make a Galaxy Montage

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Roman Space Observer

 Catch as many astrophysical objects and phenomena as possible in this game! This link takes you away from NASA Space Place. 
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Build a model spacecraft to explore the universe!

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Bad (space) weather cancels pigeon races!

 Why do pigeons care about what the Sun is doing? 
explore

What Causes the Seasons?

 The answer may surprise you. 
explore

Thirsty? Have a comet!

 Could they have brought the water to our planet? 
explore

What Is a Meteor Shower?

 What causes them? 
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What Is a Meteor Shower?

 What causes them? 
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Gallery of NASA Technology Images

 Astronauts, rockets, and spacecraft to view or print. 
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Gallery of NASA Sun Images

 Get up close and personal with our own star. 
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Gallery of NASA Universe Images

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Gallery of NASA Solar System Images

 Glorious planets and moons to view or print. 
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Gallery of NASA Earth Images

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What Is Gravity?

 Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. 
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Why is sixteen so sweet?

 What kind of math would creatures with 16 fingers invent? 
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Voyager 1 and 2: The Interstellar Mission

 These spacecraft traveled to the outer planets! 
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How do we talk to machines?

 After all, they know only two words! 
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High Tide on IO!

 What do you get when you cross an earthquake with a tidal wave? 
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How Does NASA Communicate With Spacecraft?

 We can send and receive information with the Deep Space Network! 
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Why Is the Sky Blue?

 Learn the answer and impress your friends! 
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What Is a Barycenter?

 And how does it help us find new planets? 
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What Is a Barycenter?

 And how does it help us find new planets? 
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Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!

 What if every kind of tree were a different color? 
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!

 And in only 10 days! 
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Make Stretchy Universe Slime!

 Make the universe stretch and expand! 
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What Is Dark Matter?

 and dark energy, too! 
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Make a Pinwheel Galaxy Pinwheel

 A galaxy in the palm of your hand 
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What Is a Galaxy?

 How many are there? 
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What Is the Big Bang?

 Why do we call it that? 
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Where Does Interstellar Space Begin?

 Interstellar space begins where the sun’s magnetic field stops affecting its surroundings. 
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What Is a Satellite Galaxy?

 What are they and what will become of them? 
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Build your own spacecraft!

 Become a NASA engineer! 
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A Planet Without a Sun?

 Astronomers may have found a planet without a sun! 
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What Is a Black Hole?

 Space Place in a Snap tackles this fascinating question! 
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What Is a Planet?

 The answer isn't so simple... 
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Make a Galactic Mobile

 Let the beauty of the galaxies shine in your room. 
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Write your own zany adventure story!

 Write your own zany adventure story! 
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Gallery of NASA Universe Images

 Galaxies, nebulae, and supernova remnants to view or print. 
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What Is Gravity?

 Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. 
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NASA Pumpkin Stencils

 Paint pumpkins with space and Earth science designs 
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Printable Space Valentines

 Share these with your friends and family! 
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Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum

 The windows show the Universe in all its colors. 
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Make colorful star cookies!

 Find out why stars aren't all the same color. 
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A real shooting star!

 Is Mira the zippiest star in the galaxy? 	 
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Build a physics machine!

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Make a Galaxy Montage

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With a smart phone, you can always find the nearest pizza place.
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The Amazing Hubble Telescope

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What Is a Satellite?

 A satellite is anything that orbits a planet or a star. 
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Relay: A Laser-Based Space Communications Game

 Learn about laser-based space communications in this game! 
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How Do We Launch Things Into Space?

 You need a rocket with enough fuel to escape Earth’s gravity! 

What Is a Gravitational Wave?

 How do gravitational waves give us a new way to learn about the universe? 
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NASA Pumpkin Stencils

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Where Do Old Satellites Go When They Die?

 They don't last forever. So do they all become 'space junk'? 
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Make a Stained Glass Earth!

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How Does GPS Work?

 We all use it, but how does it work, anyway? 
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How Does GPS Work?

 Space Place in a Snap explains how your phone knows where to look for pizza. 
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Build your own spacecraft!

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NASA is not alone in space!
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Spitzer bookmarks: Four "back-to-back" bookmarks with four Spitzer images of galaxies. Captions on bookmarks describe the images.
	

 

 
Discovery of Infrared Light, activity, 4-page description and activity. Explains and gives instructions for repeating the experiment William Herschel performed in discovering infrared light.

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Space Technology 5 litho. Summarizes the ST5 mission to develop and fly three miniature spacecraft in Earth orbit. All spacecraft systems were miniaturized. Fleets of such spacecraft could fly in a constellation to study the magnetosphere or other phenomena.

 History of GOES Satellites (42.5 x 11 inches). Tracing the technological development of geostationary weather satellites from the first one, launched in 1974 to the advanced technology on GOES-R, planned for lanuch in 2015. Reading level is grade 8+.
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