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Play "Missions to Planet Earth"!
Beat the computer by launching three Earth missions first.
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What makes laser light so extraordinary?
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Dr. Marc answers questions about technology
A few words about the technologies of discovery.
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Help the big antennas gather data from the spacecraft.
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Or, how a little technology goes a long way.
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See the universe in Cosmic Colors.
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Help Juno reveal Jupiter's true nature.
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A story about a girl's search for another Earth.
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Space Place kids talk to NASA scientists and engineers.
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Listen to black holes and other cosmic weirdness
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Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket!
How high can you make your rocket go?
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Gallery of people and technology
Astronauts, rockets, and spacecraft to view or print.
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Scientists and engineers on NASA missions share their experiences and findings.
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Why do we need two eyes?
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Map a 3-D map of the invisible.
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!
And in only 10 days!
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Guide your spacecraft through a space maze
Print and do mazes.
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It's all done with mirrors!
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Getting into space with no launch pad!
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What hears a whisper a billion miles away?
Ears the size of football fields?
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You will get a charge out of this activity!
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Stump your friends with your mosaic robot puzzle!
See space robots in action.
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Help design the Deep Space 1 spacecraft
The very first spacecraft with ion drive!
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What do tortillas and rocket fuel have in common?
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Can you keep up with the data?
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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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Help the astronauts go back to the Moon.
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Kids' visions for the New Millennium
Technology-inspired art and poetry.
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One place you don't want to have a dead battery!
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Learn how to turn numbers into pictures!
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Download Space Place background images for your desktop.
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A trip to the Land of the Magic Windows
The windows show the Universe in all its colors.
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How did we get from Galileo's telescope to the Hubble Space Telescope?
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A boardgame adventure!
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Buckle up for an adventure!
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Sun-powered airplane flies at record altitude!
Looks can be deceiving.
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How do you build a weather satellite?
Fill a truck full of weather instruments and toss it into orbit?
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Launch a rocket from a spinning planet
Wind up that launch pad!
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The Three Little Piggy-back Satellites
Toss them into orbit like Frisbees!
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See a giant rose-covered space robot!
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Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover!
A fun project to do with the family.
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LISA mission gives humans a sixth sense
If you could "hear" a black hole, what would it sound like?
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Build your own mountain, then map it.
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How to yell across a solar system
How spacecraft send pictures through space.
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How can a toy help with space travel?
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Race the rising thermometer as you unjumble heat words.
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"Emoticonstructor" at Your Service!
Let the Emoticonstructor "evolve" a face to match your mood!
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Shrink a skyscaper full of squishy balls.
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Find out why stars aren't all the same color.
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Hear tiny sounds with a Super Sound Cone!
Hear tiny sounds you never noticed before!
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Match LIGHT faces with HEAT faces!
Faces look different in infrared light.
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After all, they know only two words!
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Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!
Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!
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Do a HUMONGOUS telescope crossword!
Learn about the largest light telescopes in the world.
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Does your nose know enough for space travel?
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Test a new spacecraft material
Crush a can without touching it!
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Do a crossword and see 3-D pictures of Earth from space!
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So many possibilities. How to choose?
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A close encounter of the AutoNav kind!
Could you hit a soccer goal on the Moon?
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What can read a newspaper from a mile away?
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A story about stuff that's almost not there!
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Astronomy Club Partner Program
The benefits and how you can join.
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Follow Echo through Arizona on his adventure to his winter home for hibernating. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Top 10 facts about the Sun??? and lots more. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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A learning center for young astronomers. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Build a model spacecraft to explore the solar system!
Paper models of your favorite solar system explorers. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Amelia the Pigeon has a camera and photographs everything from above. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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