NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Target: Grades 3-6

Length: 6 minutes 30 seconds

Internet: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov   →

 

Cartoon characters from The Space Place, NASA's award-winning Web site for kids, present their own talk show from the Space Place Clubhouse. Their guest is Michelle Thaller, an astronomer with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Michelle, whose earliest inspiration came from "Star Wars" and Carl Sagan, loves to tell people about all the new and exciting discoveries astronomers are making. Watch and listen to find out Michelle's favorite amazing fact about space.