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Space Technology

		Build a Moon Habitat Help the astronauts prepare to go back to the Moon!			Beat the heat! Race the rising thermometer as you unjumble heat words.

		Professor Starr’s Dream Trip Or, how one scientist’s wildest space wish comes true.			Slinky® in Space How can a toy help with space travel?

		Ode to Aerogel Hear a story of invention and discovery.			Robot Puzzle Stump everyone you know with this one!

		A Tortilla Spacecraft What do tortillas and rocket fuel have in common?			Toy Asteroid Nanorover A tiny rover for a tiny not-quite-planet.

		Get a Space Nose What smells better than dog with a big nose?			The Spinoffs Memory Game Test your memory on space program spinoffs.

		Fly through a Tiny Space Maze Navigate our miniature spacecraft.			Draw a Dot-to-Dot Spacecraft The very first spacecraft with ion drive!

		Pixel This! How to turn numbers into pictures.			Nanosat Flingman Launch a spacecraft as if it were a Frisbee!

		Yelling Across the Solar System How do we talk to faraway spacecraft?			Shrink a Building Three Ways But what happens to all the squishy balls it contained?

		See Why Two Eyes Beat One Better get a mop for this one.			Test New Spacecraft Material See why you feel under pressure at times!

		Name the Trees from Space Spacecraft instruments that can tell a pine tree from a maple tree.			See Inside a Closed Box See how radar works.

		Solve an Extra-terrestrial Riddle How is playing darts like looking for planets?			Watch the Race of the Data How long does it take to say a picture?

		How do I get to space with no launch pad?			What aviation record did this odd plane break?

		How are space engineers way wilier than superheroes?			How can you hit a soccer goal on the Moon, from Earth?

		What batteries will last into your old age?			How good is the amazing Hubble Space Telescope?

		How can a telescope also be a microscope?			How far can a spacecraft fly in one school year?

		What spacecraft gets the best "gas mileage"?			If spacecraft sent to other planets don't come back to Earth, how do we get pictures from them?

		Why can't an airplane just fly into space? Why do we need rockets?