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Do-It-Yourself Podcast

DIY Podcast

Create your own podcast with NASA video and audio clips.

In the Spotlight

A woman and a man sit in NASA's Mission Control Center

ISS Update: Guillen Middle School Video

Students talk with space station flight controller Cassandra Rodriquez.

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'Lucy's Planet Hunt' book

"Lucy's Planet Hunt"

Turn the pages with your mouse to see if Lucy can find an Earth-like planet in the universe.

Asteroid naming contest

NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students

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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Fun and Games

ISSLive App →

Keep up with the station on your device.
'Shields Up!' →

Read about a wild solar storm and then play a fun game.
Dawn at Vesta →

Watch highlights of the mission at the asteroid Vesta.

Find It Fast!

Search by Subject

This list of NASA topics can help with homework.
Sites Listed by Alphabet

Use this list to find NASA Web sites.
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Stuff You Can Do

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.
2012 "Humans in Space" Youth Art Competition

Entries are due Oct. 21, 2012.
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› See past winners →
Name That Asteroid!

Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return samples to Earth. Entries are due Dec. 2, 2012.

Research Tools

MyNASA

Students 13 years and older may use MyNASA to help with homework and projects relating to NASA.

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NASA Dictionary

Check This Out!

Find definitions for words related to science, space and aeronautics.

Homework Topics

Have Homework About NASA?

Find answers to questions about NASA missions, vehicles, science topics and more!

Career Corner

Want to Work at NASA?

Find career information, and learn more about what people do at NASA.

Images

Global Hawk Aircraft

This image captures a perspective of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft from one of the wings. The Global Hawk is sitting at the aircraft hangar of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va on Sept. 7, 2012.

Angling Saturn

Saturn

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