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DIY Podcast

Create your own podcast with NASA video and audio clips.

NASA Apps

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Download free NASA apps for your smartphone or tablet.

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In the Spotlight

SolarMax anime invites you to join the contest

Send Your Superhero by March 20!

SolarMax and the Space Weather Superheroes need more team members. Create a new anime-style character with a visible space weather-related power.

A picture of the east coast of Massachusetts taken as part of the Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students (EarthKAM) mission. (EarthKAM)

Record Number of Students Control Station Camera

Wonder what it's like to control a camera on the International Space Station? More than 30,000 students found out as part of the EarthKAM mission.

Blue ice covering Lake Fryxell in the Transantarctic Mountains

Which Pole Is Colder?

The North Pole and the South Pole are both cold. But is one colder than the other?

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Fun and Games

The Old Man in the Sun Video →

Look at NASA sun images and a face begins to appear.
EarthKAM Gallery →

See pictures of Earth from space taken by students.
"I See Ice" Viewer →

Find the alien, icy places in the solar system with this special viewer.

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Stuff You Can Do

Sun-Earth Days SolarMAX Anime Contest →

Entries for this contest for students ages 13 and older are due March 20, 2013.
Sun-Earth Days 2013: Solar Max -- Storm Warning: Effects on the Solar System →

Explore the violent nature of our sun at the peak of solar activity with this year's Sun-Earth Days celebration on March 22, 2013.
Citizen Science: Asteroid Mappers →

Register today to help the Dawn Science Team investigate and analyze high-resolution images of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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NASA Dictionary

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Homework Topics

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Career Corner

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Images

Expedition 34 Crew Members

View (left to right) of Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 Commander; Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, and Evgeny Tarelkin, Expedition 34 Flight Engineers (FEs), all wearing their Sokol Suits, in the U.S. Laboratory of the International Space Station. Photo was taken during Expedition 34. Image Credit: NASA

James Webb Telescope Model at South by Southwest

Full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope model on display at South by Southwest in Austin. Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn

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