Mimas, Triton, or Charon?
Students are invited to examine three moons of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and write an essay on which one they think NASA should return to that would yield the best scientific results. Entries due February 20, 2020.
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Terra@20
After more than 20 years in space, the five instruments aboard NASA’s Terra satellite continue their singular achievement of compiling a climate data record of Earth.
Returning to the Moon - to Stay
With Artemis, men and women will sustainably work and live on another world for the first time! Using the Moon as a proving ground for living on Mars, this next chapter in lunar exploration will forever establish our presence in the stars.
Spitzer End of Mission Teachable Moments
For more than 16 years, Spitzer surveyed the sky, detecting planets and signs of habitability beyond our solar system, returning stunning images of regions where stars are born, distant galaxies, and a huge, previously-unseen ring around Saturn. Learn more about this amazing mission and teach your students that there truly is more than meets the eye in the infrared universe!
2020 Moon Phases Calendar
Fun to make and display, the calendar also teaches about the phases of the Moon, their pattern and why they look the way they do.
