This site is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
NASA Space Place offers information, games, and cool activities for both kids and teachers.
Interactive kids page where you can test basic astronomy knowledge through puzzles, get basic space information, and tour a space art gallery.
Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy. Here you can find out what light and color can tell you about stars, learn about the objects that make up the Solar System, or train to be a scientist by enrolling in the "Hubble Deep Field Academy."
Lots of good material and fun activities. Don't miss the song about the Sun found in the Solar System pages!
NASA Space Place offers information, games, and cool activities for both kids and teachers.
This page is out of the Astronaut Office at NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
Interactive kids page where you can test basic astronomy knowledge through puzzles, get basic space information, and tour a space art gallery.
Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy. Here you can find out what light and color can tell you about stars, learn about the objects that make up the Solar System, or train to be a scientist by enrolling in the "Hubble Deep Field Academy."
This is a launch forecast of anticipated dates for the NASA Space Shuttle and NASA payloads on expendable vehicles. Unclassified launches by the U.S. Air Force are also shown. Commercial launches are not covered. It is an assessment of the earliest possible dates for upcoming government missions based on current planning or prelaunch preparations, and therefore, is not necessarily final.
This site has the latest NASA news, information on astronauts and cosmonauts.
A presentation and explanation of some of the best images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy. Here you can find out what light and color can tell you about stars, learn about the objects that make up the Solar System, or train to be a scientist by enrolling in the "Hubble Deep Field Academy."
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The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/ GSFC.
StarChild Authors: The StarChild Team
StarChild Graphics & Music: Acknowledgments
StarChild Project Leader: Dr. Laura A.
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