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SCaN STEM Navigation Activities

Navigate Space: Space Communications and Navigation Workbook Grades 8 – 12 NASA navigates throughout the solar system and beyond, revealing the mysteries of the universe. In this workbook, you’ll use basic mathematics concepts to explore space navigation.

Posted September 28, 2023

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Didymos & Dimorphos

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2023 Solar Eclipse

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Artemis 2

203

Solar System Ambassadors

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STS-93

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Irregular Galaxies

10

Low Earth Orbit Economy

23

Flight Opportunities Program

23

Gravitational Microlensing

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76

4

MUREP

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Science Activation

69

Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

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Alan B. Shepard Jr.

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Sea Surface Topography

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Human Landing System Program

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Kennedy Space Center

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ExoMoons

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Gemini IV

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Marshall Astrophysics

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Red Giants

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People of Marshall

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Media Resources

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Nicole P. Stott

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Advanced Space Suits

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Astrogram

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Space Flight Awareness (SFA)

1

Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)

6

Jessica Watkins

3

Lunar Surface Technology Research

3

Franklin R. Chang-Díaz

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Helios 1

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Sustainable Aviation

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Venus

13

7

MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols)

4

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

56

152

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)

10

Employee Spotlights

1

1

SimLabs

2

11

STS-107

2

Ice Giants

1

Landsat 7

1

54

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)

2

373

Wildlife

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InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

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Leland D. Melvin

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Extreme Weather Events

20

GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)

8

Transformational Tools Technologies

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XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton)

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Pioneer 10

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Mini-RF Instrument

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RS-25

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4

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

96

Earth Surface & Interior

6

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel

2

Audio

6

SpaceX Commercial Resupply

25

Jonny Kim

5

GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer)

1

Technology for Living in Space

6

Visible / Optical Light

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Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

72

Mars Climate Orbiter

1

Quesst: The Science

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National Space Council Users' Advisory Group (NSpC UAG)

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2

Apollo 8

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Snow

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6

STS-51D

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Ceres

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Digital Information Platform

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2024 Solar Eclipse

46

Artemis 3

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Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Inst.

3

STS-96

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Low-Earth Orbit Economy

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Flightlog

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Gravitational Waves

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Underway Recovery Test 11

1

Pluto

3

MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer)

1

Science for Everyone

2

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

36

Convergent Aeronautics Solutions

3

Edward G. Gibson

1

1

Seasat

1

9

Stellar Evolution

3

Human Research Program

29

9

Exoplanet Atmosphere

13

Gemini IX

1

4

39

Pamela A. Melroy

8

Marshall Earth Sciences

29

Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)

1

Neptune-Like Exoplanets

8

136

Meetings, Workshops & Conferences

1

Rings of Saturn

11

Night Sky Network

39

Climate Modeling

5

E-Books

5

Aeromechanics Research Facilities

1

14

2

Super-Earth Exoplanets

10

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

285

Lunar Trailblazer

4

Fruit Fly Lab (FFL)

1

6

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

6

VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)

3

Open Science Data Repository (OSDR)

1

Manufacturing, Materials, 3-D Printing

1

Project Management & Systems Engineering

2

NASA Home & City

1

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

6

Enceladus

4

Anne C. McClain

4

SIR-C/X-SAR (Shuttle Imaging Radar-C / X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar)

1

Bruce McCandless

2

STS-113

1

ICESat (Ice, Clouds and Land Elevation Satellite)

1

Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)

35

7

Globular Clusters

6

THEMIS-ARTEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms - Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of Moon's Interaction with the Sun)

1

William A. Anders

2

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

21

Lenticular Galaxies

4

EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer)

2

12

Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program

27

XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)

7

Planetary Analogs

3

MinXSS (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer)

1

Russell L. Schweickart

2

Oceans

46

Commercial Resupply

49

Earth System Observatory (ESO)

5

AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)

1

Aura

2

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

26

José M. Hernández

1

Game Changing Development Program

37

Technology for Space Travel

18

Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

12

28

Mars Exploration Program

10

Quesst: The Team

3

Native American Heritage Month

7

DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging)

4

Apollo 9

2

6

Careers

11

STS-61

1

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

82

Digital Transformation (DT)

7

3I/ATLAS

1

Artemis 4

30

Solar Wind

14

STS-99

1

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

18

Lucy

10

Floods

11

Green Aviation Tech

17

University Innovation

16

Podcasts

10

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

88

Science in the Air

14

2

2

Eileen M. Collins

2

Ames Earth Science Division

1

SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

1

6

Stellar-mass Black Holes

5

Human Space Travel Research

2

Kjell N. Lindgren

4

Exoplanet Detection Methods

8

Gemini VI

1

The Future of Commercial Space

13

2

Pandora

1

Marshall Heliophysics & Planetary Science

8

Reflection Nebulae

3

Neutral Buoyancy Lab

3

People of Space Operations

2

Mesosphere

3

Robert A. R. Parker

1

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

23

Climate Science

7

E. Michael Fincke

1

13

Astronauts

115

Space Launch System (SLS)

114

Supermassive Black Holes

21

1

MAF Announcements

1

Fundamental Physics

2

HelioSwarm

1

Sustainable Flight National Partnership

4

Vertical Motion Simulator

1

Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved

23

1

Project Mercury

4

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

39

Cryosphere

8

1

APOD

61

SkyFall

2

Budget & Annual Reports

6

STS-125

1

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)

6

Landsat 9

46

7

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

17

Thomas P. Stafford

3

William C. McCool

1

Interacting Galaxies

4

7

Featured Careers

5

Grades 5 - 8 for Educators

13

TREAT Astronauts Act

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1

Planetary Defense

23

4

S3VI

1

Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO)

1

Commercial Space

102

Earth Visualization & Mapping

8

Air Mobility Pathfinders project

6

Auroras

14

Spinoffs

46

JPSS-4

1

Gamma Rays

11

Technology Highlights

40

Volcanoes

18

Orionids

1

Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)

4

Quesst: The Vehicle

17

Natural Disasters

30

Dawn

3

1

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) / 747-SP

2

1

STS-64

2

1

Discovery Program

2

AcrimSat (Active Cavity Irradiance Monitor Satellite)

1

Artemis 5

8

1

Student Opportunities

1

2

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

1

For Colleges & Universities

51

Greenhouse Gases

9

University Leadership Initiative

7

Polar

1

33

Science Instruments

8

Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX)

3

El Niño - Southern Oscillation

2

Ames Research Center

234

Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy

4

Biological & Physical Sciences

46

STEM Engagement at NASA

78

Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate

3

Knowledge Inventory For Professionals

1

Exoplanet Discoveries

16

Gemini XI

1

The Great Red Spot

1

WB-57

3

Pandora Mission

2

Marshall Science Projects

8

Remote Sensing Technology

3

31

Perseids

2

MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging)

1

Robert D. Cabana

2

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

20

Clouds

18

Early Career Faculty (ECF)

10

189

Astronomy

4

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

4

Supermoons

1

John B. Herrington

1

MAF Employee Assistance Program

5

FutureFlight Central

1

1

Swift Boost Mission

5

Vesta

2

Opportunities For International Participants to Get Involved

13

Mariner 3

1

Protostars

21

NASA Open Source Software

1

CubeSat Launch Initiative

17

Environmental Management Division (EMD)

8

Apollo

14

Skylab

6

BurstCube

4

STS-127

1

ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer)

2

Landslides

3

5

Goddard Medical and Environmental Division

1

Titan

4

William R. Pogue

1

International Space Station (ISS)

555

Libera

1

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

16

16

Trojan Asteroids

5

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

27

Mission Support Directorate

3

SAGE III (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment)

1

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

65

Commercial Space Division

1

Earth's Atmosphere

36

8

B200

3

Spiral Galaxies

77

High-Tech Computing

14

JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)

1

Eugene A. Cernan

1

Gamma-Ray Bursts

14

Technology Research

10

Voyager 1

8

OSAM-1 (On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1)

1

2

Radial Velocity

2

NEA Scout (Near Earth Asteroid Scout)

1

Carlos I. Noriega

1

DC-8

6

Apophis

2

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)

6

STS-65

1

CHAPEA Mission 2

1

Diversity at NASA

24

Active Galaxies

14

Artemis Accords

59

Sounding Rockets

22

Studying Exoplanets

21

James A. McDivitt

1

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

2

13

Gulfstream G-III

1

University Student Research Challenge

6

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

11

NASA Art Program

3

Science Mission Directorate

229

Coronal Mass Ejections

3

Electrified Aircraft Propulsion

5

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

34

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite

9

Black History Month

7

4

Human System Risks

17

LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite)

2

Exoplanet Exploration Program

4

General

663

The Human Body in Space

4

Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics

10

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

10

Marshall Science Research & Projects

51

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

16

4

2

Perseverance (Rover)

42

2

Robert L. Crippen

1

NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)

2

CloudSat

1

Early Stage Innovations (ESI)

3

Aeronautics Research

11

390

Space Operations Mission Directorate

60

Supernova Remnants

8

5

MAF Status

1

G. Reid Wiseman

26

HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog)

7

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

18

Victor J. Glover

23

Opportunities For Researchers to Get Involved

1

Mariner 4

2

Psyche Asteroid

8

NASA Safety Center

3

CubeSats

35

EPSCoR

3

Apollo 1

1

70

1

STS-128

1

ILLUMA-T

1

Langley Research Center

159

4

Goddard Space Flight Center

719

TOPEX / Poseidon (ocean TOPography EXperiment)

1

International Space Station Division

6

10

Find Your Place

11

Grades 9-12 for Educators

14

Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)

11

Planetary Environments & Atmospheres

8

Missions

365

SAGE-III Meteor-3M (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III on Meteor-3M)

1

Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)

11

Commercial Space Programs

22

Earth's Magnetic Field

5

Air Traffic Control Labs

2

BARREL (Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses)

1

5

Hispanic Heritage Month

6

Juno

21

Europa

29

Ganymede

1

Technology Transfer

51

Voyager 2

7

OSIRIS-APEX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Apophis Explorer)

3

Mars Moons

5

Radiation

1

Near Space Network

4

Carruthers Geocorona Observatory (GLIDE)

7

Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)

6

Applied Sciences Program

4

Sojourner (Rover)

2

STS-66

1

Charles F. Bolden Jr.

1

Doing Business with NASA

5

ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) / MIDORI

1

Artemis Campaign Development Division

3

Sounding Rockets Program

16

Subsonic Flight Demonstrator

3

James H. Newman

1

3

For Kids and Students

32

GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)

3

Uranus

7

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)

4

NASA Centers & Facilities

163

COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager)

2

Electrified Powertrain Flight Demo

3

Ames Space Biosciences

12

8

59

Stennis Space Center

116

Humans in Space

410

Land Cover

11

Exoplanet Science

29

Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC)

1

The Kuiper Belt

6

What We Do

10

Partner with NASA STEM

9

Marshall Space Flight Center

348

Research and Technology Mission Directorate

28

7

Topography

19

WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)

11

Phobos

4

Meteors & Meteorites

2

Robert L. Gibson

1

NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)

2

COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer)

1

Earth

282

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

106

Astrophysics Division

189

19

Supernovae

34

Johnson Flight Operations

3

Magellan

2

Gaia

1

Herschel Space Observatory

1

System-Wide Safety

7

4

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

41

Mariner 7

1

22

NASA Shared Services Center

14

Curiosity (Rover)

29

ER-2

5

Apollo 10

3

Skywatching Tips

38

Byron K. Lichtenberg

1

STS-129

2

IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)

7

Laser Communications Relay

3

1

Goddard Technology

15

29

5

Fission Surface Power

1

6

Tsunamis

3

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

9

Modeling

4

Saturn

28

Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI)

2

Commercial Supersonic Technology

15

134

Air Traffic Management - Exploration

19

Science of Space Exploration

1

Barry E. Wilmore

2

Spitzer Space Telescope

10

Horsehead Nebula

1

Jupiter

38

29

Gas Giant Exoplanets

20

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

49

Voyager Program

6

OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)

18

5

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

16

Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA)

10

Cassini

10

Deep Space Network

15

Aqua

8

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

6

STS-68

1

Charles O. Hobaugh

1

Donald R. Pettit

4

Advanced Air Mobility

19

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

19

Sounds & Ringtones

1

Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools

4

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

168

Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications (LEIA)

1

For Professionals

2

Hayabusa 2

1

3

PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)

8

NASA Directorates

48

Cosmic Microwave Background

1

Electromagnetic Spectrum

6

Analog Field Testing

7

SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)

4

Blogs

235

Stennis Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

4

Hurricanes & Typhoons

16

Land Use

6

Exoplanet Transits

11

1

29

4

Partner With Us

9

Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

3

Research Archive

1

10

Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor - 2 (TSIS-2)

1

28

55

Michael J. Foreman

1

Robert L. Satcher Jr.

1

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

24

CoECI News

24

Earth Day

5

Aeronautics STEM

5

Astrophysics Explorers Program

4

Space Sustainability

1

Supersonic Flight

33

Johnson Leadership

2

Magellanic Clouds

3

Galaxies

211

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing

4

T-34C

1

Viking 1

1

Opportunities For U.S. Citizens to Get Involved

5

1

Pulsars

14

NASA Socials Program

5

CYGNSS (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System)

1

EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)

7

Apollo 11

6

Small Bodies of the Solar System

6

C-130

1

STS-34

1

In-flight Education Downlinks

28

Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)

4

Exploration Ground Systems

35

GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

13

STS-79

1

Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS)

1

LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)

3

Fission Surface Power (FSP)

2

Grades K - 4 for Educators

13

1

Planetary Nebulae

13

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

21

15

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

21

Common Exploration Systems Development Division

4

Earth's Vital Signs

1

Air Traffic Management and Safety

3

Science-enabling Technology

50

Becoming an Astronaut

5

Spot the International Space Station

4

Hubble Space Telescope

245

23

Europa Clipper Resources

8

Gateway Program

21

1

Wallops Flight Facility

67

Outer Planets & Ocean Worlds Program

1

Mars Pathfinder

1

Raja Chari

3

Nebulae

62

Cell and Molecular Biology

2

Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)

7

Armstrong Flight Research Center

148

47

Christina H. Koch

25

Dragonfly

8

Advanced Air Transport Technology

7

Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage

5

9

Sun-Earth Interactions

4

Jasmin Moghbeli

11

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

22

For Researchers

12

Heat & Radiation

5

USGS (United States Geological Survey)

3

Private Astronaut Missions

5

NASA en español

60

2

Ellington Field

2

8

Seyfert Galaxies

4

Blue Ghost (lander)

4

Stephen G. Bowen

4

Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core

3

Landsat

17

Exoplanets

95

56

The Search for Life

12

White Sands Test Facility

18

Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles

1

Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)

2

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)

5

33

GOES-R

3

Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)

1

Women's History Month

17

Physical Sciences

8

Michael R. Barratt

2

Robotics

19

Nova-C (Lander)

1

Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL)

6

Earth Observatory

176

Aeronautics Technology

8

Astrophysics Pioneers

3

Space Technology Mission Directorate

175

17

Johnson Space Center

423

Magnetars

5

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

78

High-Speed Flight

4

Tech Demo Missions

8

Viking 2

1

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

33

Mark T. Vande Hei

1

Quasars

6

NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO)

2

19

Euclid

9

Apollo 12

3

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business

10

C-20A

3

STS-41B

3

In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

2

Launch Services Office

15

Exploration Park

2

Armstrong Test Facility (Plum Brook)

5

Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)

1

STS-80

1

Io

5

LOFTID (Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator)

1

Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities

2

GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory)

1

UAS Traffic Management

3

Planetary Science

105

Moon Base

12

SBIR

1

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)

4

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

35

Earth-like Exoplanets

6

Air Traffic Solutions

15

Scientific Balloons

17

Benefits Back on Earth

3

27

Human Dimensions

20

Katherine Johnson IV and V Facility

4

Events

20

Gateway Space Station

28

Terra

13

Walter M. Schirra Jr.

1

Outside the Classroom

10

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

18

Ranger 7

2

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

18

Centennial Challenges

15

Deimos

1

NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer)

8

Christopher L. Williams

8

26

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

32

Associate Administrator Awards

5

Space Biology Program

3

Sunita L. Williams

6

Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) / Sentinel-6

6

17

Former Astronauts

18

141

Van Allen Probes

2

Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing

6

NASA Engineering & Safety Center Academy

1

Courses & Curriculums for Professionals

1

Elliptical Galaxies

7

Andrew S.W. Thomas

1

Shannon W. Lucid

1

Bob Hines

1

STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)

4

Hypersonic Technology

6

Landsat 1

1

Exosphere

2

29

The Solar System

172

Why Go To Space

2

People of Armstrong

5

Materials Science

3

Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology

3

GOES-U

4

TRACERS

1

X-ray Astronomy

5

Physical Sciences Program

4

Michael S. Hopkins

1

Ronald E. McNair

1

NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)

3

1

222

Aerosciences Evaluation Test Capabilities

4

Atmospheric Composition

1

Space Technology Research Grants

17

1

Johnson's Mission Control Center

6

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

42

Technology

112

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

17

Opportunity (Rover)

4

Mars

113

40

NASA STEM Projects

9

19

Apollo 14

2

Small Satellite Missions

27

CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)

3

STS-41D

1

4

Launch Services Program

51

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

73

Artemis

388

6

STS-88

1

Ionosphere

11

8

Flight Demos Capabilities

4

Grants & Opportunities

6

Ultra-Efficient Aviation

3

Planetary Science Division

70

Moons

4

SBIR STTR

8

Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO)

7

Community Partners

4

5

Airborne Science

30

Sea Ice

13

Benefits to Science

1

Star-forming Nebulae

16

Human Health and Performance

31

Kathleen Rubins

2

Everyday Extraordinary Stories

1

Gemini

3

Terrestrial Exoplanets

9

2

Owen K. Garriott

1

Mars Sample Return (MSR)

13

Read it!

3

NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)

10

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