Astronaut Taste Buds
What's it like to eat in space? Experiment along and learn about taste buds!
What's it like to eat in space? Experiment along and learn about taste buds!
Planting seeds in honor of the 50th Earth Day and teaching how astronauts garden in space on the International Space Station!
Ever wanted to make your own planet? Joseph teaches you how you can make one at home as well as how NASA explores other worlds!
Guardians, you could make a few worlds in secret and let your young explorer find what you've hidden in them!
Discover constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, Orion's "hunting dogs," in the night sky.
Make galactic slime with us as we explore polymers!
Learn about different types of rocks and explore the rock cycle using Starburst candies. Document your observations in your scientific journal.
Start your very own scientific journal! Learn how to express your ideas and collect and record your data and observations. Have you ever documented anything in a journal? What kinds of things did you write about? Did you use drawings, too?
Have you seen the Mercury Trainer at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center? Many of our visitors are surprised at its small size, built for only one person
Let's take a look at historical mission patches from the Apollo era. Get your family together and design your own! What kinds of things would be represented on your mission?
How did JFK's speech in 1962 inspire and encourage explorers to get humankind to the moon? Many of today's modern technologies began with knowledge gained from space exploration. Learn how scientists and engineers continue to innovate, create and inspire the next generation of explorers.