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SEE WHAT HUBBLE SAW ON THE DAY OF YOUR BIRTHDAY!
Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday.
January 6th! We won’t mention a year.
NASA HOME RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS
NASA is a hot spot for all things space and COVID 19 brought about an educational avalanche for home use. You will be amazed by NASA at Home for everything from coloring pages to educational projects for all ages - like making a Mars helicopter out of paper to how to code a Mars Helicopter Video Game. Work your way through it with kids of all ages - ever wonder how planets get named? Read more about it HERE!
ASK AN ASTRONAUT- MARK KELLY
Astronaut Mark Kelly has 13 Youtube videos answering his most asked questions about being an astronaut - Does food taste different in space?
MORE FUN SPACE-THEMED WEBSITES
Try our Out of This World Booklist - many of these books have been included in Storytime From Space where you can hear real astronauts read aloud. And they are constantly posting fun new ones! How fun is that?!
Did you know that NASA made all its star and galaxy images available on their website copyright free?! NASA's new image library consolidates imagery spread across 60 collections into one searchable location. Users can embed content in their own sites and choose from multiple resolutions, including the original size, to download.
The kids would have fun with the NASA selfies app which lets you generate snapshots of yourself in a virtual spacesuit, posing in front of gorgeous cosmic locations, like the Orion Nebula or the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The simple interface means you just snap a photo of yourself, pick your background, and share on social media.
Did you know that NASA made all its star and galaxy images available on their website copyright free?! NASA's new image library consolidates imagery spread across 60 collections into one searchable location. Users can embed content in their own sites and choose from multiple resolutions, including the original size, to download. The Astronomy Magazine site has a page of Astronomy for Kids full of the latest planet info.
Explore “We are a Go For Launch” with Science Friday and Google Earth about NASA’s storied launchpads and efforts being made to upgrade and preserve them.
My son and I were glued to every radio episode of Science Friday on the way home from school. They have a lot of entertaining Space Stories just for you!
NIGHT SKY APP
Learn to use this planetarium in your pocket that makes it easy to discover the wonders of space wherever you go. Impress the Grands day or night - just aim your Apple device skyward to show them a live 3D map of the heavens, complete with beautifully illustrated constellations, stars, planets, and satellites. A special night mode helps you read the map in the dark, while integrated weather reports show the best times for stargazing. You can even have notifications alert you to future astronomical events.
If you are really into all this, Space.com has all the latest space news, as well as The Best New Stargazing apps in 2022!