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Vice President Kamala Harris leads kids on a scavenger hunt in YouTube's "Get Curious with Vice President Harris" short video.

New YouTube short shows kids on space scavenger hunt with VP Kamala Harris

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new YouTube original follows a group of kids who go on a scavenger hunt with clues delivered from the International Space Station, with Vice President Kamala Harris assisting.

Space Movies & Shows
NASA offers teachers, schoolkids and their families educational resources about many agency missions, including that of its Perseverance Mars rover. This mosaic, which shows Perseverance and NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, was created by citizen scientist Seán Doran using 62 images captured by Perseverance on April 6, 2021.

NASA helps students launch into new school year with space-related educational resources

By Rebecca Sohn published

As students head back to school, NASA is ready with resources for students, teachers, and families.

Space Movies & Shows
Student winners of NASA's TechRise Student Challenge could see their experiment ideas launched on suborbital rockets built by Blue Origin (shown above), Up Aerospace and Raven Aerostar.

NASA challenges students to dream up experiments for suborbital rocket launches

By Rebecca Sohn last updated

NASA is looking for student teams to enter its TechRise Student Challenge, which tasks students in grades six through 12 with designing experiments to launch on a suborbital spaceflight.

Launches & Spacecraft
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Future Genius: Discover our new knowledge magazine for kids aged 7 to 11, out now!

By Space.com Staff published

Packed with puzzles, activities and videos, each edition of Future Genius takes you on an epic journey of STEAM discovery — from the solar system to Ancient Greece.

Entertainment
Astrophotographer Sergio Garcia Rill sent in a photo of an Eta Aquarid meteor and the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, taken in Garner State Park, Texas, on May 5, 2013.

Does outer space end – or go on forever?

By Jack Singal published

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going?

The Universe
littleBits Space Rover Inventor Kit

Build a Mars rover or an 'Infinity Gauntlet' with littleBits Inventor Kits, up to 40% off for Prime Day

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Aspiring coders will want to move quickly on these space-inspired littleBits Prime Day deals ending Tuesday (June 22).

Space Games & Toys
This robotic toy kit from Ciro allows builders to create 12 different types of robots.

Build your own solar-powered robots with these Ciro STEM robotics kit deals for Prime Day

By Chelsea Gohd last updated

This Prime Day, Ciro has two different kid-friendly, solar-powered robot sets on sale for 20% off.

Space Games & Toys
Students can build their own paper plate model of a lunar eclipse by following a new NASA project guide.

Super Flower Blood Moon 2021 for kids: Build a lunar eclipse model!

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA shared a fun new learning guide for students to build their own lunar eclipse model ahead of this week's "Super Flower Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse.

Eclipses
On May 26, 2021 the Super Flower Blood Moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse. This image shows the Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse of Jan. 20-21, 2019, captured at mid-totality by Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre from the suburbs of Boston.

Teach your kids about the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2021

By Chelsea Gohd published

For families looking to enjoy the "Super Flower Blood Moon" eclipse, here's everything you need to know:

Eclipses
Students can create an Ingenuity helicopter video game with NASA's new learning guide.

Teach your kids to code a Mars helicopter game with this NASA guide

By Samantha Mathewson last updated

NASA has shared a new learning guide for students to create their own video game to explore Mars with a helicopter like Ingenuity, which is expected to make its debut flight this week.

Mars
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