Aeronautics Educator Guide

The activities in this guide help students learn the basic principles of flight. The guide is divided into three chapters: Air; Flight; We Can Fly, You and I. The end of each chapter has a list of simple interdisciplinary activities for all elementary subjects. The...

A Lesson in Engineering with the Space Launch System (SLS)

Let your students become a NASA materials engineer! Using items such as straws, tape, and cardboard, students design and build a mobile launcher platform that is light enough to be moved to the launch pad, but strong enough to hold the weight of a rocket. Linked to...
NASA eClips

NASA eClips

NASA eClips™ are short, relevant educational video segments. These videos inspire and engage students, helping them see real world connections. New video segments are produced weekly exploring current applications of science, technology, engineering and mathematics,...

Museum in a Box

These lessons are great for educators at museums, science centers and schools, Museum in a Box provides exciting hands-on/minds-on lessons with an aeronautics theme to inspire future scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The lessons are tied to all national...

Spacebots

During this event, students will learn how NASA uses robotics technology to a great extent in its exploration of space. Participants will learn how NASA defines robotics, see how robotic systems are already widely used in the space program, and discover what plans...

Microgravity Education Image Gallery

Check out NASA’s microgravity photos! The gallery has images and explanations of the effects of microgravity. The site also includes lesson plans and opportunities for students. Browse this gallery here.

Do-it-Yourself Podcast

Are you looking for a new approach to engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics? NASA’s Do-It-Yourself Podcast activity sets the stage for students to host a show that features astronauts doing experiments on the International Space Station...

Space Launch System (SLS) Fact Sheet

The Space Launch System, or SLS, is an advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new capability for science and human exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. SLS will carry Orion, as well as important cargo, equipment and science experiments, to deep...

Exploration Flight Test-1 Overview

NASA is committed to human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the continued development of the Orion spacecraft. Orion will launch on Exploration Flight Test-1, an uncrewed mission planned for 2014. This test will see Orion travel farther into space than any...

Orion Spacecraft Fact Sheet

Orion is America’s next generation spacecraft that will take astronauts to exciting destinations never explored by humans. It will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to distant planetary bodies, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the...