Explore Space Missions
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For as long as there have been people on Earth, we have looked up at the sky and wondered ...
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It was not long after the first space satellites were launched that we succeeded in getting ...
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Satellites and robotic spacecraft are crucial to space exploration. They let us explore space ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Space Missions. But beware: you don't want ...
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Take off on an Exploratour! Click on one of the many tours listed below to follow a guided ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that we have discovered planets around other stars – called
exoplanets?
Did you know that there is some pretty strange stuff in space?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
SlickensidesxSlickensides : Slickensides are polished striated rock surfaces caused by one rock mass moving across another on a fault.
Click on the word to find out!
Research Highlights
Air pollution can get high in the atmosphere – high above most of the clouds you see in the sky. Scientists are finding air pollution like black carbon, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides more than 2...
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