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Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission

The collected names will be put on an SD card loaded aboard Orion before launch. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. Participants can download a boarding pass with their name on it as a collectable.

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Share Your Dream Team With #NASAMoonCrew

The Artemis II mission is launching soon, and ahead of this next giant leap, we want to know: Who YOU would take with you if you could select your own crew? Use this activity to brainstorm ideas and lead meaningful discussion about what makes a good team player. Share your photos, art, videos – anything depicting your crew – with the world using the hashtag #NASAMoonCrew on social media!

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Two cube-shaped robots each about the size of a small suitcase, one green and one blue, float in the middle of a module on the space station. Below them are white storage bags and behind them a wall covered with equipment, laptops, cords, and wires. A black device mounted on the wall at the left of the image has four bright blue lights.

Student Suborbital Flight Opportunity – Cubes in Space

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and iEDU Inc. are offering an education program for formal and informal educators and their students, ages 11-18 years. Cubes in Space provides students the opportunity to design and compete to launch small experiments into space or near space. Registration Deadline: Feb. 27

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Contact Opportunity: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)

Proposals are currently being accepted from U.S. schools, museums, and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2026. Proposal Deadline: Feb. 27

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Webinar: 3D Thursdays for Rural Educators – Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

This month’s webinar will feature Tanya Anderson, the director of education for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS-USA) program. Learn how ARISS-USA can connect your students with astronauts living and working on the International Space Station via 10-minute radio calls. Event Date: March 5

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NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen were announced Monday, April 3 as the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The crew assignments are as follows: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Koch, Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen. Photographer: James Blair

Be a Virtual Guest at the Artemis II Launch and Sign Up to Receive the Artemis II STEM Learning Pathway Newsletter

You're invited to join NASA as a virtual guest for the Artemis II mission. Virtual guests will receive communications about launch schedule changes, information about launch-related activities, and access to curated STEM resources. Register to let NASA know that you’re hosting a watch party, virtually participating, or would like to receive the Artemis II STEM Learning Pathway, an add-on at the bottom of the registration page.

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Spinoff 2026 marks the publication's 50th year documenting commercial uses of NASA technology. This edition’s cover features Astronaut Alan Bean holding an environmental sample container filled with lunar soil during the Apollo 12 mission of November 1969. Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., who took this picture, is reflected in Bean’s helmet visor.

Celebrate 50 Years of NASA Spinoffs

Where is NASA in your life? Everywhere! In your car, in your home, in your school, and in the world around you. This year, the NASA Spinoff publication is celebrating 50 years of spotlighting the NASA technologies that improve everyday life on Earth. Check out the latest spinoff technology innovations in the Spinoff 2026 publication.

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Seeking Judges for the Dream With Us! Design Challenge

NASA Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration are teaming up on the Dream With Us! design challenge to invite middle school and high school student teams to envision ways drones and technology can help the agricultural industry. Want to be a judge for the challenge?

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Join the Artemis Mission to the Moon

Make, launch, compete and learn. Find your favorite way to be part of the Artemis mission.

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Resource Collections by STEM Topics

Explore resources and activities for grades K-12. To modify the collection, use the facets provided on the search results page.

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Aeronautics and Flight

Discover how NASA’s technological breakthroughs of today transforms tomorrow’s future with aeronautics. Explore STEM resources that focus on cutting-edge aeronautics content that will encourage our future explorers to take a deep dive into the world of a new generation of flight.

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Earth Science

NASA uses a fleet of satellites, instruments on board the International Space Station (ISS) and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns.to monitor the vital signs of Earth. Discover resources to learn about Earth and climate science missions, connect with the ISS and its crew, and learn new ways to contribute to NASA’s Missions.

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Earth's Moon

K-12 activities that help students understand NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon. From launch to splashdown, anyone can learn about the ground, transportation, exploration, and communication systems NASA plans to use to make a return of a human presence near and on the Moon possible.

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Earth and Climate

From Space, sky, sea and land, NASA provides detailed climate data and research to the world. Engage students in K-12 activities and multimedia resources related to weather and climate.

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Eclipse

NASA studies solar eclipses on the ground, in our atmosphere, and in space, influencing solar and Earth science. Engage students and explore curated K-12 activities.

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Solar System and Beyond

Discover engaging hands on student activities and resources to help K-12 students learn more about how NASA is uncovering new worlds, stars and cosmic mysteries, near and far with our powerful fleet of space and ground-based missions.

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STEM on Station

Have you ever wondered what kind of STEM activities occur on the International Space Station? Follow astronauts as they demonstrate STEM concepts such as Newton’s Laws of Motion, surface tension, advances in technology and more.

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The international Hinode solar-observing satellite captured the transit of Mercury as it passed between Earth and the Sun on Nov. 11, 2019.

Sun

Scientist at NASA study heliophysics or the physics of the Sun and its connection with the solar system. Engage students and explore our very own star with curated K-12 activities.

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NASA Express Newsletter Sign-up

Are you looking for NASA's latest STEM opportunities and resources? Subscribe to the NASA EXPRESS newsletter to get the latest NASA STEM opportunities delivered to your inbox every Thursday.

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Productos de STEM en español

Estamos llevando el aprendizaje a nuevas alturas con recursos de STEM que conectan a educadores, estudiantes, padres y cuidadores con el inspirador trabajo de la NASA. STEM es un acrónimo en inglés que hace referencia a las materias de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. Desde actividades que se pueden realizar en casa hasta guías educativas más detalladas, ofrecemos algo para estudiantes de cualquier nivel.

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Outside the Classroom

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to children during Take a Child to Work Day.

Competitive Grant Opportunity

NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) enables informal education institutions to bring meaningful NASA connections and mission-inspired STEM content and programs into their communities via the TEAM II competitive awards program.

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NASA STEM Artemis Moon Trees

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement partnered with U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Services to fly five species of tree seeds aboard Artemis I as part of a national STEM Engagement and conservation education initiative.  

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Partnering with NASA STEM Engagement

NASA STEM Engagement fosters an array of new partnerships that connect students from across the nation with NASA’s most exciting endeavors. Through partnerships between industry and NASA’s experts and resources, these agreements forge connections to the Artemis missions, the Mars Perseverance landing, STEM careers, and more.

Museum and Informal Education (MIE) Alliance

The Museum and Informal Education Alliance is an active community of practice that provides informal educators with access to NASA resources.

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Learn: Science Activation

The NASA Science Activation (SciAct) program connects diverse learners of all ages with science in ways that activate minds and promote a deeper understanding of our world and beyond.

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Educational Resources for International Audiences

Explore a variety of educational resources and activities available to international audiences.

Learn More About Citizen Science

NASA’s citizen science projects are collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public. Through these collaborations, volunteers (known as citizen scientists) have helped make thousands of important scientific discoveries. NASA citizen science projects are open to everyone around the world, not limited to U.S. citizens or residents. 

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