science 🤝 soccer
Engineers carefully design soccer balls so they fly smoothly whether they’re being kicked in your backyard or in the World Cup. @NASA astronaut Jessica Meir aboard the @Space_Station explains the science hidden inside every ball.
College students across the country are competing to design, build, and operate their own lunar robots during the annual Lunabotics Challenge.
Watch live to see how they are helping NASA prepare for future Artemis missions to the Moon.
Looking for new ways to excite STEM learners? Let @NASA artifacts give you a hand!🧤
A new screening period is underway. Browse historical artifacts like spacesuit gloves & spacecraft models.
Requests are due May 29.📅
Get started:
Take a break from screens this weekend & get creative with the “Journey Through the Heliosphere” coloring book! ☀️
This downloadable resource includes science facts & coloring pages covering 10 sun-related themes.
Print, color, unplug! 🖍️
An internship can be a launchpad to an exciting career!🚀
Don't wait until the final countdown to apply. We're accepting applications for Fall 2026 @NASA internships now!
Find the opportunity that's right for you & apply. Details in this week's EXPRESS:
How do vibrations cause sound? 🔊
How does an airplane fly? ✈️
What types of animals fly without making sounds? 🦉
Check out this elementary module that explores flight with an airplane adventure activity & a hands-on harmonica project to explore sound.
NASA is unlocking the future of exploration with artificial intelligence! ✨
Tune in now as one of our AI experts answers questions and explains how the agency is using AI as a powerful tool to progress humanity’s understanding of the universe:
NASA invites media to annual Lunabotics challenge at NASA Kennedy.
50 college teams from across the country will convene to design, build, and operate their own lunar robot prototypes to help NASA prepare for future Artemis missions to the Moon.
Yes, chef!👩🍳👨🍳
The Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table is inviting chefs, innovators, higher-education students & citizen scientists worldwide to design a complete, Earth-independent food system for long-duration space missions.
Register by July 31.
Join us on May 12 at 2 p.m. ET for a virtual Q&A event about the exciting ways @NASA is using AI.💻🌌
NASA expert Martin Garcia will answer questions & explain how AI is helping us push the boundaries of exploration & our understanding of the cosmos.
Is it always dark in space? Is there a special toolbox on the @Space_Station? How do you eat food in space?
Tune in Friday, May 8 at 11 a.m. ET to see current space station resident @Astro_ChrisW answer these questions & more from students in Florida.
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This Spring, the NASA eClips newsletter is focused on phytoplankton.🦠
Discover the importance of phytoplankton with NASA eClips videos. Then, meet Dr. Ivona Cetinić from @NASAGoddard & learn about her work with NASA’s PACE mission. 🛰️
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Is it always dark in space? Is there a special toolbox on the @Space_Station? How do you eat food in space?
Tune in Friday, May 8 at 11 a.m. ET to see current space station resident @Astro_ChrisW answer these questions & more from students in Florida.
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Summer is almost here!☀️
NASA has a whole universe of ways to keep your STEM skills sharp after the school year wraps up. Explore activities to fuel your creativity, get outdoors to do @NASA science, or even daydream about your future.
✨Start planning:
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!👩🏫👨🏫
Celebrate by subscribing to the NASA EXPRESS. It's like a weekly love letter to teachers (and students).💌
To get the latest @NASA resources & opportunities for the STEM community delivered each Thursday, sign up:
Our universe has been expanding & stretching for about 13.8 million years. (Almost as long as this school year! 🤣)
Check out this fun, hands-on activity to make your own stretchy universe slime & learn more about our galactic neighborhood.
Students in Missouri will hear from @NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway as they answer their questions about living and working aboard the @Space_Station!
Tune into our YouTube channel tomorrow at 10:50am ET for this special Earth-to-space call:
Tomorrow, it's gonna be May!📅
This week's NASA EXPRESS has ways you can make STEM connections throughout May. Plus, a webinar about Moon Joy, real @NASA artifacts you can bring into your learning space, and more!
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Students in Missouri will hear from @NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway as they answer their questions about living and working aboard the @Space_Station!
Tune into our YouTube channel tomorrow at 10:50am ET for this special Earth-to-space call: