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Two NASA spacecraft bound for the moon are in need of some new names, and the space agency is recruiting students for the job. NASA launched the twin GRAIL probes on Sept. 10 on a mission to orbit ...
What Kids Will Learn from "Space Mission": Imaginative play about space exploration helps kids learn more about planets, comets, and other phenomena beyond planet Earth. This is one of the cartoons ...
In everyday life, gravity keeps our feet on the ground when we're walking, causes the tides to move back and forth, and holds the moon, planets and space matter in orbit.
Have you ever wondered why the Earth doesn’t fall straight into the Sun, despite being constantly pulled by its immense ...
NASA's twin Grail probes are slated to launch Sept. 8 on a mission to map the moon's gravity fields. The spacecraft will also carry special cameras that will allow students and educators to ...
Preparing for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, publishers ramped up book creation to help kids better understand space and the race to the moon. From books about the astronauts to the Apollo ...
That means the level of gravity on the moon — about 17 percent of Earth's gravity — is just barely strong enough to provide adequate cues for astronauts to know which way is up.
By Space.com Published December 5, 2012 7:33am EST| Updated October 20, 2015 4:55pm EDT ...
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission by NASA will make use of two spacecraft that fly in tandem orbits around the moon. By working together, the lunar satellites should ...