NASA Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:10:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg NASA Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Studied by NASA https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/01/15/spacecraft-delivers-asteroid-sample-to-earth/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:04:50 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21427 Dust and rock samples from a distant asteroid (via the OSIRIS-REx mission last September) are being studied by scientists at NASA.

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]]> Artemis Rocket Launches After Delays https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/11/21/artemis-rocket-launches-after-delays/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:46:48 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21088 The first rocket of the Artemis space program has launched after many delays.

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]]> NASA bumps into an asteroid–on purpose https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/10/05/nasa-does-some-asteroid-practice/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:32:01 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21023 NASA has bumped into an asteroid to see if they could change its direction.

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]]> James Webb Space Telescope gives us a better look at the universe https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/09/21/james-webb-space-telescope-gives-us-a-better-look-at-the-universe/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:41 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21004 We can now see more of the universe, thanks to the most powerful telescope ever created.

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]]> News Quiz: What Do You Remember About 2021? https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/01/03/news-quiz-what-do-you-remember-about-2021/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:50:36 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=20048 Can you ace our 2021 news quiz? Give it a try!

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]]> Perseverance Rover Starts Two-Year Mission on Mars https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/02/21/perseverance-rover-starts-sample-return-mission-on-mars/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/02/21/perseverance-rover-starts-sample-return-mission-on-mars/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:54:11 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=19511 NASA's rover, Perseverance, landed on Mars on Feb. 18 and begins a two-year search for signs of ancient life.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2021/02/21/perseverance-rover-starts-sample-return-mission-on-mars/feed/ 1 Stunning New Colour-Enhanced Pictures of Jupiter https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/05/06/stunning-new-colour-enhanced-pictures-of-jupiter/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/05/06/stunning-new-colour-enhanced-pictures-of-jupiter/#comments Mon, 07 May 2018 00:27:27 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16990 NASA recently released new pictures of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The photos were taken by the Juno spacecraft. Many of the black-and-white images, sent back to Earth by Juno, have been colourized by people to better show the clouds swirling around the planet. The Juno spacecraft was launched in 2011. Its mission was "to examine Jupiter's chemistry, atmosphere, interior structure and magnetosophere," according to a NASA website. Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016, looking for "clues to its origin and evolution." Since that time, it has been orbiting (flying around) Jupiter, taking pictures and sending them digitally back to Earth.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/05/06/stunning-new-colour-enhanced-pictures-of-jupiter/feed/ 1 Cassini Spacecraft Begins Last Stage Of 20-Year Mission https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/05/22/cassini-spacecraft-begins-last-stage-20-year-mission/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/05/22/cassini-spacecraft-begins-last-stage-20-year-mission/#comments Tue, 23 May 2017 00:06:49 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16232 In October 1997, a spacecraft called the Cassini orbiter was launched on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons.
Now, after nearly 20 years in space, Cassini’s mission is coming to an end. Cassini is running out of fuel. Scientists expect it to burn up in Saturn’s atmosphere in September.
But before that happens, the spacecraft will make a series of dives between Saturn and its rings, sending photographs and other information back to Earth.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/05/22/cassini-spacecraft-begins-last-stage-20-year-mission/feed/ 1 Space Probe Will Fetch Asteroid Sample https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/09/27/space-probe-will-fetch-asteroid-sample/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:55:54 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15689 A NASA mission to bring samples from an asteroid’s surface back to Earth could help scientists better understand how our solar system began. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sept. 8. The unmanned probe is on a […]

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]]> Time For A Change As NASA Upgrades Its Launch Clock https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/12/04/time-change-nasa-upgrades-launch-clock/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/12/04/time-change-nasa-upgrades-launch-clock/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:14:20 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=14313 There are some pretty famous clocks in the world: London's Big Ben, and the clock on the Peace Tower in Ottawa, to name just two.
But the most watched clock in the world may be NASA's launch clock.

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