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Flights of Fancy Story Time: The Sun’s Star Friends

In this story; the Sun visits their star friends that can be found in our neighborhood of the Milky Way.

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Science, Astronomy, Stars, and Sun
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https://youtu.be/QAKCcYAdAxg
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Three Friends and Mo Spacewalk

In this story the characters' pretend visit to the International Space Station!

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Human spaceflight, Science, Spaceflight, Space stations, and Technology and Engineering
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https://youtu.be/qv7E2839ElU
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Mo the Mars Man

This story celebrates the upcoming landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars.

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https://youtu.be/tfZBkK5Y8ps
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Building Our Home Among the Stars

This story follows the Three Friends as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station and build their own space station.

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Astronomy, Human spaceflight, Science, Spaceflight, and Space stations
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https://youtu.be/0G7okZ4F-C4
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Halloween Edition

Gather your little ones for a special Halloween-themed story time with the National Air and Space Museum. Museum educator Ann Caspari reads an original story and leads us in a craft.

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Life sciences, Science, and Spaceflight
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https://youtu.be/Q-NXtwox4uo
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Flights of Fancy Story Time: Family of the Sun

Family of the Sun; which tells the story of the planets in our solar system. After the story; do a craft to make a solar system playset.

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Astronomy, Aviation, Solar System, Spaceflight, and Uncrewed spaceflight
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https://youtu.be/HuOJNeYG6jk
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E.Z. Science: Exploring the X-ray Universe

By studying X–rays in deep space, we can learn about some of the most violent and extreme objects in the universe, such as black holes and the remains of stars that have exploded

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Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Solar System, Stars, Sun, Telescopes, and Spaceflight
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https://youtu.be/tBbdtV53OSc
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E.Z. Science: International Space Station – Our Home in Space for 20 Years

This November, we celebrate 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station — an incredible example of international cooperation.

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Space stations, Technology and Engineering, and Human spaceflight
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https://youtu.be/0K61rP6t0L8
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E.Z. Science: OSIRIS–REx Touches Down On Bennu

The OSIRIS–REx spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on the asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020, for its first sample collection attempt.

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Astronomy, Spacecraft, and Uncrewed spaceflight
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https://youtu.be/N_737VvWq-Q
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E.Z. Science: Mars Perseverance Rover Will Look for Signs of Ancient Life

In the latest episode of #EZScience, learn about the science behind NASA’s Perseverance rover that is targeted to launch to the Red Planet on July 30.

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Science, Spacecraft, and Technology and Engineering
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https://youtu.be/McqMigM_YG8
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E.Z. Science: Launching to Mars with NASA's Perseverance Rover

In the latest episode of #EZScience, learn about the upcoming launch of Perseverance. Dr. E and Dr. Z talk about the technological advancements of the newest Mars rover (and helicopter!).

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Spacecraft, Uncrewed spaceflight, and Technology and Engineering
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https://youtu.be/1P-QBtEyDbQ
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E.Z. Science: Your Space Science Questions Answered!

Watch the seventh episode of our #EZScience series to hear answers to your questions about planetary and space science.

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Science, Solar System, Stars, Dwarf planets, and Astronomy
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https://youtu.be/cS27PGmMFKg