Learning Resources

This Air and Space Live Chat featured astronaut Eileen Collins, who was commander of STS-93, and scientists Dr. Rodolfo Montez Jr. and Annie Blackwell who work with Chandra data.

Teachers share how they use museum resources in their (virtual) classrooms and astronaut Mike Massimino shares what it’s like to communicate with students about science – from space!

Join historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck Ph.D., author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.

Dr. Tom Barclay is a senior research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. He spends his days studying stars and planets and how they formed.

Commander Ray Stromberger talks about the path that led him to becoming the navigator aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Astronaut Kate Rubins talks about what jobs she had when she was younger and tells middle schoolers to focus on the subjects and projects that they find interesting.

Jeff Williams spent 534 days in space. Hear him talk about his missions, his favorite places to photograph from orbit, and what it is like to be away from family for so long.

Former astronaut and recent administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Dr. Kathryn Sullivan shared the importance of satellite technologies in looking at Earth.

Astronaut Kate Rubins became the first person to sequence DNA in space. She eventually sequenced over 2 billion base pairs of DNA during a series of experiments to analyze sequencing in microgravity.

Jeffrey Kluger, author of “Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon” and “Time” magazine editor talks about the significance of Apollo 8

How can you safely view the August 21 solar eclipse? What is a solar eclipse? Where can you see this upcoming eclipse?

Check out the Kennedy Space Center Mars rover concept vehicle and hear from Astronaut Jon McBride