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Browse Educational Resources by Topic: Space Exploration

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  • An astronaut in a white spacesuit stands on the grey lunar surface with a piece of equipment in-front of a lunar lander
    NASA astronauts Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission
    Credit: NASA/Project Apollo Archive License: Public Domain icons
  • The NASA Mars rover Curiosity stands on a hill on Mars.
    Mars Rover Curiosity takes a picture of itself
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS License: Public Domain icons
  • The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS for docking
    The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is the first Commercial Crew vehicle to visit the International Space Station (ISS).
    Credit: NASA License: Public Domain icons
  • Astronaut Alexander Gerst in a spacesuit during a spacewalk outside the ISS.
    European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (Germany) during an extravehicular activity (EVA) at the International Space Station (ISS).
    Credit: NASA License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic icons
  • A Soyuz rocket clears the launch tower, taking a crewed Soyuz spaceship to the ISS.
    The Soyuz MS-09 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
    Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic icons
  • The International Space Station (ISS) is in orbit around the Earth.
    Credit: NASA License: Public Domain icons
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