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The first four test missions of the Space Transportation System (STS) - flights STS-1, 2, 3, and 4 - are covered.

To learn more about World Space Week, search for events in your area and find educational materials related to the event

"an experiment to determine whether corn ear worms can survive or the pupation rate affected by a zero gravity space flight, with the ultimate purpose of being utilized in some capacity in an interplanetary colonizing. We have created this blog to allow our students the opportunity to comment and keep up with what each school is doing regarding this experiment."

"helping educators make science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, come alive for learners. Each experience and resource offered through Teaching From Space is intended to be unique and accessible and to provide real-life connections to the world of STEM. "

"NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is carrying a suite of instruments including a $32 million University of Colorado Boulder package, has provided scientists with new information that energy from some solar flares is stronger and lasts longer than previously thought. See Also: Space & Time * Solar Flare * Sun * Northern Lights Earth & Climate * Geomagnetic Storms * Atmosphere * Energy and the Environment Reference * Solar flare * Solar radiation * Corona * Geomagnetic storm Using SDO's Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE instrument designed and built at CU-Boulder, scientists have observed that radiation from solar flares sometimes continues for up to five hours beyond the initial minutes of the main phase of a solar flare occurrence."

"The NASA Lunar Plant Growth Chamber design challenge helps teachers facilitate a collaborative science project for their students to determine the feasibility of using plants as bioregenerative life support systems for long duration space missions, including on future Moon bases. Plant growth will be an important part of space exploration in the future as NASA plans for long duration missions to the Moon and beyond to Mars."

"Advanced Space Academy is our most challenging experience of mental, emotional and physical astronaut training for grades 10-12."

"Space Academy is an experience that encourages teamwork, problem solving, communication skills and self-confidence to trainees grades 7-9."

" Space Camp is the ultimate experience for kids grades 4-6 who want to have fun, make friends or want an adventure that will stay with them for life."

"Today NASA astronauts completed their final spacewalk, the last ever for Endeavour. During the 16-day mission, Endeavour and its crew completed NASA's part in the construction of the International Space Station. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the ISS and this was the last spacewalkers that Endeavor will ever carry to space."

"30 Years of the Space Shuttle"

" several new opportunities to get involved in research including one we are sending to the International Space Station in September! Join us and the Science Cheerleaders (NFL and NBA cheerleaders who are also scientists and engineers) to collect microbes from sports stadiums which we will send to UCDavis for analysis. Forty samples will be sent to the ISS and compared to the microbes astronauts find up there! Announcing the finalists and winners of the SciStarter Citizen Science Contest presented by Instructables and Discover Magazine! Check out the nifty solutions this DIY community came up with to help solve some real challenges presented by citizen science project organizers"

"A Dartmouth engineering student and future space explorer, B.E. candidate Max Fagin discusses his work at NASA's Glenn Research Center and more."

"The Remote Mars Yard (ReMY) - space technology just one click away. ReMY is an education-scoped project originating from Polish student analog Mars rovers - the winners of Mars Society's University Rover Challenge in Utah (Magma rover - 3rd at URC 2010, Magma2 rover - 1st at URC 2011 and Copernicus rover - 6th at URC 2011). The URC Mars analog rovers are full hardware simulators of real Mars rovers, capable of performing various scientific, exploration and engineering tasks in desert environments, such as Utah desert or artificial Mars terrain."

"On May 5, 1961, only 23 days after Yuri A. Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first man in space, Shepard was launched at 9:34am EST aboard the spacecraft he named Freedom 7 (MR-7) powered by a Redstone booster (MR-3).19 He was launched suborbitally to an altitude of over 116 miles, 303 statute miles down range from Cape Canaveral. His 15 minute 28 second flight achieved a velocity of 5,134 miles per hour and pulled a maximum of 11G's.20 Freedom 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean where the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain awaited his arrival."

"The classroom activity articles described and linked to this page were developed by The Space Place staff. "

"The video of the very first moon landing of the apollo 11 mission in 1969! Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon with his now legenday words "One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." This is a truly amazing video and it was in 1969!!! If you think about it, you have orders of magnitude more processing power in your mobile phone than they did in the whole space craft!! Incredible!"

Space Math VII Educator Guide -- Grades 3-12 This collection of activities are intended for students looking for additional challenges in mathematics and physical science. The problems deal with modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. Each word problem includes background information and teachers' answer keys.

On June 5, the planet Venus will appear to cross in front of the disk of the sun, appearing as a small black dot. The historic skywatching event, called a transit of Venus by astronomers, is among the rarest of predictable phenomena and one that has amazed scientists and observers throughout history.

Host a Real-time Conversation with ISS Crewmembers NASA is now accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between November 1, 2012 and May 1, 2013. Proposals are due July 2, 2012.