This lithograph outlines the major mission highlights of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, a Small Explorer Earth-orbiting spacecraft that is designed to map the distant boundary between the solar wind from our Sun and the interstellar medium. This lithograph supports a full-length planetarium show about the IBEX mission and the boundary of the Solar System. Each short activity/product ... Full description.

This booklet introduces electromagnetic waves, their behaviors, and how scientists visualize these data. Each region of the spectrum is described and illustrated with examples of NASA science. It is a companion piece to the video series under the same title. Full description.

These videos introduce middle- and high school-age learners to the electromagnetic spectrum. The product consists of 8 animations including an introduction to electromagnetic waves and one animation for each wavelength of the EM spectrum (Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Rays and Gamma Rays). Each wavelength of the EM spectrum offers a construct to illustrate and teach about NASA ... Full description.

This poster outlines the components of the Solar System?s heliosphere, with a heliosphere boundary image on the front and introductory information about the parts of the heliosphere boundary on the back. This poster supports a full-length planetarium show about the IBEX mission and the boundary of the Solar System. Each short activity/product helps to build awareness and engagement in the science ... Full description.

With this resource, users can control the ground-based MicroObservatory telescopes from their computer and download their images themselves, with no human intervention in the loop. Users can access the Observing With NASA "Control Telescope" web interface at anytime. The telescopes are weatherproof and do not require a dome for protection, and the "Control Telescope" software automatically lets users ... Full description.

This guide provides an overview of the Aqua mission, instruments, research, science teams, and Aqua website. This information is provided to aid the professional science writer in writing stories and articles related to the Aqua mission. Note: this guide was produced before Aqua was launched; for the most recent information on Aqua, go to http://aqua.nasa.gov. Full description.

This guide was produced for science writers and the media and provides research profiles, as well as extensive background and contact information for NASA?s Terra spacecraft. Terra?s launch marked a new era of comprehensive monitoring of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and continents from a single space-based platform. Data from the five Terra instruments are creating continuous, long-term records ... Full description.

This one page, two-sided handout is intended to engage the interest of users and lead them to the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Web site. One side of the handout is in 3D. Full description.

This set of cards highlights a different extremophile group (e.g. halophiles, thermophiles, acidophiles) with a photo of the environment they live in on the front of the card and then "stats" on the back of the card. Currently the cards are PDF's but will ultimately be printed as 2.5"x3.5" cards (in the spirit of baseball trading cards). Full description.

In this interactive web game, participants learn about the different types of galaxies (spiral, elliptical and irregular) by viewing them in different wavelength bands (infrared, visible, x-ray). They then learn about active galaxies vs. quiescent galaxies by examining visible light spectra together with the multi-wavelength images. The final challenge is to observe a model of our own galaxy to determine ... Full description.