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.

The activities in this 16-page magazine encourage children to look more closely at geology in their local environments and support their exploration of a range of dynamic Earth processes. 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 interactive adventure engages children in a story-based scenario that emphasizes concepts of remote sensing and how NASA scientists use satellite imagery to better understand the Earth's environmental changes. It introduces students to Earth science concepts, beginning with classifying objects in satellite images by shape, color and texture, building a foundation for interpreting and understanding ... Full description.

This color brochure answers common questions about the aurora, including its cause and explanations of its colors, shapes, and location. It lists resources for further study. Full description.

This 2-page color fact sheet briefly describes NASA?s Kepler mission, its instruments, and ground system. Also included are tables listing the instrument parameters and the major institutions involved. Kepler is a spaceborne telescope specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to detect and characterize hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone. ... Full description.

This brochure includes a scale model of the Sun-Earth system and information about NASA?s Sun-Earth education program,.. A small image of the Earth can be detached from the brochure. Simple directions explain the distances between the Sun and the Earth. Full description.

This is a small subsection of the Windows to the Universe Website. This section provides detailed information about the variety of effects space weather can have. Full description.

In this episode of the Space Place Web site talk show, thermal engineer Donya Douglas of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center talks about her job in designing ways to keep the three tiny Space Technology 5 spacecraft at the right operating temperature in space, without adding much to their mass or need for electrical power. Cartoon characters present their own 6-7 minute talk show live from the Space ... 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.