This poster 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 poster supports a full-length planetarium show about the IBEX mission and the boundary of the Solar System. Each short activity/product helps ... Full description.

This four-page color brochure describes the science of NASA?s GLAST mission, as well as providing tables that summarize the instrumental parameters and the mission participants. Note: In 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) was renamed Fermi, for the physicist Enrico Fermi. Full description.

This one-page lithograph describes the science of NASA?s GLAST mission and includes a student activity on the back. It is also available for download in PDF format. Note: In 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) was renamed Fermi, for the physicist Enrico Fermi. 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 poster with classroom activities related to NASA?s Space Interferometry Mission. It introduces measurement and scale using hands-on activities. Full description.

This lithograph features Hubble Space Telescope images and includes text that describes and explains the images. The images provide motivation for students to explore and formulate questions. In addition, there is an accompanying level one inquiry-based classroom activity series entitled ?In Search of?? The classroom activity is designed to encourage the development of research skills and independent ... Full description.

This collection of nine cards focuses on the three types of galaxies: spiral, elliptical, and irregular. Each card displays a color image of a galaxy on one side and describes the galaxy's type, its location within a constellation, and interesting facts on the other side. The Hubble Space Telescope card includes interesting facts, as well as suggestions for using the cards. Full description.

This brochure describes the science of NASA's Swift satellite mission. Swift's primary goal is to unravel the mystery of gamma ray bursts. Full description.

This poster illustrates the visible and invisible aspects of galaxies. The central image compares an optical image of the Andromeda galaxy with its x-ray image. Other areas of the poster illustrate different types of galaxies, and the size and scale of star systems, galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The poster also illustrates the evidence for hidden mass in galaxies. The poster is supported by information ... Full description.

This United States Geological Survey (USGS) general interest publication presents a description of ground water in the U.S. This includes what ground water is, how it occurs, aquifers and wells, ground water quality and what affects it, and the state of U.S. ground water resources. Full description.