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NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based interactions and activities.

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NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel. + Read More
Winter/Spring 2009 Challenges:
		Exploration through Navigation Charting a Course to the Moon February through May 2009 - Part 2 (Grades 5-8) In this challenge, students will learn about navigation in Space. Students awarded Moon rock and Tektites Join us for the Final Webcast 5/7/09 +Read More

		HiRISE Image Targeting Challenge (Grades 5-14) Registration is still open Join this challenge and gain access to earliest viewing of new Mars images. +Read More


PRODUCTS NASA Quest offers a wide range of FREE online tools and resources for teachers, students, parents and others including Web and print lesson plans, educator guides and workbooks:

LCROSS
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite website. Be a part of in this exciting mission!
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Smart Skies
(Grades 5-9)
Use hands-on math to avoid air traffic conflicts.
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Astro-Venture
(Grades 5-8)
Search for and design a habitable planet.
New Modules
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What's the Difference?
(All Grades)
Interactive software allowing side-by-side comparisons.
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Virtual Field Trip (All Grades)
Multimedia application for exploration of areas on Earth identified as analog sites to regions on Mars
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Radiation Biology Educator
Designed for pre-service and practicing high school and middle school science teachers.
Moved to NASA Ed Portal .

Robin Whirlybird (Grades K-4) Learn about rotorcraft in an interactive storybook. + Go!	Future Flight Design (Grades 3-7) Design air transportation and aircraft systems. + Go!	Virtual Skies (Grades 9-12) Solve real-life air traffic management problems. + Go!


PSA (Personal Satellite Assistant) (Grades 5-8) Explore math and physics with a robotic helper. + Go!	Flies in Space Moscas en el Espacio (Grades 5-8) Step into a space biologist's shoes and predict experiment results. + Go! (En esp)	Wings over Mars (Grades 5-8) Design robotic airplanes to explore and collect data on Mars. +Go!

SPACEWARD BOUND Home Students and teachers participate in exploration of scientifically interesting, remote and extreme environments on Earth as analogs for human exploration of the Moon and Mars

FIELD EXPEDITIONS
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	Antarctica Expedition 2009
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	See archived actitivities, photo journals and blogs
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	MARS SIMULATION Mars Desert Research Station: MDRS


	LCROSS: See Information regarding briefing on findings 11/13/09

See scientists Maria Bualat and Corey Ippolito on the The Futures Channel demonstrating their fascinating work with robots
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Nanotechnology
in collaboration with the Lawrence Hall of Science
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Editor: Linda Conrad
NASA Official: Liza Coe
Last Updated: June, 2007
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