Category Archives: Education

Free ‘Mars Rover Landing’ Game for Xbox Live

NASA has released a new video game that celebrates the Aug. 5 landing of its rover on Mars. The “Mars Rover Landing” game is made for the Xbox 360, and uses the systems…

NASA 3-D App Gives Public Ability to Experience Robotic Space Travel

WASHINGTON — A NASA-created application that brings some of the agency’s robotic spacecraft to life in 3-D now is available for free on the iPhone and iPad. Called Spacecraft 3D,…

Design your own satellite with this free program!

NASA – If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to build a satellite to peer into a black hole and uncover its secrets, now you can find out…

NASA Preparing to Launch Its Newest X-ray Eyes

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission…

NASA spinoffs, better firefighting, jet fuel savings, fitness monitoring and more

NASA Spinoff 2011 Unveils Benefits of NASA Technologies on Earth WASHINGTON — NASA’s Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency’s ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands…

NASA Releases Another Game – Air Traffic Control App

NASA Releases Sector 33 Air Traffic Control Educational Game App WASHINGTON — NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad…

NASA Releases First Multi-Player Facebook Game

WASHINGTON — NASA has launched its first multi-player online game to test players’ knowledge of the space program. Who was the first American to walk in space? Who launched the…