Mars Month: ‘The Search for Life on Mars’ by E Howell and N Booth
‘The Search for Life on Mars’ is a detailed look at humanity’s quest to discover conclusive evidence of life on the Red Planet.
Continue Reading‘The Search for Life on Mars’ is a detailed look at humanity’s quest to discover conclusive evidence of life on the Red Planet.
Continue Reading‘The Gravity of Us’ is an LGBTQ YA novel set in the not-too-distant future when NASA is about to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Continue ReadingIn case you missed any of the many posts across GeekMom and GeekDad, here’s a recap of all the content from our Apollo Month.
Continue ReadingToday, as we celebrate 50 years since mankind first stepped onto the surface of the moon, some of the GeekMoms and GeekDads took time to reflect.
Continue Reading‘The Apollo Missions for Kids’ by Jerome Pohlen is a fantastic book that covers every Apollo, Mercury, and Gemini mission in detail.
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Chronicle Books has produced a 100-piece moon puzzle using an image from the NASA archives.
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes This year, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest news stories of the 20th century, the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. Capturing the interest, hearts, and intellect of countless people around the world, the space race, leading up to the first moon landing, was a serious […]
Continue Reading‘Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views & Undiscovered Moments’ shows us more of that amazing story through dozens of previously unpublished photos.
Continue Reading‘Girls on the Up’ is the final book in the ‘6 Chelsea Walk’ collection and takes place in London during July 1969 when all eyes turned to the moon.
Continue Reading‘Space Dogs’ by Martin Parr looks at the history of the Soviet Union’s space dogs program and the dogs that worked there in detail.
Continue Reading‘Space Race’ is a book that uses a dedicated app and augmented reality to tell “the story of space exploration to the moon and beyond.”
Continue ReadingIn ‘The Spectacular Journey Into Space,’ kids punch out sections of the images to create floating shapes of planets, space vehicles, & more.
Continue Reading‘Capturing the Universe’ is a coffee table style book that showcases a range of astrophotography looking all across the universe.
Continue Reading‘History Heroes: Space’ is a card game for ages eight plus that teaches kids and adults about all aspects of space exploration.
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the Apollo 50th anniversary, GeekMom and GeekDad will be running a large collection of posts up until July 20th.
Continue ReadingThis hilarious anecdote of GeekMom-ery from YA author Shelley Sackier takes us inside a recent milestone celebration at NASA.
Continue ReadingOther than the attractive but questionable title (which sometimes wreaks havoc on precise search engine searches), I love this book. I mean, you’ve got space. You’ve got photography. And I’m pretty sure there are very few people out there who do astrophotography better than NASA.
Continue ReadingConserving and displaying Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit, girls as CEOs and tech leaders, helping out the homeless, and a hackable suit of armor; all in GeekMom Samantha’s picks for this week’s Fund This!
Continue ReadingWith deep water comes deep responsibility. Why should you be interested in a 164 ft deep pool over three thousand miles away.
Continue ReadingNASA Girls and Boys connects middle school students with NASA employees for a 5-week online summer mentoring program in all things STEM. The time to apply is now!
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