Happy 25th Anniversary, Hubble!
GeekMom joins in celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary.
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Disney Taps NASA to Consult for Miles from Tomorrowland
The new adventure series features out-of-this-world space missions and celebrity voices.
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Welcome to Mars, India!
India made science news around the world on September 24, 2014, with the announcement that their first Mars satellite, Mangalyaan, entered orbit around the red planet.
Continue ReadingThe Mission Is in Sight!
As a writer of science fiction, as well as a former astrophysics major in college, I usually like to stay up to date on science news. Space news in particular. And when I hear the words, “manned space travel,” I tend to get very excited.
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Fund This! Integrated Space Plan, Backstory RPG Cards, Evolution for young kids and Potato Salad!
GeekMom finds a diverse range of Fund This campaigns to pique your interest, including an integrated space plan to launch us into the next phase of space exploration and technology, cards that help RPG players expand their experience, a gorgeous book on evolution for young children, and a guy who wants to make potato salad.
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Space Opportunities and News
Student unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.
Continue ReadingSummer Science Fun: Nephology
Learning about clouds is something we can all get involved in no matter where we live and requires no expensive equipment to get started.
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Be a Citizen Scientist by Hunting Asteroids
Go asteroid hunting with a new web app and join the ranks of citizen scientists.
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Explore Space With LittleBits
This week littleBits announced the results of their partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center when they announced the latest in their line of product kits.
Continue ReadingThe 2014 NASA International Space Apps Challenges Announced
Programmers, teachers, artists, et al., are welcome to join this NASA hackathon on April 12-13th.
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NASA Joins Forces With GLaDos and It’s a Good Thing
NASA has found an unlikely partner in the form of the evil AI that is GLaDOS from the Portal franchise of video games.
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The Soft Side of Endeavour: What Space Exploration Means to Me
The first time I saw Endeavour was the day I found out I was pregnant. For that, the shuttle will always have a special place in my heart.
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Want Your Name on an Asteroid? Let Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx Take It There
OSIRIS-REx, an asteroid mission lead by professor Dante Lauretta at the University of Arizona, will carry your name into space!
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Canada vs. Mars in Temperature Death Match
It was colder in Canada than on Mars! Except wait… maybe not. Fact checking FTW.
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Ants… in… Spaaace!
The latest ISS re-supply mission will include a shipment of ants involved in a K-12 educational research project.
Continue ReadingAstronauts Are Moms Too
Dr. Karen Nyberg returned from six months on the International Space Station to her fellow-astronaut husband and their three-year-old son.
Continue ReadingInterview: Running a Kid’s Track at a Geek Convention
What does it take to run a kid’s programming track at a convention, one that keeps a multitude of kids entertained and engaged?
Continue ReadingNASA to Launch High School Students' Satellite
NASA plans to launch a small satellite designed by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia.
Continue ReadingGovernment Shutdown: Frozen Scientific Research
The government shutdown, from a GeekMom point of view.
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Become a NASA Image Detective
Older kids can learn about geography by analyzing photos that NASA astronauts take of the Earth.
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