Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)

Radio Programs

Star Markers Heading north to the stars Friday, May 20, 2011
Irene Discovering a "peaceful" planetoid Thursday, May 19, 2011
Soggy Moon Changing weather on an icy moon Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Moon and Antares Different stars, different lives Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Moon and Spica Paying a call on an old friend Saturday, May 14, 2011
Moon and Saturn Heating up a Saturnian moon Friday, May 13, 2011
Moon and Regulus A volcanic lunar layer cake Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Venus and Jupiter Twin headlights in the dawn sky Monday, May 9, 2011
Morning Mayhem A worry-free planetary conjunction Sunday, May 8, 2011
Lunar Corral Fencing in the crescent Moon Saturday, May 7, 2011
Freedom 7 A brief hop into the history books Thursday, May 5, 2011
Mercury in the Morning A planet with a message Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Lutetia Ready to map an asteroid Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Ready for Vesta Ready to map a giant asteroid Monday, May 2, 2011
Vanishing Orion A seasonal marker disappears Sunday, May 1, 2011
Explorer 11 A first glimpse of the universe Wednesday, April 27, 2011
M83 Livening up the galactic boondocks Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Kepler 11 A star with a big family of planets Friday, April 22, 2011

Featured Images

Artist's concept of a free-floating planet in the Milky Way galaxy
 Free Agent Thursday, May 19, 2011
Space shutle Endeavour launches on its final mission, June 16, 2011
 Final Endeavour Monday, May 16, 2011
Cassini view of geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus squirting far into space
 Faithful Geysers Friday, May 13, 2011
Alan Shepard enters his capsule, then launches aboard Freedom 7, May 5, 1961
 A-OK Flight Thursday, May 5, 2011
Lightning strikes near space shuttle Endeavour, April 28, 2011
 Close Call Monday, May 2, 2011
Artist's concept of TW Hydra, a young star encircled by a disk of gas and dust
 Messy Youngster Monday, April 25, 2011
Artist's concept of the planetary system Kepler 11
 Close Family Friday, April 22, 2011

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