Our live Solar System Map - Getting Oriented This online orrery (Note: an orrery is a machine that shows planetary positions) will hopefully help you to understand what's going on out there. If you've ever sat outside at night and got into an discussion about whether that bright star is actually a planet, and if it is - 'Which planet is it?', then this site might help narrow down the options! For others, getting an understanding of where the Earth is in relation to the Sun and moon and planets is just, well, sort of nice to know. For astronomers, it's equally important to know where the planets are so that they can observe them. Of course, there are games too.For people interested in astrology the current positions and movements of the planets are very important and can give you a clue into how you are feeling and how your day is going to pan out. Students are encouraged to participate in suggested design challenges to provide unique solutions to some 'out-of-this-world' problems encountered in space exploration by role playing scientists, engineers, and explorers working on the space frontier. Launched in 1997, as an educational initiative, Space Day is the first Thursday of each May. flew on the space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission during the summer break 2007.Ī site about earth and space science. NASA also runs competitions for kids, for instance the latest NASA Space Pennant Design Challenge, won by Tapasya Das of Mount Laurel, N.J. Games, art, stories, and activities for children presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. An earth map you can see where it is day, or night, right now.

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