Cosmos4 Kids: Exploration: Satellites

Learn about the different satellites that are probing the solar system on the website. Also included is a video that explores Astrobiology.

Continue the journey through our solar system through the lens of the tools sent into space. Viewers meet rovers, rockets, and satellites as they gather vital information, helping scientists understand out solar system. Real images, CG...

Learn how telescopes work .. terms like reflection, refraction, different kinds of lens, and more. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.

The entire history of rocketry took place in 100 years! The early 1900's saw their first appearance, and by the end of the century, rocket technology took many forms with the most famous being the Space Shuttle. The brief, to the point...

Learn all about the space shuttle .. construction, launching, landing, and more. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.

Get kids interested in stargazing with a step-by-step guide. The guide begins with the do's and don'ts, what the defines a star, and introduces a journal. The page is linked to see stars if light pollution keeps stars away in your area.

Learn how about the Voyager and Viking probes that explored Mars for NASA. Learn how the data the probes send back help scientist explore Mars from Earth. Also included is a video on the next tools that will be used to explore space.

Explore the dozens of Saturn's moons orbiting the second largest planet of our solar system. Find out about the Cassini space mission which explored Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

This site explores constellations found in the sky. Watch a video on the site that explores the constellations found in the winter sky.

Explore the huge spherical region surrounding our solar system. Find out what the Oort Cloud contains and how comets originate there.