Melanie Kletter

Melanie Kletter is a Senior Editor at TIME For Kids. She joined the staff in 2013. Melanie holds a master’s degree in education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. For TFK, Melanie has written about everything from space exploration to women’s hockey. In her free time she enjoys reading and spending time with her two children.

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Mission-Ready

December 11, 2017

Life can be very unpredictable for astronauts living and working on the International Space Station (ISS). There is no gravity. Parts of the station might stop working at any time. Space objects come flying at the station out of nowhere.…

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Ugly but Tasty

April 15, 2016

In U.S. supermarkets, perfectly shaped fruits and vegetables line shelves. But not all the produce grown in the U.S. looks like what is being sold. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, more than a quarter of all fresh produce…