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The hole in Earth’s ozone layer is on track to heal. That’s according to a new United Nations (U.N.) report. The recovery comes 35 years after an international agreement. That deal stopped the use of ozone-destroying chemicals. Ozone is a…
Astronaut Nicole Mann is the first Native American woman in space. Last October, she blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Read what she has to say about her life and her experience on…
Nicole Mann is a member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes. She treasures her dream catcher. Her mother gave it to her. Mann has had it since she was a girl. It’s a small hoop with a feather. It’s said…
NASA’s uncrewed Orion spaceship splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, on December 11. It was launched on November 16, as part of the Artem…
Vanessa E. Wyche is the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas. She oversees programs that will send astronauts to the moon and Mars. TFK Kid Reporter Shaivi Moparthi spoke with Wyche at the space center. 1. What…
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an astronaut? In October, retired astronaut Scott Kelly visited the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW). TIME for Kids was there to hear about his experiences in space. And to get the answer…
Mission managers at NASA sent a refrigerator-size craft 7 million miles into space. Its job was to punch an asteroid in the nose. We should be glad NASA did this. Earth feels a little bit safer now. The spacecraft is…
Last year, NASA sent a supply craft to the International Space Station (ISS). Its cargo included thousands of tardigrades. One of these creatures could fit on the tip of a pencil. They’re found just about anywhere: in oceans, trees, and…
Tardigardes are tough enough to withstand about a thousand times the radiation that would kill a human. Unlocking their survival secrets is key if we hope to send people to Mars someday. You can read about tardigrades in “The Survivor,”…
An international group of scientists says there might be a lake beneath the ice at Mars’s south pole. If there is, that could mean that the planet is still producing heat. Which might mean life. The findings were published…
