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The New Space Race

The Science Teacher—November/December 2019 (Volume 87, Issue 4)

By Chris Anderson

SpaceX’s efforts to build the world’s most powerful rocket

Rockets Educator Guide

Unit on astrobiology

SETI’s citizen science program

Lab from NASA JPL

JPL engineering lab

Astronomy Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies High School

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