National Aeronautics and Space Administration

March: NASA Press Release about SpaceMath@NASA- [Read Press Release]
July: New math guide to Mars Exploration and the Curiosity Rover - [Click Here]
August: Expanded and updated math guide on Black Holes posted- [Click Here]
November: SpaceMath@NASA served 6,000,000th math problem at the website!
December: New multi-media Grade 6 Math Modules added- [Click Here]
February: New multi-media Grade 8 Math Modules added- [Click Here]
April: The 7 millionth Space Math problem is downloaded

A behind-the-scenes look at the math in NASA press releases

Problem 513: The Remarkable Gamma Ray Burst GRB 130427A Students work with the surface area of a sphere, metric conversions and scientific notation to calculate the total power of this distant supernova event. (PDF)

Problem 512: New NASA Satellite Takes Pictures of Salton Sea Students work with image of agricultural area to estimate the percentage of area cultivated and the total rainfall in gallons per year. (PDF)

Problem 511: Giant Gas Cloud in System NGC 6240 Students use scientific notation and volume of sphere to estimate the density of the gas cloud, and the number of hydrogen atoms per cubic meter. (PDF)

Problem 510: Planck Mission Sees the Ancient Universe Clearly Students work with an image of the universe when it was 370,000 years old and determine from simple scaling and proportions the sizes of the features seen in the image compared to the Milky Way. (PDF)

Problem 509: Gail Creates a New Crater on the Moon Students work with images of the Grail impact sites to estimate the diameter of the crater created after the spacecraft impacted the moon. (PDF)

Problem 508: The InSight Seismographic Station - Wave arrival times Students work with the circumference of Mars and the speed of shock waves in the martian crust to estimate the arrival times of the waves at the InSight Lander. (PDF)

Problem 507: Exploring the Launch of the Falcon 9 Students explore the path taken after launch of the SpaceX-2, Falcon 9 rocket as it delivers a payload to the International Space Station on March 1, 2013. (PDF)

Spanish Translations

¿Que hora es? -What time is it? - Students work with a simple Time Zone problem involving Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Local Time in various countries.

Crateres en la Luna - Craters on the Moon - Students use a photograph of the moon's surface, and a ruler, to measure the sizes of craters on the moon, then determine the actual sizes of the craters in kilometers.

Notacion Cientifica - Scientific Notation In this exercise, students will convert some very large and very small decimal numbers into Scientific Notation form.

Conversion de Unidades - Unit Conversions Converting gallons to liters and many more fun conversions!

Calcular la Masa Molecular -Calculating Molecular Mass The structure formula of a molecule adefovir dipivoxil is presented and students count the number of atoms it contains to determine the mass of the molecule.

Un Sobrevuelo del Asteroide Lutetia -Spacecraft Views Asteroid Lutetia The surface is seen closeup to reveal hundreds of craters. Students measure the sizes of craters.

LRO ve el modulo de aterrizaje del Apolo 11 en la Luna- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Sees Apollo-11 Lander on the Moon The spectacular image lets students measure the sizes of craters near the Apollo-11 lander, and determine from the Lander's shadow length the elevation of the sun above the horizon.