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Illustration of Jupiter smiling.

All About Jupiter

Image of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Europa: Jupiter's Ocean World

Image of a red piece of paper with two handprints on it that are darker red.

Make Handprint Art Using Ultraviolet Light!

Cartoon illustration of a parent and child observing the night sky.

Skywatching Tips!

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Illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope.

What Is the James Webb Space Telescope?

Game box art for the game DSN Uplink-Downlink.

Uplink and downlink data with NASA spacecraft in this game!
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Play DSN Uplink-Downlink!

An illustration of a paintbrush painting a galaxy. Text over the illustration reads: NASA Space Place Art Challenge, click here to learn more.

Last Month's Art Challenge Selections

DSN (Deep Space Network) Art Challenge: Draw an antenna on Earth, and the spacecraft or robotic explorer you’d imagine it would talk to.

Illustration of Earth and the Moon in the darkness of space. An antenna on Earth is sending a signal to a spacecraft. Several humanoid robots are floating with the spacecraft.

A'lyvia, 10

Illustration of Earth, the Moon and Mars in the darkness of space. An antenna on Earth is sending a signal to a rover on Mars. The signal is made out of a pipe cleaner, while the rest of the drawing is colored in pencil.

Aahana, 9

Painting of Earth and three other planetary bodies in the darkness of space. An antenna on Earth is connected to one of the planetary bodies by strands of spaghetti. The planetary body has a mouth and eyes, with its mouth wide open to eat the spaghetti coming from the antenna on Earth. Earth and the other two planetary bodies look on in astonishment.

Alena, 13

Illustration of Earth with several spacecraft in orbit around it. An antenna is visible on the surface of Earth.

Alex, 6

Illustration of a DSN antenna sending a command to the Juno spacecraft to find the biggest active volcano on Io. Jupiter and its moon Io are also visible in the sky above.

Anisha, 7

Paper cut outs of Earth with an antenna on it sending a command to dig for soil to a rover on another planet. There is also a spacecraft between Earth and the other planet.

Atharv, 5

Illustration of an antenna on Earth sending a signal, full of happy things like a ribbon, a heart and a smiley face, to a rover on Mars. There is a disco ball above the rover on Mars, who appears to be having a great time.

Charlotte, 12

Illustration of a DSN antenna sending a command to take a picture to a spacecraft.

Deliana, 15

Illustration of a child on Earth sending a signal via DSN antennas to a planet called opposite planet with a spacecraft between the planets to receive and forward the signal. The signal is made out of a pipe cleaner. The child is sending the message Hello mrs ice cream, lets have a space party, we will have some starry snacks, see you there, bye!

Diya, 8

This piece of art uses various styles, including illustration and photography, to create the whole image. A person is inside a control room looking out the window at a DSN antenna in the distance.

Eileen, 13

Paper model of a DSN antenna.

Emmett, 10

Illustration of a DSN antenna pointing up at the sky, sending a request on behalf of a person on the ground.

Gabriel, 13

Paper cutouts of Earth with a large antenna on it sending a string of 1s and 0s toward Mars, where the message is received by a rover on the surface.

Gerardo, 10

Illustration of Earth with a large DSN antenna on it, a rocket, a spacecraft and asteroid in space.

Gianluca, 9

Illustration of a DSN antenna on the ground with a person. The antenna is sending data to a spacecraft near Neptune.

Grisel, 12

Illustration of an antenna on Earth sending a signal into the sky where there are a couple spacecraft.

Joao, 8

Illustration of Earth with a large antenna on it. The antenna is sending a signal to a spacecraft near Earth.

Joshitha, 13

Illustration of a DSN antenna sending the message Take a photo of Phobos to a spacecraft in the sky. The antenna is covered in foil.

Kanira, 9

Illustration of a DSN antenna pointing up at the sky. The sky is cracking open, revealing a deeper portion of the universe and a couple planets.

Kate, 13

A paper model of a DSN antenna and several wrapped up foil objects on the ground next to it.

Liam, 7

Illustration of a large DSN antenna in a grassy field sending a signal to a planet in the sky.

Lyla, 13

Illustration of Earth, the Moon, the Sun and Mars. A DSN antenna on Earth is sending communications to a spacecraft between Earth and Mars, and then that message is getting forwarded to a rover on the surface of Mars.

Naman, 11

Cartoon illustration of an astronaut floating in space, surrounded by the Moon, stars, Earth, Jupiter and the Sun.

Olivia, 9

Illustration of Earth with a large antenna sending a signal to a spacecraft that is taking a photo of a planet.

Radu, 9

Very colorful, abstract illustration featuring a DSN antenna on Earth sending a signal into space, which is received by the large hand of a figure wearing a helmet.

Sanam, 14

Illustration of two antennas with smiling faces on Earth sending a signal to two spacecraft near the Moon. The Moon says hello.

Sharadha, 12

Illustration of a NASA employee using a DSN antenna to send a message to the Hubble telescope. The message reads Hubble, please take as many pictures as you can of the comet Hale-Bopp.

Sofia, 13

Illustration of the solar system, including the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. A signal is getting sent from an antenna on Earth to a spacecraft near Saturn and an antenna on Mars.

Srimaan, 6

Illustration of two antennas on Earth sending a message to a spacecraft near an object in space. The message reads Hello, can you pick a stone. The spacecraft responds OK.

Taifur, 5

Paper cutouts of Venus, Earth, a comet, a lander on Venus and an antenna on Earth. The antenna on Earth sends the message Collect smoke from the clouds. The lander on Venus responds Bzz OK.

Victoria, 10

Illustration of an antenna on Earth sending a message to Voyager 1. The message asks Voyager to go to the nearest planet and see if it has good food.

Vihaan, 10

Illustration of an antenna on Earth sending a message to an orbiter, lander and rover on Mars. The message reads Bring me martian Rocks!!

Vivaan, 10

Illustration of an antenna on Earth sending out multiple streams of data to various objects in the sky, including an astronaut, planets and spacecraft.

Vratko, 9

Colorful illustration of a large DSN antenna on Earth sending a signal into space.

Yara, 5

Illustration of a game controller that links to the Space Place Games menu.

Illustration of scissors that links to the Space Place Crafts menu.

Illustration of a hand that links to the Space Place Activities menu.

Illustration of a play button that links to the Space Place Videos menu.

Illustration of a book that links to the Space Place glossary.

Illustration of a question mark that links to a random page on Space Place.

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