International Asteroid Day
Comets/Asteroids
This is the United Nations day "to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard." See What you Need to Know and the NASA asteroids site, plus activities, visuals, and articles from JPL Education. Check out the Planetary Defenders documentary and the Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Asteroid Watch and the Near Earth Object Program site are also resources for staying up to date.
Virtually examine some asteroids (and even some pieces of Mars!) with the Astromaterials 3D Interactive and NASA's Eyes on Asteroids.
Event Type: Annual /Historic.
Monday, June 30, 2025.
For more info visit asteroidday.org. New "What's Up" Video Available
Our Sky
Get your monthly overview of the night sky.
Event Type: Online Presentation/Interaction. Online Event Type: For Classrooms.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
NASA Space Place's Art Challenge
Other
Do you love making art and using your imagination? So do we! Every NASA mission starts with a creative idea about how to explore something in a new way. Get creative and submit your art before the deadline at the end of the month!
Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
National Intern Day
Other
Throughout the year, thousands of student interns contribute to NASA's missions of human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science and Earth research. NASA interns use their creativity and innovation to work on projects that impact NASA’s mission, like sending the first woman and next man to the Moon. Be part of an amazing virtual team while contributing to NASA missions. Learn more at https://intern.nasa.gov/.
Visit the 10 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for a NASA Internship webpage.
Annual / Historic: Annual Event.
Thursday, July 31, 2025.
New "What's Up" Video Available
Our Sky
Get your monthly overview of the night sky.
Event Type: Online Presentation/Interaction. Online Event Type: For Classrooms.
Friday, August 1, 2025.
NASA Space Place's Art Challenge
Other
Do you love making art and using your imagination? So do we! Every NASA mission starts with a creative idea about how to explore something in a new way. Get creative and submit your art before the deadline at the end of the month!
Friday, August 1, 2025.
Anniversary - Neil Armstrong's 95th Birthday (1930)
Human Spaceflight
Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio,
on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.
As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.
Event Type: Annual /Historic.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
For more info visit www.nasa.gov. National Aviation Day
Aeronautics
Ever since 1939, August 19 has been celebrated as National Aviation Day, the legacy of a presidential proclamation first made by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Selected because it was Orville Wright’s birthday, the decision to revel in all things aeronautical came at an exciting time in aviation history. Explore Aeronautics STEM for resources and activities for all ages, including even the youngest. A paper airplane engineering station is always a good activity; check out Wingin’ It, and this Ring Wing Glider. Here are more fun tips for celebrating.
Event Type: Annual /Historic. Annual / Historic: Annual Event.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
New "What's Up" Video Available
Our Sky
Get your monthly overview of the night sky.
Event Type: Online Presentation/Interaction. Online Event Type: For Classrooms.
Monday, September 1, 2025.
NASA Space Place's Art Challenge
Other
Do you love making art and using your imagination? So do we! Every NASA mission starts with a creative idea about how to explore something in a new way. Get creative and submit your art before the deadline at the end of the month!
Monday, September 1, 2025.
NASA Spring Internships Deadline
Throughout the year, thousands of student interns contribute to NASA's missions of human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science and Earth research. NASA interns use their creativity and innovation to work on projects that impact NASA’s mission, like sending the first woman and next man to the Moon. Be part of an amazing virtual team while contributing to NASA missions. Learn more at https://intern.nasa.gov/. (And for internships at NASA JPL, visit https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/internships/)
Visit the 10 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for a NASA Internship webpage.
Event Type: Registration Deadline.
Friday, September 12, 2025.
National Hispanic Heritage Month
Other
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
Event Type: Annual /Historic. Annual / Historic: Annual Event.
Monday, September 15, 2025 – Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
For more info visit hispanicheritagemonth.gov. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Earth-Sun-Moon
The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet.
The phaseout of controlled uses of ozone depleting substances and the related reductions have not only helped protect the ozone layer for this and future generations, but have also contributed significantly to global efforts to address climate change; furthermore, it has protected human health and ecosystems by limiting the harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the earth.
Event Type: Annual /Historic. Annual / Historic: Annual Event.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
For more info visit www.un.org.