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Click on the mission or program name in the grid below to go to the associated problem listing.</p> <p> <a href="mission.html#ACE" target="_blank">ACE</a> | <a href="mission.html#Cassini" target="_blank">Cassini</a> | <a href="mission.html#Chandra" target="_blank">Chandra</a> | <a href="mission.html#Dawn" target="_blank">Dawn</a> | <a href="mission.html#Deep" target="_blank">Deep Impact</a> | <a href="mission.html#Fermi" target="_blank">Fermi</a> | <a href="mission.html#GALEX" target="_blank">GALEX</a> | <a href="mission.html#Grail" target="_blank">Grail</a> | <a href="mission.html#Hinode" target="_blank">Hinode</a> | <a href="mission.html#GPB" target="_blank">Gravity Probe-B</a> | <a href="mission.html#Hubble" target="_blank">Hubble</a> | <a href="mission.html#IBEX" target="_blank">IBEX</a> | <a href="mission.html#IMAGE" target="_blank">IMAGE</a> | <a href="mission.html#Insight" target="_blank">InSight</a> | <a href="mission.html#Juno" target="_blank">Juno</a> | <a href="mission.html#Kepler" target="_blank">Kepler</a> | <a href="mission.html#LADEE" target="_blank">LADEE</a> | <a href="mission.html#Landsat" target="_blank">Landsat</a> | <a href="mission.html#Orbiter" target="_blank">Lunar Orbiter</a> | <a href="mission.html#LRO" target="_blank">LRO</a> | <a href="mission.html#Manned" target="_blank">Manned Space Program</a> | <a href="mission.html#MMS" target="_blank">MMS</a> | <a href="mission.html#Curiosity" target="_blank">Curiosity</a> | <a href="mission.html#Rovers" target="_blank">Mars Rovers"</a> | <a href="mission.html#Messenger" target="_blank">MESSENGER</a> | <a href="mission.html#NEAR" target="_blank">NEAR</a> | <a href="mission.html#NewHorizons" target="_blank">New Horizons</a> | <a href="mission.html#RHESSI" target="_blank">RHESSI</a> | <a href="mission.html#SAGE" target="_blank">SAGE-III</a> | <a href="mission.html#SCOOL" target="_blank">SCOOL</a> |</td><td><a href="mission.html#SOHO" target="_blank">SOHO</a> | <a href="mission.html#SDO" target="_blank">SDO</a> | <a href="mission.html#Solar" target="_blank">Solar Probe Plus</a> | <a href="mission.html#Spitzer" target="_blank">Spitzer</a> | <a href="mission.html#STEREO" target="_blank">STEREO</a> | <a href="mission.html#Terra" target="_blank">Terra</a> | <a href="mission.html#THEMIS" target="_blank">THEMIS</a> | <a href="mission.html#TRACE" target="_blank">TRACE</a> | <a href="mission.html#VABP" target="_blank">Van Allen Belts Probe</a> | <a href="mission.html#Webb" target="_blank">Webb Space Telescope</a> | <a href="mission.html#WISE" target="_blank">WISE</a> | <a href="mission.html#WMAP" target="_blank">WMAP</a> | <a href="mission.html#XMM" target="_blank">XMM</a> | </div> <h2>Math problems sorted by Engineering Topics</h2> <div class="full-width-content-item"> <p> If you are looking for math problems related to engineering topics, here you will find problems organized by topic areas. Click on the topic in the grid below to go to the associated problem listing.</p> <p> <a href="engineering.html#Design" target="_blank">Design Issues</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Rocketry" target="_blank">Rocketry, Launches, and Launch Vehicles</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Telescopes" target="_blank">Telescopes and Remote Sensing</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Orbits" target="_blank">Properties of Orbits</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Data" target="_blank">Data and Telemetry</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Mission" target="_blank">Mission Planning</a> | <a href="engineering.html#Spacecraft" target="_blank">Spacecraft Design</a> </div> <h2>Math problems related to NASA press releases</h2> <div class="full-width-content-item"> <p> If you enjoy hearing about the many space science discoveries made by NASA missions, here are problems derived from a variety of press releases covering most NASA missions. <a href="news.html">[Enter here]</a></p> </div> <div class="divClear"></div> </div>   <div id="rightsidebar"> <div class="full-width-content-item"> <p> <h2> New Publications </h2> <p> <b>A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of SpaceMath@NASA on Student Performance in Math and Science</b> <it>Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching</it> <a href="https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215677/" >[Click here]</a> <p> <b>The STEAM Innovation Lab: Beyond the Makerspace Paradigm</b> <it>Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching</it> <a href="https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215687/" >[Click here]</a> <p> <h2> Recent Books </h2> <p> <img src="images/Astrophotography.jpg" width=240> <p> This lavishly-illustrated book features detailed instructions for how to use your smartphone to take photographs of the night sky and numerous astronomical objects. 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