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How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works: 5 Strange Items Developed From Nasa Technology

For Students 1st - 9th
Review an article highlighting five inventions developed by NASA that evolved into sought after mainstreamed creations such as baby formula and Speedo swim suits.
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Space.com

Space.com: "Nasa Spin Offs: Bringing Space Down to Earth"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from January 26, 2005, offers a video and a list of many common items used daily that exist because of NASA innovations. These include Cat Scans and MRIs, more precise and safer breast imaging, artificial limbs using...
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Other

Business Insider: 20 Everyday Things We Have Because of Nasa

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of space technologies that have been integrated into common items from invisible braces to memory foam. NASA produces a list like this every year to illustrate the benefits to the program's existence. Click on each item listed to...
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CNN

Cnn: Space Age Inventions You Probably Use (2007)

For Students 9th - 10th
Some common items that help save lives every day or make lives a little easier are compliments of NASA technologies. This article features ten of these developments