Space Coloring Pages

Moon footprints last millions of years

The Moon has no wind or rain, so the astronaut bootprints from the Apollo missions are still there. The tracks your rover leaves on the Moon Rover page would outlast every drawing on Earth.

Source: NASA

Sunsets on Mars are blue

Fine dust in the Martian atmosphere scatters light the opposite way Earth's air does, so the Red Planet gets blue-tinted sunsets. License to use unexpected sky colors on any planet page.

Source: NASA Science

The space station laps Earth every 90 minutes

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station see about 16 sunrises and sunsets a day. Our Space Station page shows it in orbit, solar panels out.

Source: NASA

Planet order mobile

• Color the Planets Parade page, then cut out each planet.
• Tape the planets in order to a length of string: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
• Hang it from a hanger; the order sticks after a week of looking at it.

Design a mission patch

• Color the Rocket Launch page and cut the rocket out in a circle.
• Add a mission name and the crew's names around the edge like a real patch.
• Real crews design their own patches; look a few up first for ideas.

Cardboard-tube launch

• Tape the colored rocket around a paper towel tube.
• Set it on an upturned cup marked LAUNCH PAD.
• Count down from ten and launch by hand; sound effects are mandatory.

Glow-up meteor shower

• Color the Meteor Shower page with a dark blue sky, leaving the meteor streaks white.
• Trace the streaks with a white gel pen or glow-in-the-dark paint pen.
• Charge it under a lamp and check it with the lights off.