This space bingo free printable deals 4 × 4 cards from three lists: the solar system, stars and sky, and space travel. Every word comes with one fact, checked on NASA's own pages, for the caller to read aloud.
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Read the fact, then the word
Print one card for each player with the print button. Press Call the game, then Call the next one: every word is drawn once, with its fact under it. Read the fact first and let the players name the word. A giant storm on Jupiter that is bigger than Earth is the Great Red Spot. Four in a line win: a row, a column or corner to corner.
One list for one lesson
A grown-up opens More options and picks Solar system, Stars and sky or Space travel in Ready-made list. Each list fills a 4 × 4 card with words to spare, so the cards still differ.
Tips
Pluto and Ceres sit in the solar system list as dwarf planets, beside the eight planets.
Say a long name such as Olympus Mons twice, then give its first letter.
Questions and answers
What words are on the space bingo cards?
The Sun, the eight planets, Pluto and other solar system words; sky words such as Constellation, Northern lights and Meteor shower; and space travel words such as Rocket, Airlock and Spacewalk. The full list below shows every word with its fact.
Where do the space facts come from?
From NASA. Each fact was checked on October 2, 2026 against NASA's science pages and its pages for young readers. Facts that change, such as how many moons a planet has, were left out.
Are there pictures on the cards?
No. The squares hold words, not pictures, so each player reads or sits beside a reader. The cards print as plain outlines.
Can I print space bingo for a whole class?
Yes. Set How many cards to the number of players, up to 60, and no two cards match. The print button puts two cards on a page; under More options you can choose one or four.
How do I make the game shorter?
Under More options, press 3 × 3. A line then takes three squares, and the middle one is free.
Asteroid beltThe band between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids orbit. Asteroids are rocky leftovers.
CeresThe largest object in the asteroid belt, and a dwarf planet.
Comet tailSunlight and the solar wind can blow a comet's dust and gas into a long, bright one.
Dwarf planetPluto is one, and so is Ceres.
EarthOur home planet, the third from the Sun, and the only place we know of with living things.
GanymedeA moon of Jupiter, and the largest moon in the solar system.
Gas giantJupiter and Saturn are these: huge balls made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
Great Red SpotA giant storm on Jupiter that is bigger than Earth.
Ice giantUranus is one, and so is Neptune.
Impact craterA dent left where a space rock hit. The Moon is covered with them.
JupiterThe largest planet in our solar system.
Kuiper BeltA doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.
MarsCalled the Red Planet: iron in its dirt rusts and makes the ground look red.
MercuryThe smallest planet and the nearest to the Sun. It zips around the Sun every 88 Earth days.
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Solar system, continued
NeptuneThe eighth planet and the most distant from the Sun: dark, cold and windy.
Olympus MonsA volcano on Mars, the largest in the solar system.
PhobosThe larger of the moons of Mars.
Planet ringsSaturn's are made of billions of small chunks of ice and rock.
PlutoNamed a dwarf planet in 2006. It lies far out in the Kuiper Belt.
SaturnThe second-largest planet, and the one with the most spectacular rings.
Solar systemThe Sun, its eight planets and everything else that orbits the Sun.
SunThe star at the center of our solar system. Its gravity holds the solar system together.
TitanA hazy moon of Saturn that has lakes of methane.
UranusA planet that appears to spin sideways, like a rolling ball.
VenusThe hottest planet in our solar system. Its thick air traps the heat.
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Black holeIts gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
ConstellationA group of stars that looks like a shape in the sky and has been given a name.
FireballA meteor that appears brighter than Venus.
Full MoonThe phase that rises around sunset and sets around sunrise.
Light-yearThe distance light travels in one Earth year: about 6 trillion miles.
Lunar eclipseIt can happen only at full Moon, when the Sun, Earth and the Moon line up.
MeteorA space rock burning up in the air. People call it a shooting star.
Meteor showerWhat you are watching when you see lots of meteors.
MeteoriteA space rock that survives its trip through the air and hits the ground.
Milky WayOur home galaxy. Its shape is a spiral.
The MoonEarth's only natural satellite. The same side always faces Earth.
Moon phasesEight in all. The cycle repeats about once a month.
NebulaA giant cloud of dust and gas in space. Some are called star nurseries.
New MoonThe first of the eight phases of the Moon.
Northern lightsAnother name for an aurora, a colorful glow in the sky.
Planet paradeA name for the nights when four or five bright planets can be seen at once.
Solar eclipseIt can happen only at new Moon, when the Sun, the Moon and Earth line up.
Solar windThe stream of charged particles that flows out from the Sun.
Spiral galaxyA galaxy is stars, planets, gas and dust held together by gravity. Many are spirals.
Sun's coronaThe Sun's outer atmosphere. It shows during a total solar eclipse.
SupernovaThe extremely bright, super-powerful explosion of a star.
Telescope mirrorMost telescopes today use a curved one to gather light from the night sky.
TotalityThe short time in a total solar eclipse when the Moon covers the Sun completely.
Waxing crescentThe phase after new Moon, when we see a thin curve of light.
Yellow dwarf starThe kind of star our Sun is: a hot, glowing ball of hydrogen and helium.
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AirlockLike a door. Astronauts use it to go outside on a spacewalk.
AstronautA person who lives and works in space.
Docking portLike a door. A visiting spacecraft connects to the space station here.
ExhaustThe gas a rocket pushes backward. The push moves the rocket forward.
Free fallWhy astronauts float: they and their spacecraft are falling together.
Gold visorThe gold-lined shield on a spacesuit that protects eyes from bright sunlight.
GravityThe pull that keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth and Earth in orbit around the Sun.
HelmetThe part of a spacesuit that protects the head.
Mars roverA robot that drives over the ground. Mars is the only planet rovers have been sent to.
MicrogravityWhen things seem to be weightless, so astronauts float inside their spacecraft.
Moon rockApollo astronauts brought 842 pounds of rocks and soil back from the Moon.
OrbitA curved path, like a circle or an oval, that one object follows around another.
Oxygen packThe backpack of a spacesuit. It holds the oxygen an astronaut breathes.
PropellantAnother word for rocket fuel. A rocket carries tons of it.
Robot armAttached outside the space station. Robot arms helped to build it.
RocketA vehicle whose engine burns fuel and pushes hot gas out the back.
Rocket engineIt needs no air, so it works in space. It carries everything it needs.
Rocket launchA rocket boosts a spacecraft above most of the air around Earth.
SatelliteAn object that moves around a larger object. People have launched thousands.
Satellite antennaThe part of a satellite that sends and receives information.
Solar arrayPanels on the sides of the space station that turn sunlight into electricity.
Space stationA large spacecraft that orbits Earth: a home for astronauts and a science lab.
SpacesuitMore than clothes: a small spacecraft that protects an astronaut outside.
SpacewalkAny time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space. The first was in 1965.
Sputnik 1The first satellite launched into space, in 1957.
How this list was compiled: Written for this site by the editors on 2026-10-02 as a space word list for a called game; nothing was copied from another bingo card. The line beside each square is one fact for the caller to read aloud. Every fact was checked on 2026-10-02 against NASA's public pages: the facts pages for the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, the Moon and the Kuiper Belt, and the pages Solar System Facts, Stars, Galaxies, Black Holes, Eclipses, Auroras, Moon Phases and Skywatching, all at https://science.nasa.gov/ ; NASA's pages for grades K to 4 at https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/ (What Is a Rocket?, What Is a Spacesuit?, What Is the International Space Station?, What Is a Satellite?, What Is Microgravity?, What Is a Spacewalk?, What Is an Orbit?); and NASA Space Place at https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ (constellations, light-year, supernova, nebula, telescopes, launching into space). Facts that change were left out: how many moons a planet has, which missions are flying, who holds a record. No company or product is named. The ways to win (a row, a column or a diagonal) were checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(American_version) on 2026-10-02. Licence: own work