Space and Rocket Coloring Pages

These space and rocket coloring pages send kids on a mission. Rockets are the stars of the collection, shown on launch pads, in flight and landing on imaginary planets, and they are joined by astronauts in spacesuits, rovers, landers, satellites and space stations. All astronauts are anonymous and there are no space agency logos or movie characters, so every child can plan a mission of their own.

Kids can color a rocket on a snowy launch pad, a rocket under the northern lights, a rocket above storm clouds, a rocket returning to Earth and a cargo rocket at a fueling station. Rockets also visit invented worlds with striped hills, ice canyons, umbrella trees and stone circles. Astronaut pages include a young astronaut looking through a telescope, a female astronaut in an orbital space station lab and a space engineer repairing a satellite, while a lander module at a planetary research base and a rover in a volcanic crater show what happens after touchdown.

The sheets are medium difficulty for kids ages 6 to 10. Clear outlines guide the pencil, while control panels, spacesuit details and alien landscapes add smaller areas that encourage patience. Coloring them builds fine motor skills and pencil grip, and kids learn the names of real space equipment along the way.

Kids who want to learn about the planets themselves can continue in Planet and Solar System Coloring Pages, a subcategory with planets, the Moon, comets and galaxies. Together, the two collections make a handy companion for a science lesson or a homeschool space unit.

All sheets are free to download and print in black and white. They are sized for A4 paper; if you use US Letter, choose "Fit to page" in the print settings. Regular printer paper (20 lb, about 80–90 gsm) works well for colored pencils and crayons, while markers and paints need heavier paper or cardstock so the color does not bleed through.

For more machines, try Robot Coloring Pages and Airplane Coloring Pages.