NASA
Nasa: Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster
This poster of NASA Earth and Space Science Explorers is great for classrooms.
Read Works
Read Works: From the Earth to Outer Space
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about science fiction authors who predicted travel to outer space. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Planes in Space
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The equation of a plane on an x, y, z coordinate graph
Ohio State University
Friendship 7: A 40 Year Legacy
Online exhibit that celebrates the flight of Friendship 7 manned by astronaut, John Glenn.
Harvard University
Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network: Explore the Universe
This website introduces you to the MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Links and resources for both teachers and students are included.
BBC
Bbc News: Animated Guide: The Rosetta Mission
This brief animated guide to the Rosetta mission allows you to see how it is going to get to the comet, and then what it will do once it arrives there.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: All About Comets
Learn about comets: Where do comets come from? What brings comets near Earth? What makes comets look fuzzy? What do comets look like up close? What's inside a comet? Why do comets have tails?
NASA
Nasa: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.
European Space Agency
European Space Agency: Aurora Exploration Programme
This is an enlightening look at the European Space Agency's new project to explore the universe with futuristic technology. See what they have accomplished and what they plan to do next via articles and a multimedia gallery that contains...
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Space Travel (Level 1)
Learn about the history of space travel. Audio content is included as well as vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Dr. Sally Ride
Here you can learn all about Sally Ride, the first American woman to orbit Earth. Also, learn a fun trivia fact about Sally Ride!
NASA
Nasa: Deep Impact Slideshow
This slideshow chronicles the mission to analyze Tempel 1. It begins with the launch on January 12 and ends with an artist's rendering of the anticipated result. Video and links are also included.
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to the Planets the Explorers
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.
Children's Museum
Field Guide to the Universe: Space Craft
Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: One in Five Suns Has Habitable World
Using the Kepler telescope, NASA scientists have estimated that one in five of suns in space host an Earth-like planet in what is called the habitable zone.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Space Exploration
Students are prompted to respond to the question, do you think money spent on space exploration is justified?
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration
A website with various activities for different grade levels covering the subject of space exploration. Activities include building your own solar system, coloring pages, making models, and even a solar system cookbook.
Curated OER
National Park Service: America's Space Program Exploring a New Frontier
This site includes a activity for teachers to use when teaching about America's space program. Also included is the history of the space program, maps, readings, images of the space program, and benefits that resulted from space research.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Nasa vs. Space X What's the Difference?
What are the differences and similarities between NASA and SpaceX? The Infographics Show explores the differences between the two.
NASA
Nasa: Nasa's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds
NASA announces the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: America's First Spaceman
Use this site to learn all about the first man to reach the edge of space, paving the way for the space exploration program. Related links available.
CNN
Cnn: Hubble Upgrade
A 1997 CNN report on the results of a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Video interviews with experts provide information on what the telescope has revealed about several celestial objects (Nebula and Black Holes).
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Johnson's Task, Unify Space Program
Russia was ahead in the "space race" in 1961. In this article, the Library of Congress discusses how President Kennedy assigned Lyndon Johnson the task of uniting the different parts of the U.S. space program into NASA.