NASA
Nasa: Aeronautical/astronautical Events of January March 1961
This NASA site offers a timeline of significant events in the space race during this brief frame of time, with some discussion of the prestige involved.
NASA
Nasa History in Brief
Learn about the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the programs it started.
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
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Spacecraft
Students learn about spacecraft in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are Apollo, after Sputnik, and exploring galaxies. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
NASA
Nasa: Final Shuttle Mission to the Hubble Telescope
Discover here the space Servicing Mission 4, or the mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Meet the team and learn all about the servicing project.
NASA
Nasa: Multimedia
NASA shows off images of space here as well as their interactive features: Find a blog, podcasts, interactive features and more. Download your favorite image onto your phone.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
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.
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).
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Should Man Explore Space?
This lesson will bring young scholars through a series of activities so that they will be able to make an informed decision as to whether man should explore space.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Dsn Uplink Downlink: A Dsn Game
Use big antennas to send information to and receive information from NASA's robotic explorers in the solar system and beyond.
NASA
Nasa: Missions: Venus: Mariner 5
Designed as a backup craft for Mars exploration, Mariner 5 was refurbished for a flyby mission to Venus in 1967. This site provides basic information about the spacecraft and its mission.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Give Me Some Space
Students are asked to identify equipment and/or instruments used to explore the universe.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Rugged Rovers
Design and test your own all-terrain space rover with this app.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Planetary Paparazzo
Discusses the information from the NASA spacecraft Messenger as it orbits Mercury and transmits photographs of the planet's surface to Earth.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Recipe for an Eco Sphere
Finf out about NASA-created self-contained living worlds inside closed glass containers.
NASA
Nasa: Educator Features and Articles
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
NASA
Nasa: Educator Features and Articles
K-12 educational articles, lesson plans, and other teaching materials on current NASA projects that meet national education standards. NASA generates awareness of students' interest in space, science, mathematics, geography, and...
NASA
Nasa: Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster
This poster of NASA Earth and Space Science Explorers is great for classrooms.
NASA
Nasa: Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster
This poster of NASA Earth and Space Science Explorers is great for classrooms.
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: Astronaut Biography: Michael Collins
Official NASA biography of astronaut, Michael Collins, who served on the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 space missions.
NASA
Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Edward H. White, Ii
Official NASA biography of astronaut, Edward H. White II, killed in the Apollo spacecraft flash fire during a launch pad test in 1967.
NASA
Nasa Space Place: What Is an Exoplanet?
Defines exoplanets and explains how astronomers go about looking for them.