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NASA

Nasa: Salyut 4

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Salyut 4 space station mission and instrumentation. Has a great picture of the computer rendering of the space station.
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Primary
NASA

Nasa: "Faith 7 for 22 Orbits"a

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the final Mercury mission where Gordon Cooper orbited the earth 22 times alone for the last "Solo" American space mission.
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Primary
NASA

Nasa: Apollo Crews and Records

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a listing of all Apollo mission primary and back up crews along with the "CapComs" or ground to spacecraft communicatators. The first through seventh astronaut selection groups and a listing of Accumulated...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Deep Space 2

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA providese an interactive site for kids to learn about the Deep Space 2 mission.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Ronald E. Mc Nair, ph.d

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of Ronald McNair, the mission specialist on the Challenger spacecraft which exploded shortly after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Ellison S. Onizuka

For Students 9th - 10th
Official NASA biography of Ellison S. Onizuka, the mission specialist on the Challenger spacecraft which exploded shortly after launch.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Judith A. Resnik, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
The official NASA biography for Judith A. Resnik who was the mission specialist on board the Challenger spacecraft when it exploded in 1986.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Jupiter Voyager 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides general information about the Voyager 1 spacecraft which visited Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980. Voyager is now the most distant man made object in the universe.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Wally Schirra Gemini 6 Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief outline of the Gemini 6 mission. Links to other NASA websites are available.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Wally Schirra Mercury 8 Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief outline of the third American Earth orbit mission. Links to other NASA websites are available.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Bibliography on Martian Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a selected Annotated Bibliography on Martian Exploration presents classical Mars reading material from Percival Lowell and Alfred Russel Wallace from the turn of the last century, Werner von Braun and Willy...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Jpl Aerobot

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the JPL Aerobot and other autonomy technologies that are being developed by NASA.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Effect of the Sun's Energy on the Ocean and Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
A project based lesson where students' mission is to conduct a series of tasks that enable them to audit Earth's energy budget and help answer a number of science questions.
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NASA

The Solar Data Analysis Center (Sdac)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Solar Data Analysis Center at NASA provides all the latest information learned about the sun. Content includes a look at information brought back by several satellites.
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Interactive
Spongelab Interactive

Spongelab Interactive: Nasa: Grail & the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A website dedicated to exploring the Grail spacecraft and its mission to the moon. Students can learn about the scientific investigations the Grail is performing to learn more about the moon.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Surveyor (1966 1968)

For Students 9th - 10th
See pictures of the Surveyor, as well as a small description of the Surveyor mission objectives, along with launch,landing dates and coordinates.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Martian Diaries

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn what Mars is like from Martians! Well, people that are working on the Mars mission. This blog site contains firs-hand accounts on what is information is being recovered from Curiosity.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Project Apollo Patches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides illustrations of the Apollo Program mission patches worn by the astronauts and used by NASA in connection with each mission.
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Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Apollo Missions

For Students 7th - 9th
Overview and interesting facts about NASA's Apollo missions.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Buildup for the Space Offensive

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the events immediately preceding the first American in orbit mission of the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: John Glenn the Hero

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of events following the successful 3 Earth orbit mission of the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Ibex: Interstellar Boundary Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
This NASA article showcases the new Missions Operations Manager of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer. Learn about her educational background and why she decided to work for NASA.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Testing a New Spacecraft Material

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a site from NASA that provides an activity where "You have invented a new material to use for the fuel tanks on the spacecraft. But before you send your new material into the harsh environment of space, you must test it on Earth...
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Other

News in Science: Nasa Gives Hubble New Lease of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article (from November of 2006) discusses details related to the final NASA mission to repair and update the now somewhat aged Hubble telescope.