NASA
Nasa: Shuttle Reference
This site from NASA goes into great detail about the physical makeup of the Space Shuttle, and includes sidebars with further information about NASA and the manned space program.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Earthlings Beam 90,000 Friendly Messages to Mars
Article reports on recent mission by a private space company to beam messages to Mars from Earth. Includes video.
US National Archives
Our Documents: Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication
The official transcription of John Glenn's in-flight communication with Mission Control during his orbit around the earth in 1962.
Other
Nasa: Iss Earth Kam
Students get a whole new perspective of the world through images obtained from the International Space Station. Students can even request images to be taken through ISS EarthKAM. Activities and educator guides are provided.
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: Mission: Science: Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared Waves
Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Apollo Program
This site from Wikipedia encyclopedia provides an overview of the series of manned space missions that occurred during the 1960s and early 1970s. The article describes the objectives of each of the manned eleven flights, and discusses...
NASA
Langley's Role in Project Mercury
The article on this website provides a detailed description of the contributions that Langley provided to the Mercury Space Missions.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: International Ultraviolet Explorer (Level 2)
This site provides a description of the International Ultraviolet Explorer and what it accomplished. Glossary, graphics and a printable version are also included.
Other
Lunar and Planetary Institute: Apollo Surface Panaramas
View a spectacular collection of photographic panoramas taken by Apollo astronauts while exploring the lunar landscape. These images can be studied using zoom and pan tools or by reading an annotated version that identifies major...
NASA
Nasa: Dare Mighty Things
Explore this interactive timeline to learn about fifty years of planetary exploration. Click on each box for more expanded details.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Europa
This NASA page is a collection of thumbnail images of Europa taken by the Voyager and Galileo missions. Thumbnails link to low and high resolution image files and complete caption files. Images are excellent examples of various surface...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Designing a Spectroscopy Mission
Students find and calculate the angle that light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating using trigonometry. After finding this angle, student teams design and build their own spectrographs, researching and designing a...
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Galileo
A well-indexed collection of NASA images taken by the Galileo spacecraft. Images include the spacecraft itself prior to launch and all of the solar system objects this incredible mission has visited.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Ganymede
NASA offers acollection of the best images of Ganymede taken by Voyager and Galileo spacecraft. Includes links to all Voyager and Galileo images and information about the missions. Full captions for each image provides lots of...
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
A look back at the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 in July of 1969. Site has links to audio clips and images from the mission and other Apollo web sites.
NASA
Nasa: Salyut 4
Overview of the Salyut 4 space station mission and instrumentation. Has a great picture of the computer rendering of the space station.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Kuiper Belt
Explore space beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt region of our solar system. Find out about the space bodies that exist there and what our space missions have taught us about this far away region.
NASA
Nasa: Ulysses: Missions to Our Solar System
A basic informational resource about Ulysses describing the spacecraft and its payload. There is also a mission time table showing what Ulysses has done and will do.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Power Up With Tortillas!
This site from NASA provides The Space Place which gives a great explanation of energy sources for young readers using the space shuttle, cars, and our human body as examples.
Government of Canada
Canadian Space Agency: Mission to Mars
A detailed look at the obstacles and successes in the exploration of the fascinating red planet.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Venus
Get the facts on Venus. Resource offers a variety of satellite images and facts about the structure and features of Venus.
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