Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Mercury
This is a useful resource for facts and images pertaining to the planet Mercury.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Voyager 2 Pictures
This web page contains pictures and brief descriptions of the pictures that the Voyager 2 took.
NASA
Kennedy Space Center: Project Mercury: America's First Space Explorers
Describes Project Mercury and its goals.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Nasa Timeline
This interesting NASA timeline provides the dates and facts about the important events and people involved in space exploration in the United States.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Kalpana Chawla Biography
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman to venture into space.
Other
Saturn Today: Your Daily Source of Saturn News
This resource archives and posts the most recent Cassini images of Saturn and its moons. Other missions and information on these objects are also posted here.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Cassini Uvis Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
This is the home page of the team that built the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph carried by the Cassini mission to Saturn.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Asteroids
The National Space Science Data Center provides numerous images of asteroids up close, including Gaspra, Ida & Dactyl, Toutatis, and Vesta. The site also includes link to further information about many NASA missions to study the...
NASA
Kennedy Space Center: Skylab Operations Summary
This article has a summary of the Skylab mission, including specs on many aspects of the mission.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Phobos Project
Information on the failed Russian missions to Mars. Though both failed to complete their missions, much was learned about the solar system and new technology.
NASA
Nasa: Testing a New Spacecraft Material
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...
Other
Space Crew Protective Equipment
The David Clark Company outlines the history of their "Crew Protective Equipment". Good images and information on their suits is available here. Information is available on the following equipment.Anti-G Suits used by allied fighter...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Space Age Living: Building the Iss
Discover what the International Space Station is, what it does, who is building it, where it is and the answers to many more ISS questions.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: Hubble Site Pointing Controls
The Hubble space telescope uses some very basic physics to turn itself around and look at different parts of the sky. Learn about the gyroscopes that Hubble uses and the different spacecraft systems Hubble employs on its missions.
Johns Hopkins University
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (Near) Discovery Mission
This is the homepage of the spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker, the first to conduct a long-term, close-up study of an asteroid. The site contains information on the asteroid 453 Eros, including mass, structure, geology, composition, and gravity.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Mariner 10 Images
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
NASA
Nasa Jpl: Galileo Legacy Site
This site from NASA provides a detailed overview for the Galileo mission to Jupiter. Content ranges from the mission description to Jupiter images to educational resources.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Eileen Collins
This short biography tracks the life of Eileen Collins, first woman to pilot a space shuttle and command a space shuttle mission.
Read Works
Read Works: Mission Pluto
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Pluto being classified as a dwarf planet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to the Planets the Explorers
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.
NC State University
Adventures of the Agronauts
Come along with the Agronauts and discover space in order to report back to Commander Spud Goodroot. Fun site provides all types of information about space science! Various missions include: 'What's In Our Sky?', 'The Root of the...
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).
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.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Space Launch Complex 10
First built in 1958 to test missiles, it was used to launch space missions from 1963 to 1980. It is now a rare, well preserved example of the equipment and facilities from that era.
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