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General Space Links | History of Space Travel Links | Space Museum Links
CNN.com - Technology: Space
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
CNN brings top stories regarding space, an online Aurora watching, briefs and more space news to CNN.com.
Dateline Moon - Lunar TV Camera
http://www.newseum.org/lunar_camera/index.htm
Interesting biographical and technical information about the Lunar TV Camera can be found here. Millions of people were able to view live images of Neil Armstrong as he became the first man to walk on the Moon as a result of this amazing technology.
Discovery.com Guides: Space
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/space/space.html
This site contains a space community, today's features, live CAMS, games, links and information on planets and asteroids, satellites and aliens.
Glossary of Space Terms
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/glossary.html
This site offers a vast array of Space Terms from the NASA'S Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Maps of the Solar System
http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/
Look no further for a surface map database of the solar system.
NASA Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Created by NASA, this site highlights several areas: Space and Beyond, Rockets and Airplanes, Projects and Games, Pioneers and Astronauts, News for Kids and a Teacher's Corner. The Teacher's Corner contains a Word Find Builder and a Satellite Locator.
NASA Office of Space Science
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
This site is dedicated to the understanding of the entire solar system. It contains a photo gallery, digital and mission documentation, news, schedule of events and the latest images from missions/research projects and much, much more.
Space Challenge
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/service-top-level.html
You will find an exciting space game called the Astronaut Challenge in addition to information about astronauts, teaching tips, links and web-based activities that can be used in the classroom.
The Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp
This site is an overview of the mythology, history, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Included are images, movies, and references to additional related information.
The Space Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov
Included in the Space Place site are, games, space information and creative activities for both kids and teachers.
Virtual Solar System, National Geographic Society, U.S.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
The National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. has brought together 3-D and 2-D images of the solar system and its planets.
Women of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
A wonderful resource including scheduled chats with the women of NASA, profiles and teaching tips.
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History of Space Exploration
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm
This site contains a vast amount of information regarding the History of Space Exploration. You will find data about space history, spacecraft missions, U.S missions, and the chronology of space exploration.
History of Space Travel
http://www.execpc.com/~culp/space/history.html
This site covers the theory behind space travel, including the contributions made by Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, Hermann Oberth, and Wernher Von Braun.
NASA Astronautics History
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/astronautics.html
This NASA site contains key documents in the history of space policy, NASA human space flight programs, major NASA planetary probes, major NASA lunar probes, major NASA applications satellites and Earth observation projects, the NASA History Program and much more!
NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/history.html
This NASA site covers the NASA Space Act of 1958, Rocket History, Early Astronauts the History of Astronautics in addition to many other interesting topics.
NASA Historical Subject Reference Guide
http://history.nasa.gov/histsub.htm
This NASA site includes current events, publications, technical diagrams and drawings, historical subjects, hot topics and other resources.
NASA's History Office
http://history.nasa.gov/
The NASA History Office/Office of Policy and Plans, brings material on the history of NASA, it covers major subjects and includes a topical index as well as links.
Space History
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/
NASA's website contains the history of American space travel. It includes information on Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, Shuttle-Mir, the Space Shuttle and much more!
StarChild: Space Stuff
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/space.html
You will find interesting information about astronauts, space travel, space wardrobe, space probes and who's who is space. There are also exciting space activities included.
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/index.html
National Aviation Hall of Fame
http://www.nationalaviation.org
New England Air Museum
http://www.neam.org
Rose Center for Earth and Space/American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/rose/
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu
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