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When accessing this site a student can find pictures and news releases, educational activities, and science resources.
Find out about the decay of a Martian dust storm and about handling
data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Here you will read about the history of the space station Mir, click on an image map to find where Mir is presently located, read visibility predictions, and more.
Bill Harwood is a writer for CBS who has covered news from NASA for the past 15 years. At his site, the viewer gets up-to-the-minute reports, news about space missions in progress, space missions planned for the future, space program statistics, and links to other space sites.
At this site the viewer finds a shuttle and video archive which includes electronic images from preflight, launch and landing activities conducted at ten different flight and research centers around the country.
This excellent site has links to educational resources, current events, educational programs, teacher training, and more. Check it out and experience the fun of the simulation programs.
Students who want some indepth knowledge about space missions should visit this site.
Work through an online workbook here to learn about the environment of
space, space flight projects, experiments, telecommunications, and more.
A comprehensive glossary of terms and abbreviations is included.
Learn about the cooperation involved in the Shuttle-Mir experience, as well as, the
reasons for doing this project. Visitors can also learn about the operation of
this complicated program.
Visitors can learn about Atlantis, the fourth orbiter to become operational at Kennedy
Space Center. Learn how it got its name, as well as, upgrades and features of Atlantis, and
flights to date.
The Space Report is issued about once a week and describes space launches, including both piloted missions
and automated satellites.
A brief description of Space Station Mir and links to some of the people involved. Students
can read news about Mir and more.
Here one can find a short description of the Mir project, a link to see where Mir is presently located,
the Mir flight schedule, and other interesting things.
Visitors to this site will learn about the Viking Project. Facts and images are shown.
A brief description of why the Hubble Space project was started and a history of this mission are given at this site.
Students join the men and women who work to make a space shuttle fly. View the training of
astronauts, preparation of the shuttle between missions, shuttle launches, and more.
Ask questions of NASA experts via email too.
Learn facts about Pathfinder entry, descent, and landing. Access a status report,
the launch video, images from Pathfinder and more.
This site explains why the Apollo program was designed and gives a brief overall history. Students can click on the spacecraft name for
information about the specific spacecraft.
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