Surf these sites: - NASA Gateway to the individual NASA research centers -- Home pages of all NASA centers. A Space Library -- David Seal, a mission designer at NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has developed an impressive array of space-related resources at his Web site. A solar system simulator lets you view any body in the solar system from any other, from several centuries ago to several centuries from now. There are maps and images of the surfaces of planets, and accurately-rendered star backgrounds that include up to one million stars. Aero Design Team Online -- Learn about what makes airplanes fly and the cutting-edge research that NASA is conducting in this field. Apollo Lunar Surface Journal -- This NASA site has the complete transcripts of all communications between the ground and the astronauts of the Apollo missions 11 to 17, plus RealAudio samples of the Apollo 11 mission. Around the World in Eighty Scenes -- NASA'' Observatorium''s cybertake on the Jules Verne classic. This Image Gallery exhibit takes you from A(Alexandria, the ancient Egyptian port city) to Z (Wellington, New Zealand) and 78 other Earthly points in between. See the world as it looks from an orbiting satellite in full color and with brief explanations. Artwork of Saturn and Its Satellites -- a NASA compilation of all the exciting artwork from the Cassini home pages Ask the Space Scientist: FAQ page -- Archive of answers from this site which receives 30-50 questions a day about the earth, the moon, the cosmos, and other space topics; a NASA site. Astrobiology at NASA -- Astrobiology is the study of the origin, distribution, and destiny of life in the universe. It uses multiple scientific disciplines and space technologies to address fundamental questions of the origins of life. Astronomy -- Picture of the Day Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division Home Page -- from NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas BAD-Web -- (Basic Aircraft Design Web)is an informational and educational service created by the Systems Analysis Branch of NASA Ames Research Center Basics of Space Flight Learners'' Workbook -- The goal of this training module from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is to provide an aid for identifying and understanding the general concepts associated with space flight in general and deep space missions in particular. Black Holes -- A service of the High-Energy Astrophysics Learning Center at NASA--This site is intended primarily for ages 14 and up. Center for Advanced Space Studies (CASS) -- A major research and conference facility built by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1991 in Houston, Texas. Chandra X-ray Observatory -- an orbiting observatory that opens a window for the most detailed X-ray view of the universe ever revealed. Deep Space 1 -- The first of the New Millennium Program missions!Through this NASA web site you can witness the launch and follow the flight of this spacecraft as it tests 12 exciting new technologies and flies by an asteroid.Deep Space 1''s mission to "validate" technologies will pioneer the way for future spacecraft to have an arsenal of technical capabilities for exploring the universe. Earth Science Enterprise -- NASA''s Earth Science Enterprise is an initiative to advance Earth science. Earth Science and Solar System Exploration Division -- Planetary science, astromaterials, astrobiology,planetary missions, educational outreach, earth science, and life science from NASA Earth from space -- NASA images arranged by geographic region or topic. Educators'' Guide to JSC -- Our mission at NASA''s Johnson Space Center is human exploration and development of space. Electronic Resources for Educators from NASA -- Robust links to earth and space science educational materials throughout the WWW from the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Exploration In Education -- a NASA-supported program of the Special Studies Office (SSO) of the Space Telescope Science Institute features Electronic Picture Books Exploring Technology with Satellite Imagery -- An educational outreach program based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center FITS Support Office Home Page -- The Flexible Image Transport System, or FITS, is the format adopted by the astronomical community for data interchange and archival storage. The FITS Support Office is responsible for documenting the FITS standard, participating in its evolution, and advising NASA astrophysics missions on how to present their data in FITS format. Galileo Project -- The NASA Galileo Mission launched in 1989 en route to Jupiter and its moons, Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. It arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, when it fired its main engine for a successful orbit capture around Jupiter. Genesis Mission -- In our ''search for origins'' of our solar system, NASA''s Genesis mission will capture solar wind particles in the first unmanned sample return mission. Learn about the mission, and download great standards-based classroom materials that are loaded with cutting-edge content. Complete with teacher guides, student activities, student data and recording sheets, and assessments, these modules can form a focal point of quality science curricula. Goddard Space Flight Center -- Flagship of NASA''s space science program Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Page -- Learn About the Total Solar Eclipse of February 1998, Activities from Goddard Space Flight Center and links to cool sites on eclipse information (a NASA site) Gravity -- An FAQ that answers the top 15 questions about that force we all know and love: gravity HSF - International Space Station Gallery -- NASA space station image gallery High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center -- Education and Public Outreach Activities at the HEASARC/NASA High Speed Research Propulsion Project (HSRP) -- NASA is developing the technology to make High Speed Civil Transport(HSCV)cost effective, reliable, and environmentally compatible Human Exploration and Development of Space -- The mission of this NASA Enterprise is to open the space frontier by exploring, using, and enabling the development of space and to expand the human experience into the far reaches of space. ILIAD - An Offline Search Engine -- Your Personal Offline Search Engine;A NASA/JSC Learning Technologies Project Images from High Energy Astrophysics -- A NASA image library from high-energy astrophysics missions and more. Imagine The Universe! -- Dedicated to a discussion about our Universe... what we know about it, how it is evolving, and the kinds of objects and phenomena it contains.This site from NASA is intended primarily for ages 14 and up. If you are interested in a lower level, more basic discussion about astronomy and space exploration, try our StarChild site. Infrared Astronomy -- All about infrared astronomy from NASA''s infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites. IoFlyby.com -- Science news and images from Galileo''s flyby of Io. J-Track Satellite Tracking -- Shuttle, Mir, and other satellite tracking Java Applet which also shows Day/Night and near current weather conditions--a NASA site Johnson Space Center -- Established in September 1961 as NASA''s primary center for: design, development and testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human flight; selection and training of astronauts; planning and conducting human space flight missions; and extensive participation in the medical, engineering scientific experiments carried aboard apace flights. Just For Kids -- Games and activities to teach about space flight and what happens to the human body in space; a site sponsored by NASA’s Life Sciences Data Archive Kepler Mission: A Search for Habitable Planets -- The Kepler Mission is a NASA space mission designed to detect and characterize hundreds of Earth-size planets in the Habitable Zone of a wide variety of stars. The method will look for periodic dimming caused by transits of planets in front of their stars. Leonid Meteor Shower 1999 -- Nasa''s multi-instrument aircraft campaign to observe the 1999 Leonid meteor shower. Life & Microgravity -- The Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA) at NASA leads the nation''s efforts in life and microgravity sciences, related technology development, and applications using the attributes of the space environment to advance knowledge, to improve the quality of life on Earth, and to strengthen the foundations for continuing the exploration and utilization of space. Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Home Page -- a NASA-funded institute in Houston, Texas, devoted to studying the solar system and sharing the excitement of space exploration with the public. Mars Landing Sites -- Computer generated simulations based on real USGS topographical data--a NASA site Mission and Spacecraft Library -- a grass-roots effort to catalog space mission information for the general public; contains basic info on every launch, plus more detailed ''QuickLook'' info on hundreds of missions and programs. NASA -- Aeronautics and Space Research NASA Genesis Mission Outreach -- An abundance of standards-based science education materials allows teachers, students, and the public to study the the sun and solar system origins as a NASA mission unfolds. NASA - KSC Video Feeds -- Kennedy space center video feeds and link to NASA TV feeds (realvideo, realaudio, realmedia) NASA Astronaut Biographies -- These biographies are prepared by the Astronaut Office of the Johnson Space Center and are provided through the Internet as a public service to the World Wide Web community. NASA CORE - Central Operation of Resources for Educators -- Start here if looking for educational sites from NASA. NASA Classroom of the Future Program -- The COTF at Wheeling Jesuit University develops and conducts research on technology-based learning materials that challenge students to solve problems by using datasets and other information resources provided by the four strategic enterprises of NASA: Aero-Space Technology, Human Exploration and Development of Space, Earth Science Enterprise, and Space Science. NASA Educator Resource Center Network -- NASA provides expertise and facilities to help educators access and utilize science, mathematics, and technology instructional products aligned with national standards and appropriate state frameworks and based on NASA''s unique mission and results NASA Human Spaceflight -- Up to the minute information on the shuttle, the International Space Station, Real Time Data, and more, from NASA NASA Human Spaceflight -- This site sponsored by the Johnson Space Center gives easy access to Space News, RealTime Data, Space History, and information on the Shuttle, Exploring Mars and a Gallery of images related to NASA spaceflight NASA Image eXchange (NIX) -- Quick access to many of NASA''s best photos without the use of a search engine. Each category heading links to a preselected set of images that best exemplify the selected category. NASA Images and Movies -- A collection of links leading to many NASA image archive sites. NASA Is My Playground -- Here are some cool NASA sites just for kids. NASA Jobs -- NASA workforce consists of Federal civil service employees, students, contractors, university researchers, and many others. NASA continues to strive to set the Equal Opportunity Standard for Excellence through recruiting and hiring a highly skilled workforce which is representative at all levels of America''s rich diversity. NASA KIDS -- NASA Kids is best place for kids interested in Space, Science, Rocket, Astronauts and the Solar System. NASA Lewis Learning Technologies Project -- K-12 Educator resources,Aeronautic Educational Resources,and Internet Access Research from NASA NASA Mission Patches -- Online history of NASA. Brought to you by AB Emblems and Caps, official contractor to NASA. NASA News and Information -- News from NASA NASA Office of Space Flight -- NASA Headquarters Office of Space Flight Home page NASA Organizations -- A directory for NASA WWW information organized by subject. NASA Search -- This new service from NASA allows you to easily search through hundreds of thousands of documents published on NASA web sites. NASA Space Science Data Operations Office -- (SSDOO) is responsible for the project management of selected missions and the development and operations of data and information systems which support processing, management, archiving and distribution of space physics, astrophysics, and planetary data. SSDOO is part of the Space Sciences Directorate at NASA''s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland NASA Space Science Homepage -- The official site for all of NASA''s astronomy, planetary, and solar science missions and programs. NASA Space Shuttle Virtual Tour -- takes you through the Space Shuttle Columbia as it is being prepared for launch in the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. Tour in the cockpit, go through the airlock and see the inside of the Neurolab payload. NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics & Space Resource for Educators -- NASA Spacelink is a service of the Education Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA Spacelink - Cool Picks -- There is no single definition of cool, but here we have gathered some of the intriguing NASA materials and sites for your review. NASA TV on CU-SeeMe -- Information on receiving NASA TV via the CU-SeeMe software NASA Thesaurus -- authorized subject terms by which the documents in the NASA STI Databases are indexed and retrieved. NASA WWW Servers -- Astronomy & Space Servers from NASA NASA''s Observatorium -- NASA''s Observatorium is a public access site for Earth science and space science data. It contains pictures of the Earth, planets, and stars, as well as the stories behind those images. NASA''s SSDOO Summer Intern Activities -- Each summer the Space Science Data Operations Office hosts a sizable number of interns from various education programs supported by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC). Students from different colleges/ universities across the country and several local high schools join staff members for six to eight weeks to work on various scientific and technical tasks...also college professors and high school teachers come to learn from and make contributions to SSDOO NCTN Success Stories -- how NASA technology is translating into everyday commercial improvements in our lives Origins Education Outreach -- NASA Origins program Origins: Timeline of the Universe -- This NASA tutorial follows the 15-billion-year-long history of the Universe. Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) -- The personal satellite assistant (PSA) is a robotic assistant for astronauts working in space. Planetary Photojournal: NASA''s Image Access Home Page -- publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs Planetary image finders -- Planetary image finders- dedicated to listing the best sources of high-resolution, often unprocessed images, for each planet or moon. If you are interested in seeing just a few good pictures of a planet or moon, or in information about them, try one of these other resources Project STELLAR: The Care and Feeding of Black Holes -- The Care and Feeding of Black Holes-- How Can You See Something that Swallows Light?-(a NASA site) SCIENCE FICTION / SPACE TECHNOLOGY : TOOLS FOR LEARNING -- Using Science Fiction to Teach Space Technology. STS-90 Neurolab Crew Page -- Explore the NeuroLab shuttle mission on this site created by the STS-90 crew and volunteers Science Links -- The Science Section of Imagine the Universe! from NASA Science@NASA -- Mirror site to NASA''s ''science.nasa.gov'' page. Science@NASA - Science.Nasa.Gov -- Breaking news in Astrophysics, Climate Research and Microgravity science - sponsored by NASA''s Marshall Space Flight Center. SkyView -- a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray.(suppoted by NASA) Solar System -- Simulator Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center -- The National Geophysical Data Center Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division/World Data Center-A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics makes available data from the Sun and near-Earth environment. Products and services include databases, images, posters, CD-ROMs and custom products. Contact Craig Clark, cclark@ngdc.noaa.gov for more information. Space Business Archives -- The Archives is a not-for-profit organization working to preserve the history of the commercialization of space. The Archives has approximately 50,000 documents dating back to Werner von Braun. Space Center Houston -- Official Visitors Center of NASA''s Johnson Space Center Space Educators'' Handbook -- This material is part of the NASA JSC document called ''Multimedia Space Educators'' Handbook.'' Space Image Libraries -- index of space-related images by NASA''s Aerospace Education Services Program at Oklahoma State University Space Science Education Resources -- Includes links to NASA Affiliated sites, Professional Organizations and Standards,Schools/Museums/Planetariums, and more, from the Space Science Data Operations Office of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Space Science Pictures -- from NASA Space Shuttle News Reference Manual -- NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual;a complete discussion of all Space Shuttle systems with numerous diagrams and sketches prepared by NASA for the news media. Space Team Online -- Hosted by NASA''s Quest Project, Space Team Online (STO) is a location on the Internet that allows Internet users to interact with members of NASA, and publish their work online. Live activities include Web chats with members of NASA. Spacelink - NASA Educational Products -- Listed in this area are the current NASA educational products available on Spacelink. Throughout the year NASA produces new items and revises existing products. The publication number shown with the product indicates its version. StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers -- NASA Structure and Evolution of the Universe -- NASA''s quest to explain the structure of the Universe and forecast our cosmic destiny, explore cycles of matter and energy and to examine the ultimate limits of gravity and energy. TOMS -- Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer project, from NASA. TRMM -- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, from NASA Tech Twice -- Technology Twice Used -- NASA Technology used twice The RXTE Learning Center -- a forum for explaining the science the satellite RXTE does, as well as striving to introduce concepts of X-ray astronomy to the public and to provide teachers with data and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom. This NASA site also includes descriptions of discoveries RXTE has made. Ages: Upper High School to adult. The Remote Sensing Tutorial -- This is a very exhaustive on-line tutorial approach to learning about the role of space science and technology in monitoring the Earth''s surface and atmosphere. It is sponsored by the Applied Information Science Branch at NASA''s Goddard Space Flight Center and will serve as a primer for the new user as well as a teaching tool for the educational community. The Science of Star Trek -- Is Star Trek really a science show, or just a lot of "gee, whiz" nonsensical Sci-Fi? Could people really DO the fantastic things they do on the original Star Trek and Next Generation programs, or is it all just hi-tech fantasy for people who can''t face reality? (a NASA site) Thursday''s Classroom -- News, research, lesson plans and educational activities from NASA. Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars -- Downloadable computer simulations of black holes, neutron stars, and the surrounding areas. Warp Drive When? -- Have you ever wondered . . . WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace -- This list of astronomical resource sites has been created by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA''s Goddard Space Flight Center. It is intended as a resource for users who have a general interest in astronomical topics. Women of NASA -- Join this interactive project designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in math, science and technology by providing as role models outstanding women working in diverse fields at NASA
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