scribes the investment needed for a space station.
- Space Station Redesign, July 17, 1993
- History of the redesign of the Space Station programs under President Clinton, includes the pertinent reports.
- Statement on National Space Transportation Policy, August 5, 1994
- Outlines a clear course for the nations space program, providing a coherent strategy for supporting and strengthening U.S. space launch capability.
Neptune taken by Voyager spacecraft.
(Courtesy of NASA, JPL, and CALTech)
- Apollo to the Moon
- Extensive site by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, covers the history of spaceflight.
- Astronaut Fact Book
- Gives information on astronaut candidate selection and astronaut alma maters; lists former and current astronauts.
- A Brief History of Animals in Space
- Information about the use of animals to test the effect of space flight on living organisms.
- Congressional Research Service Reports on Space Policy
- A selection of CRS Reports complied by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Entries on all things space-related.
- Johnson Space Center (JSC) Digital Image Collection
- Image database of NASAs flights.
Jupiters red spot taken by Voyager spacecraft.
(Courtesy of NASA, JPL, and CALTech)
- Legislative Origins of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1958
- Chronicles the history of the act creating NASA, includes oral histories of those who were instrumental in its creation.
- NASA Human Spaceflight
- Contains extensive information about the various space programs, including the shuttles and the space station, plus a look behind the scenes of manned space missions.
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
- "Provides access to aerospace-related citations, full-text online documents, and images and videos." Can be browsed or searched.
- NASA Multimedia
- This web site provides access to NASA's image galleries, video, TV, interactive features, podcasts, and 3D resources.
- National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
- Public Law #85-568, 72 Stat. 426, establishes NASA and is designed to "provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earths atmosphere."
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Official site, full of historical and up-to-date information on the space program.
- Provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, "SkyView is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky." Includes images, a blog, and a non-astronomers page.
- Solar System
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory site, gives information about and images from NASAs unmanned spacecraft. Includes links to missions exploring objects in the solar system.
- Space Exploration Timeline
- Documents achievements in space since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957.
- Space Station
- Based on the PBS program, examines the financial, technical and political challenges of creating the International Space Station through questions, interactive activities, and images.
- Space Today Online
- Covers general space topics, including current events, history, and lesson plans.
- Maintained by the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, offers tips for stargazers, astronomy education, and lesson plans.
- Views of the Solar System
- Photos and scientific information, including history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through the use of text, graphics, images, and videos.
- Windows to the Universe
- Features interactive resources on Earth and space sciences; graphics intensive site.
Fireworks at star formation taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
(Courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team)