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In The News
NASA - Solar System Exploration
Sections Include: News & Events ; Planets ; Missions ; Science & Technology ; Multimedia ; People ; Kids ; Education ; History.

  • Pluto
    "On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally downgraded Pluto from an official planet to a dwarf planet."

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For Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster - see our Space Shuttle page.

NASA Home Page

NASA News & Features
Sections include: News Highlights ; Agency News ; Mission News ; NASA Newsroom.

Exploring the Universe
Sections include: Our Solar System ; Stars and Galaxies ; Watch the Skies ; New Worlds ; Robotic Explorers.

Voyager
"Voyager 1, now the most distant human-made object in the universe, and Voyager 2, close onits heels, continue their ground-breaking journey with their current mission to study the region in space where the Sun's influence ends and the dark recesses of interstellar space begin."

  • Gold Record
    Voyager's Greetings to the Universe
    "...containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth."

Ames Research Center

  • Asteroid & Comet Impact Hazards - (dead link)
    Includes Congressional statements & testimony, reports, gallery, news, a catalog of of potentially hazardous asteroids, and more
    NASA Ames Space Science Division
    • Possible Impact in 2880 - (dead link) (April 2002)
      "The orbit of asteroid 1950 DA is known so well that we can consider a possible impact with Earth more than 800 years in the future."

Ames Graphical Image Index
NASA JSC's Earth Observation Collection
220,973 images total in missions STS1-76

Center for Advanced Space Studies - (dead link)


Deep Impact Mission
Comet Impact: July 4, 2005.
Sections include: News ; Images ; Media Resources ; Mission to a Comet ; Multimedia ; Spacecraft & Instruments ; Team ; Timeline.

Destination: Earth
The Official Website for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise
"...dedicated to understanding the total Earth system and the effects of humans on the global environment."

  • Earth Science Applications Directorate (ESA) - (dead link)
    "...is part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). The ESE is dedicated to understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment."

Digital Tectonic Activity Map
"The Digital Tectonic Activity Map (DTAM) is a new visualization tool for both researcher and educator alike to better understand tectonic activity of our planet for the past 1 million years. DTAM is a Geographical Information System (GIS) that displays a realistic synoptic view of present global tectonism by filling in the cartographic gap between conventional geological maps and plate reconstruction maps."

Earth Observing System (EOS)
 "...consists of a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans."

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission (NEAR)
 This educational site includes the latest news from NEAR Shoemaker and asteroid 422 Eros, Movies, PDF Image Sheets, Image of the Day (with archive) and much more

Genesis Mission Home Page - (dead link)
"NASA's Discovery mission Genesis has launched its spacecraft to collect pieces of the sun, called solar wind, that may contain the answers. After its August 8, 2001 launch, the Genesis spacecraft began its journey a million miles sunward. At L1, it has unfolded its collectors and will "sunbathe" for two years before returning to Earth in 2004 with its precious cargo. Scientists will study the solar wind samples for years to come.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA

Glenn Learning Technologies Project

  • Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics
    "The site was prepared at NASA Glenn by the Learning Technologies Project (LTP) to provide background information on basic aerodynamics and propulsion for secondary math and science teachers. In response to increased interest and visits by students and airplane enthusiasts, we are now including interactive animated versions of many pages."

Global Change Master Directory
"...to assist the scientific community in the discovery of and linkage to Earth science data, as well as to provide data holders a means to advertise their data to the Earth Science Community."

Goddard Space Flight Center

  • The Goddard News - (dead link)
    Published weekly by the Office of Public Affairs
  • Beyond Einstein
    Structure and Evolution of the Universe: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
    "The discoveries of Albert Einstein sparked the scientific revolution of the 20th century and rank among the greatest achievements of humanity. Recent developments show that we can now complete Einstein's legacy and, in the first decades of the 21st century, unravel the mysteries of the Universe that await us. ."
    Sections include: The Science ; The Program ; What's New ; Press Room ; The Technology ; Education ; Life Cycles ; Resources ; People.
  • Data and Information Services Center (DISC DAAC)
    Distributed Active Archive Center
    • Ocean Color Data, Information, and Resources - (dead link)
      "Remote sensing ocean color data used to investigate ocean productivity, marine optical properties, and the interaction of winds and currents with ocean biology."
    • Oceanography from the Space Shuttle - (dead link)
      "Oceanography from the Space Shuttle is a pictorial survey of oceanic phenomenon visible to the naked eye from space. Originally published in 1989, it is now out of print and only available on this web site."
      NASA's Goddard DAAC Ocean Floor Data Support
    • Physical Oceanography - Distributed Active Archive Center [PO.DAAC]
      "...is responsible for archiving and distributing data relevant to the physical state of the ocean. Most of the products available at the PO.DAAC were obtained from satellites and are intended for use in oceanographic and interdisciplinary scientific research."
  • A Global View from Space - (dead link) "An interactive and intuitive web-based display of realtime satellite imagery
    from around the globe."
  • National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
    "...archives and provides access to a wide variety of astrophysics, space physics, solar physics, lunar and planetary data from NASA space flight missions, in addition to selected other data and some models and software."
  • Satellite Tracking of Threatened Species - (dead link)
    "The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, and the Direct Readout - (dead link) group of the Applied Information Sciences Branch (Code 935) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center are working together on a project to monitor the migration routes of several endangered species using satellite tracking."
  • SeaWiFS Project
    "The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project will develop and operate a research data system that will process, calibrate, validate, archive and distribute data received from an Earth-orbiting ocean color sensor."

History Office

  • Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
    Sections include: Introduction ; Astronaut Comments ; Bibliographies ; Biographies ; Documents ; Galleries ; Timelines ; Links.

HubbleSite
Sections include: News ; Discoveries ; Sci-Tech ; Edu-Space ; Fun.
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach

Human Space Flight (HSF) - NASA


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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • 2001 Mars Odyssey - (dead link)
  • Cassini Jupiter Flyby Science Page - (dead link)"On 30 December 2000 the Cassini spacecraft, on its way to Saturn, made its closest approach to the planet Jupiter...An ambitious set of observations are underway -- ranging from observations of atmospheric dynamics and composition, Jupiter's magnetic environment, the interactions between Jupiter and its moons...the list goes on."
  • Deep Impact:
    The First Look Inside a Comet!
    "Scheduled for July 2005, Deep Impact's spacecraft will arrive at comet Tempel 1 and become the first mission to impact the surface of a comet."
  • Galileo Project Home - Journey to Jupiter
    "The Galileo spacecraft's 14-year odyssey came to an end on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003 when the spacecraft passed into Jupiter's shadow then disintegrated in the planet's dense atmosphere at 11:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time...Launched in 1989 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, Galileo has been exploring Jupiter and its moons since December 1995."
    Sections include: Jupiter Impact ; Quick Facts about Galileo ; Current Moon Count ; Jupiter Flyby Website ; News.
  • Genesis Mission Home Page
    "NASA's Discovery mission Genesis has launched its spacecraft to collect pieces of the sun, called solar wind, that may contain the answers. After its August 8, 2001 launch, the Genesis spacecraft began its journey a million miles sunward. At L1, it has unfolded its collectors and will "sunbathe" for two years before returning to Earth in 2004 with its precious cargo. Scientists will study the solar wind samples for years to come."
  • Mars Exploration Rover Mission Home (English or Spanish)
    "NASA's Spirit Rover is starting to examine its new surroundings, revealing a vast flatland well suited to the robot's unprecedented mobility and scientific toolkit."
    Sections include: Mars for Kids ; Mars for Students ; Mars for Educators ; Mars for Press ; Multimedia ; Overview ; Science ; Technology ; The Mission ; Features ; Events.
  • Mars Meteorites
    "Of the 22,000 or so meteorites that have been discovered on Earth, only 19 have been identified as originating from the planet Mars. These rare meteorites created a stir throughout the world when NASA announced in August 1996 that evidence of microfossils may be present in one of these Mars meteorites."
  • Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program
    "This Program Office was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit...The intent of this web page is to bring together relevant information on all aspects of Near-Earth Object studies and, in particular, to explain why these objects are so important to life on Earth. These objects have struck the Earth in the past and they will do so in the future."

  • Ocean Surface Topography
    Includes data from TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1.
    Sections include: Overview ; Science ; Technology ; Missions ; Newsroom ; Education ; Gallery.

  • Planetary Data System  
    "...archives and distributes digital data from past and present NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements. The PDS is sponsored by NASA's Office of Space Science to ensure the long-term usability of data, to stimulate research, to facilitate data access, and to support correlative analysis."
    • Magellan Data Archives - (dead link)
      "Magellan's data will permit the first global geological understanding of Venus, the planet most like Earth in our solar system."
    • Welcome to the Planets
      "This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program 'Welcome to the Planets' which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5 in December 1995. It has also been updated with the addition of more recent images."
  • Seawinds on QuikScat Daily Wind Report
    "The goal of this effort is to process the QuikScat winds in near real-time (within hours after data acquisition) and make the wind information available to the general public in the form of QuickTimeÆ movies, GifÆ and Jpeg images."
  • Solar System Simulator
    Inputs include: Viewpoint and Target ; Date and Time ; Field of View ; Options.
    By David Seal.
  • Spitzer Space Telescope
    "Spitzer will be the final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - a family of four orbiting observatories, each observing the Universe in a different kind of light (visible, gamma rays, X-rays, and infrared)."
    Sections include: Images ; About Spitzer ; Science ; Technology ; NewsRoom.

  • Stardust
    NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission
    Sections include: Overview ; Mission ; Science ; Technology ; Newsroom ; Education ; Gallery ; Links ; Comet Resources.

    • Wild 2 Sample - January 2, 2004
      "Team Stardust, NASA's first dedicated sample return mission to a comet, passed a huge milestone today by successfully navigating through the particle and gas-laden coma around comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2"). During the hazardous traverse, the spacecraft flew within 240 kilometers (149 miles) of the comet, catching samples of comet particles and scoring detailed pictures of Wild 2's pockmarked surface."
  • Voyager
    "Voyager 1, now the most distant human-made object in the universe, and Voyager 2, close onits heels, continue their ground-breaking journey with their current mission to study the region in space where the Sun's influence ends and the dark recesses of interstellar space begin."
    • Gold Record
      Voyager's Greetings to the Universe
      "...containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth."

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (NASA)
 Interface to selected Langley Data Center data sets and images which can be downloaded or ordered directly from the Web. Includes:

  • Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor II (ACRIM II) Total Solar Irradiance Data
  • CERES Pathfinder (Available from this page only - FTP)
  • Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) data (Selected data - FTP)
  • NASA Water Vapor Project (NVAP). (Browse images)
  • Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation (SCAR-A/SCAR-B). (Data - Media; browse images)
  • Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) derived liquid water and vertically integrated water data (Available from this page only - FTP)
  • Surface Solar Energy (SSE) data. (Browse images and data available from this page only - FTP)"

Marshall Space Flight Center

  • Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) - (dead link)"...a joint venture between government and academia to the study the global water cycle and its effect on climate...The primary focus of the research center is to understand the Earth's global water cycle, the distribution and variability of atmospheric water, and the impact of human activity as it relates to global climate change. From there, inroads can be made toward educating our society on the global hydrological process and its impact on society's day-to-day activities."
  • The Solar Physics Group
    Includes a listing of Recent Solar Physics News Stories

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
"It is built around a master list of extragalactic objects for which cross-identifications of names have been established, accurate positions and redshifts entered to the extent possible, and some basic data collected. Bibliographic references relevant to individual objects have been compiled, and abstracts of extragalactic interest are kept on line. Detailed and referenced photometry, position, and redshift data, have been taken from large compilations and from the literature. NED also includes images for over 700,000 extragalactic objects from 2MASS, from the literature, and from the Digitized Sky Survey. NED's data and references are being continually updated, with revised versions being put on-line every 2-3 months."

NASA Headquarters

  • GRIN - Great Images in NASA
    "...is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes. This collection is intended for the media, publishers, and the general public looking for high-quality photographs."

NASA Live Cams and Mission Displays

NASA Multimedia Gallery - (dead link)

  • Photo Gallery - (dead link) "This is an attempt to bring all of NASA's still images to one location."
  • Video Gallery - (dead link)
    "This page is meant to be an overarching guide to digital video and animation related to NASA and space exploration
  • Audio Gallery
     "By arrangement with Internet Multicasting Services, NASA offers a selection of "Space Story" radio programs from 1994 and 1995 in multiple formats. The topics include Earth Science, planetary exploration, astronomy, aeronautics and space flight."
  • Arts Gallery - (dead link) "Not only do these art works provide a historic record of NASA projects, they also give the public a new and fuller understanding of advancements in aerospace."

NASA News
Includes status reports, highlights and schedules

NASA Quest - An Educational Web Site (K12)
"Dedicated to bringing NASA people, space and science to classrooms through the Internet."

  • Astro-Venture
    "...is an educational, interactive, multimedia Web environment where students in grades 5-8 role-play NASA occupations, as they search for and build a planet with the necessary characteristics for human habitation."
  • Women of NASA - (dead link)
    "...area offers opportunities to find out about their education, career journeys, and current work via online profiles, live webchats, interactive video webcasts, and textbased forums. Young women give peer perspectives of working at NASA through their adventure journals, photos and videos."

NASA Science News - (dead link)

  • Arctic Asteroid!
    "A 200 metric ton rock from space streaked across the skies of western Canada on January 18, 2000."
    Article from June 1, 2000.
  • Sedimentary Mars
    "New Mars Global Surveyor images reveal sedimentary rock layers on the Red Planet that may have formed underwater in the distant martian past."
    December 4, 2000

NASA Scientific & Technical Information (STI) - (dead link) "...helps you find NASA aerospace STI, as well as locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises."

  • Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) - (dead link)
    NASA STI Publications

National Space Science & Technology Center

  • The Gamma-Ray Astronomy Team
    "The primary objectives of our research are to study gamma-ray phenomena such as pulsars, black holes, other galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, and other exotic astrophysical objects."

Regional Planetary Image Facility - (dead link)
Listing of both U.S. and international image libraries

Report of the Mars Program Independent Assessment Team - (dead link)

Robotics Education Project
"...is dedicated to encouraging people to become involved in science and engineering, particularly robotics. REP works to capture the educational potential of NASA's robotics missions by supporting educational robotics competitions and events, facilitating robotics curriculum enhancements at all educational levels, and maintaining a web site clearinghouse of robotics education information."

Solar System Exploration
Sections Include: News & Events ; Planets ; Missions ; Science & Technology ; Multimedia ; People ; Kids ; Education ; History.

  • Pluto
    "On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally downgraded Pluto from an official planet to a dwarf planet."

Space Team Online - (dead link)
Includes field journals, photo galleries, and much more

Space Science Missions
"From NASA's Office of Space Science, this metapage lists a wide variety of missions that are either under study, in development, currently in operation, or completed (those that ended after 1989). Users may access names of missions, brief descriptions, and links to missions by clicking on the category heading. Also available here are a few links to multi-mission programs, ground-based astronomy, technology programs, and non-space science missions. [KR]"

For Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster - see our Space Shuttle page.

Space Telescope Science Institute

  • Scientist Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars (Release 10/11/01)
    Includes: Press Release ; Photos ; Illustrations ; Animations ; Update ; Background Text ; Links ; Fast Facts ; FAQ.
  • Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region
    "NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile star-forming region, called the 30 Doradus Nebula, has a sparkling stellar centerpiece: the most spectacular cluster of massive stars in our cosmic neighborhood of about 25 galaxies."
    Sections include: Photos ; Animations ; Videos ; Background Text ; Related Links ; Fast Facts ; FAQs.
  • HubbleSite
    Sections include: News ; Discoveries ; Sci-Tech ; Edu-Space ; Fun.
    Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach
  • Star Clusters Born in the Wreckage of Cosmic Collisions (July, 2001)

Spitzer Space Telescope
"Spitzer will be the final mission in NASA's Great Observatories Program - a family of four orbiting observatories, each observing the Universe in a different kind of light (visible, gamma rays, X-rays, and infrared)."
Sections include: Images ; About Spitzer ; Science ; Technology ; NewsRoom.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Terra (EOS AM-1)
"...is the flagship of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), a major international science program to monitor climate and environmental change. Terra is collecting a new global data set to enable research into the ways that Earth's lands, oceans, atmosphere, ice, radiant energy, and life function as a whole system. In February 2000, Terra reached final orbit and acquired its first images, some of which are now available to the public!"

Visible Earth
 "a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth" 

Voyager
"Voyager 1, now the most distant human-made object in the universe, and Voyager 2, close on its heels, continue their ground-breaking journey with their current mission to study the region in space where the Sun's influence ends and the dark recesses of interstellar space begin."

  • Gold Record
    Voyager's Greetings to the Universe
    "...containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth."

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