Activity packets for Scouts!
To use during a Stargazing Evening or Planetarium Show.

Below you will find several links related to space. If you find a site that you feel belongs on this list, email it to us today!


NASA

NASA’s Educator Astronaut Program
See learning in a whole new light.
www.edspace.nasa.gov

NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space news and exploration mission information.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA – Space News
www.nasa.gov.news
Solar System Expoloration
The Planets, missions, technology, history, education and more.
www.solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Welcome to the Planets
A collection of many of the best images from NASA’s planetary exploration program.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
The Solar System
Developed by NASA’s Starchild team.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html

Great Images in NASA
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/BROWSE/ALLGRIN_1.html

Cassini Huygens Saturn Mission
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs)
Spirit and Oppportunity.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Where Exactly is the Space Station right now?
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

The Space Station Sighting Page
You can look up your city and see if the station is flying overhead.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/index.cgi

Space Calendar
NASA space calendar and dates in history.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/

NASA’s Web Site for Human Space Flight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

Astronaut Application
Think you have the right stuff? Check out the astronaut application from NASA.
www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/astronauts

Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s Official Web Site
www.caib.us
Johnson Space Center
Located in Houston Texas.
www.jsc.nasa.gov
Kennedy Space Center
Located in Florida.
www.ksc.nasa.gov
Favorite Astronauts
Read up on your favorite astronaut – past or present.
www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios
NASA’s Official Return to Flight Task Group
http://returntoflight.org
Miscellaneous
The Exodus Project
This site provides a number of introductory astronomy labs as well as extensive information on the mathematics and engineering of spaceflight.
www.ExodusProject.com
Big Bear Solar Observatory
Daily images of the sun with links to other observatories.
www.bbso.njit.edu/
Comet and Meteors
Comet and Meteor shower page.
www.comets.amsmeteors.org
Lowell Observatory – Flagstaff
www.lowell.edu/
Mt. Wilson Observatory
www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/intro.html
Sky and Telescope Magazine
http://skyandtelescope.com/
The Star Gazer -Jack Horkheimer
PBS television program Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium.
www.starhustler.com/

The Constellations
Information about the constellations.
www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html

Windows to the Universe – University of Michigan
www.windows.umich.edu/
Space Patches
Excellent site for information regarding Space Patches on display on the 2nd floor.
www.spacepatches.info

Latest and Most Updated Space News
Accurate, timely information on numerous space missions, including the space station and space shuttle.
www.spaceflightnow.com/index

Stargazing For Everyone
Community educational programs and public events in Arizona.
www.stargazingforeveryone.com
Mars Global Surveyor
This website provides excellent up-to-date Mars, TES, and space-related resources.
http://tes.la.asu.edu/
The Hubble Space Telecope
Hubble Online
The online version of Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe. Take a journey into Hubble’s amazing universe through cool pictures, interactives, and movies.
www.hubblesite.org/discoveries/hstexhibit/
HubbleSite
Includes news, images, discoveries, technology, games, links and more.
http://hubblesite.org/
The Telescope – General Information
An in-depth look at Hubble’s instruments, optics, and systems.
http://hubble.stsci.edu/sci.d.tech/nuts_.and._bolts/
Hubble’s Statistics, History and Founders
http://hubble.stsci.edu/sci.d.tech/facts_.and._figures/
From Galileo to Hubble: Why a Telescope in Space?
A student-friendly interactive introduction to Hubble.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galileo/index.html
The Solar System- General Information
Great Hubble photographs and descriptions.
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/showcase/solar_system/index.shtml


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