Astronomy Resources
EDUCATION RESOURCES:
NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory - http://teachspacescience.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex
NASA Education - http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
National Space Science Data Center (up to date info) - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html
NASA Educator Resource Center - http://education.nasa.gov/about/contacts/Educator_Resource_Center_Network.html
NASA Explorer Schools - http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/portal/site/nes/
NASA Student Involvement Program (K - 12) - http://www.nsip.net/
The Space Place (Elementary and middle school) - http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/
Starchild (Elementary and middle School) - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
NASA Sky Calls (4th – 8th grade) - http://skycalls.org/
NASA Kids - http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Imagine the Universe (age 14 and up) - http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/homepage.html
The Great Moonbuggy Race (high school & college participation) - http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov
Space Day (all ages) - http://www.spaceday.com/
Astronomy Picture of the Day - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Solar System Exploration - http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/
SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) - http://www.seds.org/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Science@NASA - http://science.nasa.gov
JPL Solar System Ambassador Program - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/front.html
NASA homepage - http://www.nasa.gov/
Kennedy Space Center Live Video - http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/video45m.html
Deep Space Network - http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
International Space Station - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Space Shuttle - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Goddard Space Flight Center Education Programs - http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The Cosmic Distance Scale - http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/cosmic.html
Astronomy Education Resources ASP - http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/educ_bib.html
Live In-Flight Education Downlink from the Teaching in Space Office: e-mail nseo@ems.jsc.nasa.gov or call 281-244-2320
WHAT IS IN THE SKY TONIGHT?
Star Gazer - http://www.jackstargazer.com/
*Skymaps - http://www.skymaps.com
Sky and Telescope Magazine web site - Sky at a Glance http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/article_110_1.asp
Astronomy Magazine web site - http://www.astronomy.com
Satellite tracking - http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/
*Satellite Visibility (Shuttle,ISS, HST.) Sky maps, constellations, etc - http://www.heavens-above.com
TELESCOPES / OBSERVATORIES / SPACECRAFT:
Hard Labor Creek Observatory - http://www.chara.gsu.edu/HLCO/openhouse.html
Space Telescope Science Institute(Hubble Space Telescope) - http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/
James Webb Space Telescope - http://ngst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Chandra X-Ray Observatory - http://chandra.harvard.edu/
Spitzer Space Telescope - http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) - http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/outreach/
HETE-2 (Mission to detect Gamma-ray bursts) - http://space.mit.edu/HETE/
Spitzer Space Telescope (Infrared) - http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
EARTH:
JASON- (ocean surface topography from space) - http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Starshine - (Student participation in satellite mission) - http://www.azinet.com/starshine/
MOON:
Solar System Exploration - http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon
Exploring the Moon Teacher’s Guide - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Exploring.the.Moon.html
MISSIONS INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM:
JPL Missions - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/
Spacecraft paper models - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/scalemodels/
COMETS:
Stardust (Mission to Comet Wild-2) - http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Stardust Paper Model - http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/model/
Deep Impact - (Mission to Comet Tempel 1 - http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Rosetta - http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Rosetta/index.html
ASTEROIDS:
DAWN (Mission to Asteroids Vesta and Ceres) - http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/dawn/
NEAR-Shoemaker (Mission to Asteroid Eros) - http://near.jhuapl.edu/
Near-Shoemaker Spacecraft Paper Model - http://near.jhuapl.edu/Education/
MERCURY:
MESSENGER (Mission to orbit Mercury , March 2004) - http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
MARS:
Mars Missions - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Mars Exploration Rovers - http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2005) - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
Mars Global Surveyor - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/index.html
2001 Mars Odyssey - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/
Mars Spacecraft Paper Models - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/education/add_matls.html
Mars Millennium Project - http://www.mars2030.net/
JUPITER:
Galileo (Mission to Jupiter and its moons) - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
Jupiter Teacher’s Resources - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/education/teacherres.html
Galileo Model and Activities - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/education/activities.html
SATURN:
Cassini-Huygens (Mission to Saturn and Titan) - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/
Cassini paper model - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/activities-model-simple.cfm
Saturn Educator's Guide - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/edu-58-guide.cfm
PLUTO:
Pluto-Kuiper Express New Horizons (Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, 2006) - http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
SUN:
Space Weather - http://www.spaceweather.com
Genesis (Mission to capture solar particles and return to Earth in 2004) - http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/
Genesis paper spacecraft model - http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/product/genesis_kids/index.html
Genesis Educator’s Resources - http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/educate/kitchen/index.html
Ulysses (Mission to the poles of the sun) - http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov/
SOHO (Mission studying the sun) - http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
HESSI - http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/hessi_epo/
EXOSOLAR PLANETS: (Planets orbiting other stars outside our solar system in the Milky Way)
KEPLER (Mission to look for terrestrial extrasolar planets, 2006) - http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/
Terrestrial Planet Finder - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF/tpf_index.html
GALAXIES:
Galex (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) - http://www.galex.caltech.edu/
PLANETARIA:
Georgia Southern Planetarium (Statesboro) - http://cost.georgiasouthern.edu/physics/planetarium/index.html
Mark Smith Planetarium (Macon) - http://www.masmacon.com/space/planetarium.htm
Starlab (Portable planetarium) - http://www.starlab.com/
ASTRONOMY CLUBS IN GEORGIA:
Statesboro Astronomy Club - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6985
Sky and Telescope - http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/organizations/default.asp
Oglethorpe Astronomical Association - http://www.savannahastronomy.org
CALENDARS:
Space Calendar - http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
Space Place Calendar - http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/calendar.shtml