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A blue moon calculator |
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A Global View from Space |
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A Journey into the Unknown - A collection of web
pages which detail the realm outside of our world: outer space. These pages
are designed primarily for teaching or as reference resources, but also
contain some areas for entertainment. |
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A Parade of New Planets |
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A Wormhole in The Cosmos |
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Aboriginal Star Knowledge Native American Astronomy |
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Amateur Telescope Making |
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Amazing Facts About Black Holes |
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Amazing Space |
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An Astronomy Course for Students |
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Ancient Astronomy |
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Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe |
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APS Image Database |
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Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program |
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Ask The Astronomer |
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Ask The Space Scientist |
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Association for Astronomy Education (AAE) - An
affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association. |
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Asteroid Mathilde Flyby |
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Asteroid Search - Astronomy 411 course: standard
topics in astronomy such as the Solar system, stars, galaxies, and the
structure of the Universe |
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Asteroids: Deadly Impact |
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Astrobiology on The Web |
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Astrobiology Web |
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AstroEd: Astronomy Education Resources |
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Astronaut Resources |
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Astronomical Phenomena Good for Viewing until 2010 |
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Astronomical Photo Gallery |
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Astronomical World Wide Web Resources |
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Astronomy - What's Up This Month? |
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Astronomy 101 - College-standard introductory
course to astronomy from University of Santa Barbara, California. |
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Astronomy at Grainger Observatory at Phillips Exeter Academy
- The latest information about the observatory, including classes, pictures,
special events, student projects and patrons |
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Astronomy Cafe |
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Astronomy Cafe |
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Astronomy Education in the United States - This is
an updated, expanded version of an invited talk given by Andrew Fraknoi at
the 189th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held in Toronto,
Canada in January 1997 |
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Astronomy for Kids |
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Astronomy Gallery |
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Astronomy Organizations academicinfo.net |
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Astronomy Page for Science Explained - Offers free
lessons in astronomy. The course runs from January throughout the year, but
you can learn a lot from it anytime. Covers identification of stars,
constellations and planets, physics etc. It covers the universe! An
excellent site for homeschoolers or other distance learners |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day's Educational Links -
A list of resources that excel in astronomy education. Each is distinctly
different, having been chosen to highlight a wide range of interests |
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Astronomy Scope |
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Astronomy Trivia - Java game. |
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Astronomy.com |
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Astrophotography |
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Astrophotography, by Jeff Stys |
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AstroWeb Astronomy on the Internet |
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Athena Earth & Space Science for K-12 |
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Basic Data on Quasars |
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Best of The Hubble Telescope |
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Big Ear Radio Observatory |
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Black Holes to Blackboards - Sep/Oct '98 -
Building Universes in the Classroom-Our national education standards ask all
science teachers to teach our students using an inquiry-based approach,
allowing them to understand the nature of science by doing it |
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Black Holes to Blackboards-Getting a Global Sense
- Despite assertions by some of a flat Earth, we really do live on a ball
that's spinning through space. Here's a an exercise in visualizing our
rotating planet |
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Black Holes to Blackboards-Science for the Masses
- An article on why high school courses in Astronomy are important |
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Black Holes: The Invisible Vampires |
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Blast from The Past - Asteroid Collision |
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Blossoms Of Science - Science Education Center -
An astronomy and education research group. The staff include researchers,
teachers and teams working on courseware for science education. The site
contains an on-line, interactive astronomy school |
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Cambridge Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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Cambridge Relativity |
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Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
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Cassini: Mission to Saturn |
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Celestial Navigation Net - Comprehensive,
annotated hub site of resources relating to navigating by the stars,
including theory, practice, history, instruments, and classroom links |
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Center for Earth and Planetary Studies |
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Center for Educational Resources Project |
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CISM Summer School at Boston University - A
two-week summer school in space weather phenomena, consequences, and
modeling. Find details about the program and an application |
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Classifying Galaxies |
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Clementine Lunar Image Browser |
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CNN Special Report--Mars: Life Signs? |
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Comet Hale-Bopp |
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Comet Hale-Bopp Image Archive |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision Home Page |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision Home Page (GSFC) |
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter |
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Contact Light - A Retrospective on the Apollo
Space Program |
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Cosmic Merger |
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CosmicVoyage - Virtual museum and planetarium.
Learn about cosmic evolution, from Big Bang to Man. |
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Cybersky Planetarium |
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Daily Space News |
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Discovery Crew releases new, improved Hubble |
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Doomsday Asteroid |
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Dryden Research Aircraft Photo Archive |
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Earth & Sky |
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Earth and Moon Viewer - View the earth and moon
from many vantage points and in multiple ways. |
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Earth and Sky - Home of the popular international
science radio program Earth and Sky. |
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Earth from Space -- An Astronaut's View of our Home Planet |
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Earth Observations from Shuttle |
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Earth Views from the Space Shuttle |
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EarthSpace - Learn about Solar System, space
exploration and constellations. |
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Eclipse Gallery |
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Encyclopedia Astronautica |
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ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images |
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European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
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Exploration in Education |
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Exploration in EducationHubble
Space Telescope Educational Materials |
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Exploring the Planets |
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Exploring The Planets in The Classroom |
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Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia |
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Faulkes Telescope Project - Allows students in
schools and colleges in the UK, Hawaii and Australia to make astronomical
observations with a research-class telescope direct from the classroom. |
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Federation of American Scientists |
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Field Guide to American Spacecraft |
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First large Incremental Release |
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Friends & Partners in Space Home Page |
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From Stargazers to Spaceships |
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From Stargazers to Starships - Tutorial and
historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics
and spaceflight, on a high school level |
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From the Earth to the Moon |
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Galileo Jupiter Animation |
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Galileo Project Info |
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Goddard Space Flight Center - Photo and Movie Gallery |
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Grant's Satellite Page |
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Great Globe Gallery |
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GRIN - Great Images in NASA |
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Ground Zero |
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Hands-On Universe (HOU) - Using the internet, HOU
participants around the world request observations from an automated
telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with
the aid of user-friendly image processing software. |
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Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy
- An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a goal
of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena and an
appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the world |
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Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater |
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High Redshift Supernova Search |
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History of Space Exploration |
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Hitchhiker's Guide to Hubble |
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How Satellites Work |
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How To Choose a Quality Telescope for Under $500 |
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Hubble Captures Best View of Mars Ever Obtained From Earth
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Hubble Images of Extra-Solar Planet |
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Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks |
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Hubble Space Telescope Educational Materials |
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Hubble Space Telescope Greatest Hits (1990-1995)
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Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive |
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Hubble Space Telescope Observations |
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Hubble Telescope Photo Gallery |
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Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space |
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Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region |
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Image Catalog of Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Image Collections |
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Imagine The Universe |
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Infrared Astronomy |
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Infrared Imaging - Learn about infrared imaging by
viewing a variety of objects in the infrared. |
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Interactive Sky Calendar |
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Interior Sundials - A site to enable teachers and
others to construct a unique indoor sundial. |
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International Space Station |
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Internet Astronomy Resources |
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Internet Astronomy School (IAS) - Designed as an
online school for students from the 4th grade to the end of high school.
Apart from the fact that students can study in it directly from their homes,
it is intended to be used by science teachers within the framework of their
science courses |
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Jet Propulsion Lab AVIRIS Data Facility and FTP Site |
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Jet Propulsion Lab Picture Gallery |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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John Glenn and Friendship 7 |
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Johnson Space Center Imagery Services - Digital Image Collection |
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Journey into the Heavens - From birth of the
universe to our nine planets. |
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Journey through the Galaxy - An educational web
site on astronomical points of interest within our galaxy. |
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Jpeg's from GOES-8 satellite |
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J-Track 3D 3-D Java applet provided by NASA plots
the real-time positions of over 500 satellites |
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kideclipse |
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Kids on the Moon Lunar Base! |
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Latest Pictures of Novae & Supernovae
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Liftoff to Space Exploration |
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Los Alamos National Labs People Who Make
Contributions to Space Science |
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Lunar Eclipse Observer |
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Lunar Phases Web Tool |
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Lunar Prospector |
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Lunar Prospector |
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Lunar Prospector Archives |
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Magellan Fact Sheet |
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Magellan Mission to Venus |
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Making a Hubble Space Telescope Model |
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Malin Space Science Systems |
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Mars Exploration |
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Mars Global Surveyor |
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Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Image Gallery
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Mars in the Mind of Earth |
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Mars Landing : NASA's Classroom of the Future
activity |
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Mars Pathfinder |
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Mars Surface Processes: The Mars Global Surveyor Mission |
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Mars Surveyor '98 |
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Maya Astronomy Page |
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MOC [Mars Orbiter Camera] Images Suggest Recent Sources of Liquid Water on
Mars |
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Moon Ice |
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Moon Photo Gallery |
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Moonsighting with Astronomy |
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Mount Wilson Observatory |
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Multiwavelength Messier Museum - A multiwavelength
view of objects in space from NASA's infrared astronomy center (IPAC). A
detailed tutorial accompanies each set of images. This site will be
regularly updated with new objects |
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Mysteries of Deep Space - This PBS companion site
explores the secrets of the universe with an interactive timeline, classroom
activities, a trivia challenge, Q&A with experts, and more |
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NASA academicinfo.net |
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NASA Academy |
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NASA Basics of Space Flight |
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NASA Centers Home Pages |
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NASA Current Astronauts' Biographies |
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NASA Digital Image Archive |
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NASA Expendable Vehicle Image Archive |
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NASA Home Page |
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NASA Image Exchange |
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NASA Information by Subject |
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NASA K-12 Internet Resources |
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NASA Kids |
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NASA Lewis Launch Images and Videos |
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NASA Observatorium |
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NASA Online Educational Resources |
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NASA Skyview |
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NASA Spacelink |
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NASA Spacelink Educational Services |
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NASA Spacelink Instructional Materials |
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NASA U.S. Space Historical Archive |
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NASA: Human Space Flight Home Page With links for
the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station |
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NASA@40 Years: Pioneering the Future |
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NASA's "Life on Mars?" |
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NASA's Mission to Saturn |
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NASA's On-Line Query System of Space Shuttle Earth Observation Images |
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NASA's Photo Gallery |
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NASA's Planetary Photojournal |
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National Astronomy Education Projects - This is an
evolving list of those projects and programs in astronomy education to which
anyone from around the U.S. can apply or from which anyone can receive
materials |
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National Space Science Data Center Photo Gallery |
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Nebulae |
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NeptuneNorth
American Skies |
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NSSDC Photo Gallery |
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Observational Mishaps |
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Observatorio ARVAL - ARVAL's site is dedicated to
propagating astronomical information. All of it is bilingual |
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(Spanish -English), except
for the 'Astronomía Caraqueña' section, which contains local astronomical
information |
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centered around Caracas,
Venezuela. |
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Odyssey Magazine - the science magazine for
children ages 10-16. Cutting edge earth and space science, Horkheimer's |
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Star Gazer,archaeology,
astronomy, contests. Great for classroom use |
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One Small Step |
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Online Ask-an-Astronomer |
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Online Ask-a-Physicist |
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Photo Gallery of Mars |
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Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory |
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Pictures Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute |
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Planet Quest - Includes online quizzes, planet
comparisons, pictures and links to astronomy clubs around the world. |
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Planetary Data System Imaging Node |
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Planetary Fact Sheet |
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Planetary Photojournal |
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Planetary Picture List |
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Planetary Sciences at the National Space Science Data Center
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Planetary Society |
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Pluto |
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Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth |
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Project Radio Jove - is an educational project to
involve secondary school students in collecting and analyzingobservations of
the natural radio emissions of the planet Jupiter and the Sun. Participating
students get hands-on experience in gathering and working with space science
data |
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Properties of Our Solar System - Introductory
course taught at the University of Oregon. Includes course materials and
many links to supplementary resources |
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Public Information Office |
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Quasars: The Brightest Objects with the Darkest
Hearts |
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Reaching For The Red Planet |
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Regional Planetary Image Facility |
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Resources for Middle School Science - A teacher
resource to enhance astronomy education from Project SPICA. |
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Review of Shuttle Missions |
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Rocket and Space Technology |
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Romance to Reality |
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Satellite Design: Past, Present, and Future |
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Satellite Orbits |
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Saturn Ring Plane Crossing1995-1996 |
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Science Out of This World |
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Science, Technology & Society - Astronomy & Cosmology |
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Science Master's Astronomy Home Page |
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Scientific Visualization Studio Gallery |
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Scientist Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
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Searching for Just the Right Planet |
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Second large Incremental Release |
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Send Your Name to Mars |
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SETI |
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
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Shuttle Team Online |
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SIR-C/X-SAR Image Archives |
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Size of Solar System - Shows Solar System true to
scale. Helps realize the vastness of distances between planets compared to
planet sizes |
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Sky Events |
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SkyView Image Retrieval Facility |
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Small Comets |
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Small Satellite Home Page |
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |
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Solar System Guide: Planet Formation |
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The
Solar Constant - Matters concerning the solar constant |
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Solar System Simulator |
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Solar System Visualization Project |
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Space and Astronomy Lesson Resources |
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Space Art through the Ages - Getty contribution to
Mars Millennium Project: Interdisciplinary activities combine students'
scientific understanding of the universe with their own creativity and
imagination |
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Space Day |
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Space Educational Simulation |
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Space Educator's Handbook |
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Space Image Libraries |
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Space Images Archive |
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Space Library |
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Space Observation Arecibo Observatory |
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Space Observation Facilities |
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Space Observation Northern Lights Planetarium |
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Space Policy Project |
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Space Probes Clementine |
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Space Radar Images of Earth |
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Space Russia |
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Space Science Page |
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Space Science Today |
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Space Shuttle Clickable Map of Parts |
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Space Shuttle Launch Countdown |
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Space Shuttle Launches History to Present
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Space Shuttle Photograph Repository |
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Space Shuttle Photograph Repository |
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Space Shuttle Photographs |
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Space Shuttle Reference Manual |
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Space Simulation Resources |
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Space Station Biological Research Project |
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Space Telescope Science Institute |
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Space Views of Ocean Colors |
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Space Weather Bureau |
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Stanback Planetarium NASA Educator Resource Center
- at South Carolina State University. Providing educators with current
aerospace and astronautical educational material |
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Stanford SOLAR Center - A collection of
educational activities and resources based on Solar Oscillations
Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data. |
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Star Facts Newsletter |
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Star Gazer - A weekly TV series on naked-eye
astronomy. |
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Star Gazer Home Page - Home of Jack Horkheimer.
The first and only weekly TV series on naked eye astronomy. |
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Star Journey |
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StarChild - A learning center for young
astronomers. |
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StarQuest - An interactive, student-produced
website about astronomy. It covers many areas including general information,
astrophysics, constellations, and uses of the color spectrum with astronomy.
An image archive of Hubble Space Telescope photos is also included. |
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Stars and Galaxies Home Page |
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Steady State Galaxy Theory |
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Stellar Scenes |
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Stephen Hawking's Universe - Detailed explanations
of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the
universe. Includes original essays by some of today's leading figures in
cosmology, along with original illustrations, program descriptions,
explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies.
Also, the Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit
questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field. |
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Students for Exploration & Development of Space |
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Summing Up Pathfinder- Nov. 4, 1997 |
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Sunrise/Sunset Moonrise/Moonset Calculation |
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Swinburne Astronomy - Online degree granting
program in astronomy offering courses for Master of Science and |
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Graduate Diploma of
Science. Based in Melbourne, Australia. |
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Teach Space |
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Teachers' Lab |
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Terra (EOS AM-1) |
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The Center for Science Education at U.C. Berkeley Space
Sciences Laboratory |
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The Challenger Accident |
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The Comet's Tale |
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The Constellations and Their Stars |
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The Discovery of a Planetary Orbit Around The Nearby Star
51Pegasi |
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The Eclipse Network |
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The Edge of Nowhere |
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The Face of The Moon |
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The Future Astronauts of America Foundation |
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The Galaxy Image Catalog |
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The History of Astronomy |
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The Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy - A Lesson Plan |
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The International Association for Astronomical Studies (IAAS)
- A group of junior high and high school students interested in aerospace
and astronomical sciences |
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The Martian Calendar Web Site |
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The Martian Sun-Times - Gives daily weather on
Mars as well as Earth. Students learn meteorology from this creative
role-playing experience in which they play reporters for a Martian newspaper |
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The Moon in Science Fiction |
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The Mysteries of Space and Time - About the
secrets of distant suns, black holes, and stellar anomalies in space and
time |
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The Nine Planets A Virtual Exhibit |
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The Official Young Astronaut Program - Hands-on
activities for kids in K-3, 4-6 and 7-9. Aerospace theme piques interest
while strengthening science, math and technology skills |
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the Pleiades |
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The Shape of Space |
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The Silicon Sky |
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The Slingshot Effect |
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The Solar System |
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The Space Place for Kids |
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The Space Report |
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The Spacewatch Project |
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The Times Looks Back: Sputnik |
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The Ultimativ Cosmos |
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The Ulysses Mission - Exploring The Sun |
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The Whole Mars Catalog |
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The Woman in the Moon |
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Titan in a Fish Tank |
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Today's Space Weather |
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Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC (2MASS) |
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UCSB Remotely Operated Telescope |
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Universe in The Classroom |
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Universe in the Classroom - A free quarterly
educational newsletter published by the ASP for teachers, youth group
leaders, librarians, and anybody else who wants to help children of all ages
learn more about the wonders of the universe. It is available either in
printed form or electronically here on our website |
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University of Washington N-Body Shop |
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Unlock the Mysteries of Deep Space |
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US Space Camp |
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US Spacecamp |
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USGS - Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center |
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UW HPCC Group Picture Gallery |
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Viking Image Archive |
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Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page |
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Walk the Solar System - JavaScript calculator of
sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model |
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Welcome To The Planets A Virtual Exhibit |
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What is a blue moon? And why is it blue? |
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Windowpane Observatory |
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Windows to the Universe - An extensive
astronomical learning system. Articles available at three levels: beginner, |
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intermediate, advanced. |
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Women of NASA |
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WWW-Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics & AstroWeb |
