For this NASA Anniversary worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...

Learners complete a narrative writing assignment by critiquing a sample webpage. In this narrative writing lesson, students view the sample webpage and take notes. Learners create a similar webpage that contains a narrative account based...

Students express what it would be like to launch off into outer space in a space shuttle. They include what it might feel like, look like, sound like, and any thoughts that go through their mind as they dart away from the Earth's...

Fifth graders discover what it would be like to live in space. In this technological advancements instructional activity, 5th graders discuss how space life would be different from Earth life. Students also identify how technology has...

Students discover the characteristics that make a hero or heroine. They also look at how society recognizes its heroes and how the nation represents its values and beliefs by researching heroes from the past and present.

NASA has provided a whole page full of images for you to download and print. These pictures are labeled and can be enlarged.

This comprehensive site provides biographies of Canadian astronauts and describes their training process, missions and history. It also explores what it is like to live in space. There is even information about how to invite an astronaut...

Learn about the history of space travel. Audio content is included as well as vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms.

When NASA's first fatal spacecraft accident occurred 50 years ago, it happened not in deep space but right on the launch pad. The three men set to blast off on Apollo 1 -- rookie astronaut Roger Chaffee and veterans Virgil "Gus" Grissom...

This site from NASA contains the text of the book "This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury" by Loyd S. Swenson Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander.

This colorful display has numerous photographs taken throughout the history of Cape Canaveral. Images include shuttle launches, landings, and even the astronauts themselves. Captions are included with each picture.

Through primary source documents, discover the history of NASA's "human computers," early aerospace industry pioneers, and the struggle for American women to be allowed into the astronaut program.

NASA Web Site about the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project which included Donald "Deke" Slayton, one of the original seven American astronauts. The mission was the first joint Soviet-American space mission. Links are provided to descriptions and...

There were arguments over food, helmets and spacesuits that required 30 minutes for astronauts to use the bathroom. By 1968, America's space program was on the brink. A launchpad fire at Cape Canaveral killed three astronauts as they...

The mission that paved the way for the Apollo 11 moon landing came close to ending in disaster. Commander Tom Stafford and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan had just returned from their close pass by the lunar surface and were readying to...

NASA was preparing feverishly for a moon landing in a race against the former Soviet Union to honor slain president John F. Kennedy's 1961 pledge for the country to land a spacecraft on the moon (and return safely) before the end of the...

The astronaut crew had to troubleshoot a series of problems throughout the historic 1969 flight. This historic exchange on July 20, 1969 marked the end of a perilous journey to the lunar surface, but a multitude of threats still faced...

Among seven Apollo moon landing missions, only one did not land men on the moon. Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969 to become the first human being to step foot on the moon. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for...

Seven lives were lost as communications failed in the face of public pressure to proceed with the launch despite dangerously cold conditions. January 28, 1986, The sun had been up for less than an hour and air temperatures were a few...

This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the flight of Aurora 7 the second manned orbital flight of a Mercury spacecraft.

This video segment [3:56] adapted from NOVA follows the Apollo 15 astronauts as they collect samples of ancient rock from the Moon's crust, whose discovery helps lead to a radical new theory about the Moon's origin.

NASA provides a paper that "deals with the politics, planning and technology of the period 1946-1958" in the Sputnik program.

NASA provides the full text from the tersely worded "Pravda," the Russian national newspaper, that announced the successful launch of Sputnik.