NASA
Nasa: Return to Flight
The United States has returned to flight. Find out more on this exciting mission to the moon in 2005. Watch footage documenting the mission, updates, and the findings from NASA's comprehensive site.
NASA
Nasa: Human Space Flights
Have questions for NASA human space flight crews? You have three options .. shuttle flight crews, mission control crews, or station crew. There are existing archived Q&As, but you can also email your own questions.
NASA
Nasa: Slr and Gps (And Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes) [Pdf]
This slideshow explains how satellites are used to measure the movement of tectonic plates.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Spacewalks Have Come a Long Way in Fifty Years!
Learn about the evolution of spacewalking over the last fifty years. Includes video.
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center: The Skylab Space Station
On this website you can find pictures of Skylab missions 2,3, and 4.
NASA
Sts 114 Shuttle Mission Imagery
It is probably safe to say that this site holds the largest collection of images from the Space Shuttle Discovery's 2005 mission. 625 images in all can be found here as well as a generous description for every image.
Read Works
Read Works: Return to Flight
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Eileen Collins, first woman to pilot a space shuttle. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Pioneer Deep Space Station
NASA's Deep Space Network for tracking unmanned spacecraft in deep space was inaugurated when this antenna became operational in 1958.
Other
German Aerospace Center: Human Spaceflight Missions
This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Earth Horizon
This beautiful NASA image taken from the International Space Station as it makes its way over the Pacific Ocean shows the Earth horizon illuminated by light from the Sun.