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NASA

Nasa: Marshall Space Flight Center

For Students 9th - 10th
In depth information about news and events happening at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. Includes photos and videos of numerous astronomical events.
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NASA

Nasa, Human Space Flight: Apollo 11 Mission

For Students 3rd - 8th
The story of the Apollo 11 lunar landing is told with dramatic details, pictures, and mission highlights.
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NASA

Nasa: Jsc Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA's Johnson Space Center is located near Houston, Texas and was constructed as "the primary center for: design, development testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human flight; selection and training of astronauts; planning...
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NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography:john Glenn

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information with personal data, education, special honors, aviation experience, NASA experience and space flight experience.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Blast Off

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Hands on activity where students focus on aerospace engineering to investigate space flight from the viewpoint of an engineer. They design, build, and launch their rocket, then share their experiences with the class.
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NASA

Nasa: Sts 107 (Space Shuttle Columbia)

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA.gov provides information regarding the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Content includes crew biographies, press releases, shuttle images, and scientific data and research.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: m.lopez Alegria

For Students 9th - 10th
Read biographical facts about this Spanish-born astronaut who is the veteran of three space flights including the Columbia, the Discovery, and the Endeavour.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Who Were Wilbur and Orville?

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom activities, interactive experiments, timelines, and other artifacts that celebrate the Wright brothers' first flight.
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NASA

Nasa: First Space Shuttle Mission Sts 1

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA summary of the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: America by Air: Airline Expansion and Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
Air travel grew in the 1920s and 1930s despite the Great Depression. Read about the new commercial airlines of the time and what it was like to fly at the dawn of commercial passenger flight.
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NASA

Nasa: Return to Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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NASA

Nasa: Cassini: Mission to Saturn

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA site details what sets Saturn apart from the other planets in our solar system and why the Cassini spacecraft mission is important.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat. Air and Space Museum: Pioneers of Flight: Rockets and Dream of Spaceflight

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the history of rocketry and the first rocket inventors who laid the initial foundation for the development of the spaceflight industry.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Pioneers of Flight: Amelia Earhart

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay on the pioneering step taken by Amelia Earhart when she became, in 1932, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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NASA

Nasa: Flight: What Is Drag?

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the concept of drag and find out how it affects the movement of airplanes.
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Spaceflight Now: Shuttle Columbia Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
Published the day of the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, this article details the catastrophic events of that day. (February, 2003)
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Fox News: Molten Aluminum Found on Columbia's Thermal Tiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this March, 2003, article, the investigation board that was investigating the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster found more evident that hot gases was the cause of the disaster.
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NASA

Nasa: Model Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive tutorial that depicts the parts of a subsystem within a system. This tutorial dissects a rocket and explains how each part is integral to its actual functioning. Excellent links to otherresources dealing with aerodynamics.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Water Rocket Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The main focus of this lesson is learning about aerospace engineering and the principles of rocketry. To accomplish this, students will work in teams to design, build, and launch a rocket made out of a soda bottle, then present their...
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NASA

Nasa: Liberty Bell Tolls

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the second flight of a Mercury spacecraft and the second American to travel in space.
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FOX News

Fox News: Nasa: Sudden Rise in Temperature Detected Before Breakup

For Students 9th - 10th
Article from February, 2003, reports on problems with the landing, debris field, etc.

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