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NASA Portal

It can be difficult to locate all those different NASA websites sometimes so we have tried to make it a little easier! Below is a list of mostly NASA websites with some other sites that we have found particularly helpful. They are broken down into categories for further ease of use.

education | space flight | images | engineering | solar system/astronomy | IYA2009 | aviation

Our friends and colleagues who look to the stars:
The New Hampshire Astronomical Society

Track satellites, space stations and much more:
Heavens-Above - A site that allows the user to enter his/her geographic location for precise viewing times for the International Space Station and many other satellites. This site also has interactive star charts, Sun and Moon charts, etc.


Education
NASA Education - For both kids and educators
CORE resources for classrooms

Space flight
Human Spaceflight - Space Shuttle, Space Station, behind the scenes of human spaceflight
Kennedy Space Center - All human spaceflight launches
Wallops Flight Facility
Marshall Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center

Images
The Hubble Space Telescope - Galleries and discoveries
JPL Solar System Photojournal
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Space Telescope Science Institute

Engineering
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology
Glenn Research Center - Spaceflight systems, propulsion, communication...
Ames Research Center - From small spacecraft to supercomputers...
Stennis Space Center
White Sands Test Facility
NASA Engineering Design Challenge

Solar System/Astronomy
Jet Propulsion Lab - Mars Rovers, Cassini, Spitzer Space Telescope, Future Moon Landings...
Earth from Space
Earth observatory
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
International Polar Year
The Nine (Eight) Planets - Information on all the planets and their moons
Bad Astronomy - Find out if it is astronomy fact or fiction
Space Weather - Aurora updates
Astronomy Myths & Misconceptions
International Astronomical Union

IYA2009
International Year of Astronomy - NASA's IYA site
International Year of Astronomy - Official US IYA site
International year of astronomy - Official International Astronomical Union IYA site

Aviation
Bringing Aeronautics to You
Dryden Flight Research Center
Langley Research Center
Federal Aviation Administration

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