NASA Websites, Missions and Centers
NASA Homepage
NASA Missions
Hubble Space Telescope
a great source of the newest space images. Also info about the
Space Telescope and links to educational materials.
Astronomy Resources from
STScI
Hubble Site - general public
website
International Space Station
Information and updates about the International Space Station.
Mars Exploration Program
This official site includes information on past and future missions to Mars. Includes link to a number of Mars Education programs for a variety of ages.
Solar and Heliocentric Observatory "SOHO"
A mission to understand and monitor the sun and space weather. Images of the sun and some teaching materials included.
Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)
The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) is a space-borne, cryogenically-cooled infrared observatory capable of studying objects ranging from our Solar System to the distant reaches of the Universe. SST is the final element in NASA's Great Observatories Program, and an important scientific and technical cornerstone of the new Astronomical Search for Origins Program. Launch date July, 2002. (Spanish-language version)
Galileo K-12 Educator's Website
An extensive site with up-to-date information about Jupiter and Galileo, as well as historical information and lesson plans. A new interactive CD-ROM on Galileo and the exploration of Jupiter will be released in summer 2001.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. Chandra is designed to observe X-rays from high energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.
Index of NASA Space Missions
NASA Centers
- Ames Research Center Moffett Field, (northern) California
- Dryden Flight Research Center - Edwards Air Force Base, (southern) California
- Glenn Research Center - Lewis Field (Cleveland), Ohio
- Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, Maryland
- Johnson Space Center - Houston, Texas
- Kennedy Space Center - Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Langley Research Center, Langley, Virginia
- Marshall Space Flight Center - Huntsville, Alabama
- Stennis Space Center - Mississippi
- Wallops Flight Center - Virginia
- More about NASA Centers and Related Facilities (map and research areas)
Additional NASA-Affiliated Institutes
- Space Center Houston - Houston, Texas
- Goddard Institute for Space Studies - New York, New York.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) - Pasadena, California.
- The Center for Space Science and Exploration - at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Other interesting sites
To understand and protect our home planet,
To explore the universe and search for life,
To inspire the next generation of explorers
... as only NASA can