• Ames Research Center, Moffett, CA
  NASA site that develops information technologies including supercomputing, networking and intelligent systems. Named after physicist Dr. Joseph S. Ames.
  
  
• Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
  NASA’s primary site for atmospheric flight research and operations. Named after scientist Dr. Hugh L. Dryden.
  
  
• Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
  Develops systems technologies and capabilities that enable exploration of the solar system and beyond. Named after Astronaut John Glenn.
  
  

"Buzz" Aldrin posing by U.S. flag on moon’s surface.
(Courtesy of NASA JSC Digital Image Collection)

• Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  Develops and operates unmanned scientific spacecraft and is responsible for many of NASA’s Earth Observation, Astronomy, and Space Physics missions. Named after Dr. Robert Goddard, "The Father of American Rocketry."
  
  
• Independent Verification and Validation Facility, Fairmont, WV
  Conducts quality control testing for software, governed by the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.
  
  
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  NASA’s site for robotic exploration of the solar system.
  
  
• Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
  Site of astronaut training and the Mission Control Center, also manages space shuttle activities and the International Space Station. Named after President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  
  
• Kennedy Space Center, FL
  Main launch center for both manned and unmanned missions since 1962, named after President John F. Kennedy.
  
  
  Picture of sun.
  (Courtesy of NASA Skylab)
  
  
• Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
  Site of research in aeronautics and global climate change.
  
  
• Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
  NASA’s leading center in space transportation systems and space propulsion, named after George C. Marshall
  
  
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.
  Web site of NASA Headquarters.
  
  
• Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
  Home of science program selection, grant administration, planning, scheduling, and public outreach activities for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
  
  
• Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS
  NASA program manager for rocket propulsion testing and earth science applications. Named after former U.S. Senator John C. Stennis
  
  
• Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA
  Handles management and implementation of suborbital research programs; part of Goddard Space Flight Center.
  
  
• White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM
  Test and evaluation site for hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems; also serves as primary training area for Space Shuttle pilots.

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Space Programs

• Mercury
  Site dedicated to Project Mercury, the United States’ first man-in-space program: project goals and history, flight summaries, astronaut biographies, technical diagrams, and an extensive image collection
  
  
• Project Mercury Drawings and Technical Diagrams
  Drawings and diagrams of the Redstone engine, spacecraft instrument panel, navigational aids, and more.
  
  

Close up of Alan Shepard in his pressure suit.
(Courtesy of NASA JSC Digital Image Collection)

• Apollo 11, 1969
  
  
  • 30th Anniversary of Apollo 11: 1969-1999
    Pictures, sound recordings of crew and mission control, links to other Apollo 11 sites.
    
    
  • Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
    Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing: links to crew interviews, cost figures, picture galleries, and the flight log.
    
    
  • We Choose the Moon
    This site, produced by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing with a multimedia presentation that follows the flight from prelaunch activities to the landing on the moon to the return to earth.

• The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  Overview of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: goals, flight summary, and a digital image collection.
  
  
• The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  A description of the project appearing on the U.S. Centennial of Flight web site.

Picture of Astronaut Thomas Stafford and Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov in Soyuz Orbital Module.
(Courtesy of NASA JSC Digital Image Collection)

• The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  An on-line version of a book written by Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell, originally released as NASA Special Publication-4209 in the NASA History Series, 1978.
  
  
• Project Apollo-Soyuz Drawings and Technical Diagrams
  Drawings and diagrams of the docking module, Apollo spacecraft configuration, the Soyuz spacecraft, and more.

• History of the Space Shuttle
  Includes general information, technical information, publications, and information about specific missions.
  
  
• Shuttle Tracker
  Gives the current location of a space shuttle when one is in orbit; also shows the location of the International Space Station.
  
  
• Space Shuttle
  NASA’s main page about the space shuttle, including information past and future shuttle missions, multimedia features, launch schedule, and mission calendar.

Picture of Astronaut Piers Sellers on spacewalk.
(Courtesy of NASA Human Space Flight Gallery)

• History of Shuttle-Mir
  NASA site on the Shuttle-Mir Program: links to the history of the program, scientific experiments, spacecraft information, and information about the participating astronauts and cosmonauts.
  
  
• Shuttle-Mir Program Earth Science
  Description of the Visual Earth Observations project conducted by the Johnson Space Center’s Office of Earth Sciences aboard Mir.

Sunrise from Space Shuttle Endeavor Mission STS-068.
(Courtesy of NASA Human Space Flight Gallery)

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

• Edwin Hubble 1889-1953
  Article from the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada featuring Hubble’s scientific findings.
  
  
• Edwin Hubble
  Web site dedicated to the life and work of Edwin Hubble.
  
  

Storm of turbulent gases taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
(Courtesy of NASA, European Space Agency, and J. Hester (ASU))