Space Exploration
Information about the United States' space flight programs, including NASA missions and the astronauts who participate in the efforts to explore Earth's galaxy.Contents:
- NARA Resources
- General Space Resources
- Timeline
- NASA's Space Centers
- NASA's Space Programs
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Astronaut Biographies
- Women in Space History
Space Centers
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Space ProgramsProject Mercury, 1961-1963 Flights
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- Gemini
Project goals and history, flight summaries, astronaut biographies, and an extensive image collection - Project Gemini Drawings and Technical Diagrams
- Apollo
National Air and Space Museum site dedicated to the Apollo Program: gives the current location and pictures of the all of the NASA program crafts, separate sections on all of the Apollo flights, pictures of the mission patches and some technical diagrams - Apollo
Lunar Surface Journal
Journals for Apollo 11 - Apollo 17 - The Apollo
Program
Links to a large number of NASA and non-NASA sites and to over fifteen online books about the Apollo Program, press kits, flight journals, and transcripts or audio of President Kennedy's White House meeting on space flight - Project Apollo Drawings and Technical Diagrams
Picture of Earth taken from surface of the moon from Apollo 11 spacecraft.
(Courtesy of NASA JSC Digital Image Collection)
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Apollo 1, 1967 (Apollo 1 never reached flight status.)
- Apollo
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Dedicated to the Apollo 1 fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee: gives information about the accident, the investigation into the accident, and the conclusions; includes a section on the incident from chapter nine of book Chariots of Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft.
- Apollo
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![]() Apollo 11 crew during training. (Courtesy of NASA JSC Digital Image Collection) |
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Apollo 13, 1970
- Apollo 13 Digital Picture Library
- Apollo 13: "...A Problem"
NASA History Office site on Apollo 13: links to the Apollo 13 Surface Journal, a chronology of events, and a narrative on the mission, and the Air and Space Museum's Apollo 13 Virtual Exhibit
- Apollo 13 Digital Picture Library
- Project
Skylab
Links to the goals, flight summary, extensive press release images, and an online guidebook - Skylab Drawings and Technical Diagrams
- Spacelink
- Skylab
Separate links to the Skylab Project site, the pages on the four Skylab missions, and the NASA image database
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 1975 Flight
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Space Shuttle Program, 1981-present Flights
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Challenger Disaster and Investigation, 1986
- Flight 025 STS-51-L
- Information on the
STS-51L/Challenger Accident
Extensive links to NASA and non-NASA sites on Challenger, includes links such as the sequence of events, biographical information on the crew, and transcripts from the mission voice recorder - Report of the
Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (A.K.A. The
Rogers Commission Report.)
Extensive links to information about the accident and the investigation - Selected
Congressional Hearings and Reports from the Challenger Space Shuttle
Accident
From the GPO Access site. - See Also: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Sources
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Columbia Disaster and Investigation, 2003
- CAIB Report
Report by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, provides access to NASA site on Columbia and her crew, includes links to crew profiles, mission overview, and news - Columbia Accident Investigation Board
- Columbia Accident Investigation Board Preliminary Recommendations, April 17, 2003
- CRS Report for Congress: NASA' s Space Shuttle Columbia: Quick Facts and Issues for Congress
- Disasters
Chronicles the Federal Emergency Management Agency's involvement in the Columbia recovery efforts - NASA Human Spaceflight Science
Information on Columbia's experiments, links to a timeline of events, information on the investigation, and information about the crew, including interviews and meal menus - Presidential Proclamation Ordering Flags Down at Half-Staff, February 1, 2003
- Remarks by the President on the Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, February 1, 2003
- Remarks by the President at the Memorial Service in Honor of the STS-107 Crew, Space Shuttle Columbia, February 4, 2003
- CAIB Report
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- International Space Station
- International Space Station Location
- Space
Station Gallery
Images from the Space Station
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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- Everything You Wanted to
Know About the Hubble Telescope, But Were Afraid to Ask
Hubble site from the Public Broadcasting System featuring information provided by the Space Telescope Science Institute: includes diagram of the Hubble, information about its scientific instruments, data storage and transmission, and mission operations and observations - Fun Facts
Hubble trivia - The Hubble Project
Official NASA Hubble Site at Goddard Sapce Center: provides information on operations, technology, servicing missions, project news, and images
- The Hubble Project Servicing Mission
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- HubbleSite
Created by the Space Telescope Science Institute: image gallery, news center, reference desk, discoveries, and technical information on the telescope - Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble section on the Space Telescope Science Institute Web site: extensive information about Hubble and a helpful Hubble Primer, which can be accessed by clicking on the HST Overview link and then the Introduction to the Hubble link - J-Track
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Shows the current location of Hubble (HST)
- Spacelink
Hubble Space Telescope
Many Hubble links, including those to Hubble images and discoveries
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