National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air
& Space Magazine Online
The official magazine for the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station Space and Missile Museum
This museum preserves both hardware and the spirit of the United
States' ventures into space. Rockets, missiles and other space related equipment
are on display.
Classroom
of the Future
The NASA Regional Educator Resource Center at Wheeling Jesuit University; serves
as resource desks for K-12 educators interested in bringing to their classrooms
cutting-edge materials relevant to the U.S. space program
National
Air & Space Museum (Smithsonian)
This is the homepage of the Smithsonian National Air & Space
Museum, containing museum information as well as interesting aerospace information
and history
Oxford
Museum of the History of Science
This site contains information about the museum, virtual exhibitions,
museum publications, and Oxford M.Sc. graduate student contributions
University
of Alberta School of Library Sciences
New Internet subject guide on Science, Technology, and Society
University
of Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science
This site details the history and mission of the Center, information
on Center Members and associates, a list of the Center's prestigious series, Minnesota
Studies in the Philosophy of Science, lists of upcoming colloquia and workshops,
and information on the U of M Graduate Minor in Studies of Science and Technology
Center
for History of Physics
Part of the American Institute of Physics, the Center for History
of Physics has an interesting site that includes information and links regarding
the history of astronomy and space science.
Aerospaceguide:
Space Projects and Info
A comprehensive page by a private enthusiast that provides information
on a variety of topics ranging from the planets to propulsion to the history and
future of humans in space.
Apollo
at American Samoa
Some interesting information about the Apollo missions that landed
near and then passed through American Samoa.
Apollo
Burning
A site dedicated to the memory of the crew of Apollo 1
Apollo
Saturn Reference Page
Detailed technical information about the Saturn Launch Vehicles formodelers
and space buffs, by a private enthusiast.
Aurora Galleries
On-line auctions and sales of space/aviation memorabilia and other collectables.
Brian's
Space Hotlist
Brian Roberts' personal page with a number of handy alphabetical
categories about spaceflight.
Collect
Space
Information on space history and artifacts.
Contact
Light
A personal recollection of the Apollo missions to the Moon.This
site by a private enthusiast includes some cool video and audio clips, a lunar
landing simulator game, and reference tables.
Expanding
Universe
This site is a large collection of astronomy links, arranged according
to a modified form of the Dewey Decimal System; with materials you can browse,
as in a library
Field
Guide to American Spacecraft
This site includes the locations of all manned spacecraft, including
test vehicles, boilerplates and mock-ups
H-Net:
Collection of Humanities and Social Sciences Information
An extensive collection of humanities and social sciences information
online, with close to seventy electronic mail discussion lists
History
Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
A large collection of historical material and numerous resources
for students and teachers both, as well as several interesting sections about
United States history
Icarus
Rising
A memorial site dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger
International
Space Station Guide
Includes detailed chronologies from 1993 on. Please note that
this site deliberately incorporated contradictory information and rumors to represent
the various aspects of recording this history.
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory's "This Month In Space History"
A detailed calendar covering space-related activities and historic
anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,000 links to related
home pages.
Mike's
Spacecraft Library
This site is a useful spacecraft and launch vehicle database run
by a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee
National
Archives & Records Administration Archival Information Locator (NAIL)
NAIL contains descriptions of more than 200,000 different documents,
photographs, sound recordings, and video clips
Phaeton
Descending
A website honoring the crew of Columbia STS-107
Romance
to Reality: Moon and Mars Expedition and Settlement Plans
This site contains annotations of over 100 documents on Moon and
Mars expeditions and settlement
Socialand
Cultural Studies of Science on the Web
This site is primarily of interest to science and technology researchers;
it includes links to professional society pages, journal pages, sites where
jobs are posted, and news on science and technology
Space
Business Archives
An extrodinary international collection that traces the exciting
history of the men and women who succeeded in taking non-government industry
into outer space.
A
Little Space Museum
This site contains interesting information on topics such as Apollo
spacesuits, the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package,and the Soviet manned
lunar program.
Space
in Miniature
This site contains information of interest to space modeling buffs;
it includes information on space modeling books as well as a plethora of information
about Project Mercury.
Space
Trilogy
A memorial honoring the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger
STS-51L, and Columbia STS-107
Sputnik
This site commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.
The
Top 100 Stars of Aerospace
This site is an intitiative to find out who people consider the
most important and influential people in the aerospace community, past and present.
Vote for your choices by visiting the site.
Vanguard
This site is dedicated to the world's oldest satellite still in
orbit, Vanguard
History
of Weather and the National
Weather Service
WWWVirtual
Library History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This website contains specialized collections and documents from
various scientific and historic fields, along with a biographical dictionary,
an historical dictionary of scientific institutions and organizations, electronic
journals, and e-mail discussion lists and news groups
Apollo
Information in French - "Max Q"
An overview of the Apollo program, as well as Shuttle information,
in French, as this site was developed by a private French enthusiast.
Archivo
Difilm
The largest collection of film and radio from Latin America. Recently
placed on-line a four part interview with Wernher von Braun.
Friends
and Partners in Space (Information Related to Russian Space Programs)
Information related to Russian (and former Soviet Union) space
programs and improving communication and cooperation between space enthusiasts
and professionals in the United States and the Former Soviet Union
International
Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR)
Currently on expedition to recover Amelia Earhart's plane
International
Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG)
This site contains news and events concerning lunar exploration,
including missions, meetings, reports, and documents
The
Earth Calendar
A highly innovative kind of civil calendar that works perfectly
in every day life.
Russian
Aerospace Guides
View back issues of this magazine
Russian
Space Program
This site offers the history of rocketry and the space program
in the former USSR. It contains pages dedicated to Cosmodrome Plesetsk,
with an interactive map of the center.
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
For those of you following the Congressional Budget process relating
to science and technology, the AAAS has been posting appropriation figures for
federal research and development programs on its' "Science & Policy" page;
otherwise, you can find materials from Science magazine and various information
on science and human rights
American
Astronomical Society
Home page of this organization with several links to aerospace
sites as well as on-line journals of astrophysics and astronautics
American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
In addition to information on conferences, membership, technical
activities, publications, databases, public policy, customer service, and staff
contacts, links will be made to AIAA sections and chapters who have their own
home pages
British
Interplanetary Society
A distinguished international group that publishes Spaceflight
magazine and the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.
Federation
of American Scientists
An inventory of overhead images from CORONA, KH-11, and Desert
Storm can be viewed here
The National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center (NRSSLC)
Sponsored by the University of Mississippi, NRSSLC addresses the
many different legal aspects of space law, including the publication of the
Journal of Space Law.
Society
for History of Technology (SHOT)
SHOT's weekly postings of employment announcements, fellowship
opportunities, calls for papers, and upcoming conferences
Space,
Planetary, and Astronomical Cyber-Experience (SPACE)
This site contains information on new and used aerospace books,
plenty of graphics, and current aerospace news
Space
Telescope Science Institute "Planet Quest"
Electronic picturebook and history of planetary exploration from
the point of view of the spacecraft used
Apollo
Gas Plant and Pipeline
A short page that presents texts and images of the NASA KSC facility
where a large number of the gases and liquids supplied to the launch vehicles
were kept.
Boeing
North American's Space Systems Division
Space Shuttle Homepage
Gemini
Inertial Measurement Unit
A detailed description and explanation of the tool that made rendezvous
and docking manuevers possible on the Gemini spacecraft.
Quest
The journal of space history published by the Universityof North
Dakota.
Wired
This on-line magazine has a section devoted to articles on space
exploration.
Updated April 16, 2004
Steven J. Dick, NASA Chief Historian
Steve Garber, NASA History Web Curator
Scott Friedman, Author
For further information E-mail histinfo@hq.nasa.gov