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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration created in 1958 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

NASA for Students Special website designed by NASA just for students.
Hubble Space Telescope What's out there, where did it come from, and what does it mean?
Google Sky Download Google earth and get the companion Google Sky with a view to the stars
NASA Space Junk Office The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
Space.com Space Junk Another page dedicated to space junk
Bad Astronomy Debunking those space myths
The Heavens Above Keeping track of all those satellites and the space station
Black Holes A FAQ on black holes from UC Berkeley
World Wide Telescope WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world
Google Mars In collaboration with NASA researchers at Arizona State University, Google has created some of the most detailed scientific maps of Mars ever made
Explore Mars Now Interactive Mars habitat. See what a future Mars outpost might look like
Star Date Online This month's sky watching events
Arty the part time astronaut Come explore space with Arty
Amazing Space Educational space study tools for teachers
The Nine-Sorry-the Eight Planets This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system
Astronomy Zoom School Enchanted Learning; basic information and images (2-6)
EarthKam ISS EarthKAM is a NASA sponsored program that provides stunning, high quality photographs of our planet taken from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (3-12)
Explore the Solar System Interactive game in which students attempt to find their way back to earth
(3-8)
21st Century Explorer NASA's 21st Century Explorer is a 3rd-5th grade standards-based program that uses the Web, animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and NASA space exploration concepts
Solar System Live Welcome to Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date, viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet, and a variety of other parameters
Solar System Trading Cards Game which provides information about the solar system (3-7)
Windows to the Universe Learn about the planets and our universe; provided for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users  (4-12)
Dawn Dawn is an unmanned mission to the beginning of the solar system. There are videos and images of the craft moving towards the asteroid belt.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum offers a variety of free educational programs for school groups and organized youth groups. You will find information on educational activities at the Museum as well as resources provided for classroom learning.