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  • SpaceCenter for Earth and Planetary Studies
    The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies is part of the Collections and Research Department of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. In addition to original CEPS research materials for Mars, Venus, Mercury, Earth and its Moon, outreach materials and an extensive image collection are also stored on this site. To enable known item searching of its planetary science, geophysics, and environmental information, a dedicated search engine is also available on this site.
  • Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration
    Maintained within the NASA Web site, this page offers a timeline of space exploration from its beginnings with Sputnik 1 in 1957. While chronologically constructed, browsing ahead to specific years through the table of contents is also possible. For each historical entry, links are provided to images, descriptions, launch/orbital data, sponsoring agencies or countries, personnel information, and related resources.
  • Encyclopedia Astronautica
    Encyclopedia Astronautica is authored by Mark Wade, a space hobbyist, and sponsored by Friends and Partners in Space, one of the first Internet services developed jointly by citizens of the United States and Russia.
  • History of Astronomy Resources
    Maintained by Wolfgang R. Dick of Bonn University in Germany, this site features highly organized access to astronomy information by category, e.g., “Persons” and “Archives and Libraries,” etc. For academic searching, the online archives are especially useful, providing access to oral history projects, general catalogs, and specific (primarily European) libraries’ online resources. Annotations are provided for many selected links, including language notes for non-English resources. “Persons” provides both current and historical biographical information for 1,750 astronomers.
  • Hubble Space Telescope
    Housed within the NASA Web site, this page offers links to information about the Hubble Space Telescope, including pictures, news releases, and relevant educational materials. The table of contents functions as browsable links to the HST schedule and programming information, pictures by subject, online exhibits, star catalogs, and a data archive. The page also functions as a communications channel for researchers through the provision of fellowship and student programs, proposals, and application information.
  • Imagine the Universe!
    A site from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will serve the needs of college astronomy students and education majors.
  • NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
    This historical archive offers the reader links to rocket history, the history of astronautics, a Years Owned of aeronautics and astronautics, and a history of Apollo Launch facilities and operations. Information on manned missions includes Projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, and the Space Shuttle. The site provides full-text access to key documents in the history of space policy, including the NASA Space Act of 1958.
  • Planetary Data System
    This site is an index of information from NASA planetary missions, organized by user level. Information for scientists include data and other PDS documentation; public information offers links to NASA planetary missions as well as to an extensive image library; data producers are given links to archiving software and information; and educators are linked to a growing number of multimedia instructional resources.
  • Royal Observatory Greenwich
    Sponsored by the National Maritime Museum, this site is rich in education information, including downloadable leaflets, night sky links, online exhibits, and special programs for K–12. International topics fully developed on this site include Tychos’ Star Maps, Harrison and the Story of Longitude, and Maritime Greenwich.
  • AstroWeb: Astronomy and Astrophysics on the Internet
    Maintained by the AstroWeb consortium, this page offers subject organized links to information within such categories as “Observing Resources,” “Data Resources,” and “Research Areas of Astronomy.” The 3,009 resources provided on this page include the following: history of astronomy, online bibliographies of astronomy materials, lists of international astronomy departments, newsgroups, educational resources, and astronomy libraries. In addition to subject classification, the site also provides a WAIS search engine.
  • High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
    Developed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, this index is rich in astronomy resources for general audiences. Image and information links are provided for such broad topics as solar eclipse, Mars, comets and meteors, space exploration, and more. This site also provides access to astronomy magazines, hypermedia textbooks, Ask-A-High-Energy Astronomer service, image and video archives, software references, and other metasites.

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