This comet fact sheet, supplied by the NSSDC, provides a table of information on selected comets, complete with commentary when appropriate. Includes details of missions to observe these comets.

This slideshow chronicles the mission to analyze Tempel 1. It begins with the launch on January 12 and ends with an artist's rendering of the anticipated result. Video and links are also included.

Explore the solar system like never before with this photograph viewer. Choose the planet, then scroll through the many beautiful photographs taken by space missions. Read about how each photo shows evidence of the presence of ice.

A news article about NASA's plans to learn more about gamma rays and discover more planets launched in 1999.

Alan Stern explains how NASA's New Horizons mission will to allow us to see Pluto for the first time.

A summary of the last Mercury space mission. Links to related Web sites are included.

Simple information about the first space explorer to visit Mercury. Good picture of the Mariner 10 probe. Links to a glossary of terms.

Some interesting projects for students interested in the space program.

Single image mosaic from NSSCD Mariner 10 collection. Shows detail of an impact basin with typical ray structures. Thumbnail image links to large graphic file with more detail.

Learn about comets: Where do comets come from? What brings comets near Earth? What makes comets look fuzzy? What do comets look like up close? What's inside a comet? Why do comets have tails?

Discover facts about Saturn including its surface, moons and planets that surround it, and interesting images.

This short biography tracks the life of Eileen Collins, first woman to pilot a space shuttle and command a space shuttle mission.

Johnson Space Center provides biographical data on Guion S. Bluford Jr. Information on his education, interest, special honors, and experience is included.

A single mosaic image made from 18 pictures as Mariner 10 approached Mercury.

View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.

Article reports on a planned mission by NASA to send a robot to one of Jupiter's moons to hunt for life.

This site, which is provided for by the German Aerospace Center, contains detailed information on missions to Mir from March '92 to March '97 displayed in the links below.

This is NASA's press release on the International Space Station

This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the U.S. space program and the role President John F. Kennedy took in setting the agenda for manned space flight to the moon.

This site from NASA has information on the Galileo space mission, which launched in October 1989. In spite of technical problems, Galileo transmitted enormous amounts of new data, especially about Jupiter and its satellites and rings,...

NASA site presents simulated images of the views from the Cassini spacecraft. Images updated on a daily basis.

Use this site to learn about the Apollo 11 spaceflight at this NASA-sponsored site designed for young astronomers. Nice one-paragraph summary of the mission, with links to additional information about the astronauts, the lunar module,...

This site from NASA provides a summary of the Gemini 8 space mission flown by Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott.

Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.