A brief discussion of the space probes that have reached the planet Venus.

The story of the Apollo 11 lunar landing is told with dramatic details, pictures, and mission highlights.

NASA summary of the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981.

NASA site details what sets Saturn apart from the other planets in our solar system and why the Cassini spacecraft mission is important.

NASA's web site about the James Webb Space Telescope, which will replace the Hubble telescope and is expected to observe the farthest reaches of the universe.

This is an excellent account of the first mission to be looked at by the European Space Agency. They are trying to look at the biological aspects of Mars in order to prepare for future missions to the red planet. The resource is...

This collection of photographs from space-shuttle missions shows some features of oceanic circulation that simply cannot be seen from any other vantage point. This site is a great resource for many different topics of study.

On his second mission into space, Dr. MacLean served as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Atlantis and became the first Canadian to operate the Canadarm2. This is a comprehensive biography of his professional career.

Julie Payette flew on Space Shuttle Discovery and was the first Canadian to participate in an ISS assembly mission and to board the Space Station. This comprehensive biography describes her professional career.

Learn about the mission of ClourSat, a satellite that will gather data as part of a comprehensive study of clouds to help develop a better understanding of the effect of clouds on climate . It will examine their structure, frequency and...

Yuan-Sen Ting takes us into deep space to show how astronomers study the stars beyond our reach. [4:46]

NASA site surveys the satellite Cassini's mission to Saturn as well as the ejection of the Huygens probe.

Detailed information about the Magellan Mission to Venus with images of major surface features and two images of the spacecraft.

This site from the National Space Science Data Center provides information on the Giotto mission which was designed to study Comet P/Halley. The spacecraft encountered Halley on March 13, 1986 and approached to within 600 km. This page...

A description of the missions of Chandra. There is also an audio song. Glossary, graphics and printable version of page included.

Biography of Alan Shepard, who was the first American in space and a pioneer of the space age.

Information on Mercury 6, the first American manned orbital space mission.

The goal of this electricity and electronics science fair project is to understand how ions are used to propel spacecraft in space, and to use a NASA online simulator to design your own ion engine. The Science Buddies project ideas are...

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.

NASA's Johnson Space Center is located near Houston, Texas and was constructed as "the primary center for: design, development testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human flight; selection and training of astronauts; planning...

Article reports on recent mission by a private space company to beam messages to Mars from Earth. Includes video.

Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet.

Students find and calculate the angle that light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating using trigonometry. After finding this angle, student teams design and build their own spectrographs, researching and designing a...

A look back at the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 in July of 1969. Site has links to audio clips and images from the mission and other Apollo web sites.