NASA
Kennedy Space Center: Skylab: America's First Space Station
Here you can read about the history and goals for the Skylab mission.
Read Works
Read Works: Will Human Life on Earth Come to an End?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about science fiction authors and their predictions about space travel. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: As Time Flies By
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about time travel in the movies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Nj Physics Professor Has the 'Right Stuff'
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Dr. Greg Olsen, the third private citizen to travel to outer space. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Ride Stuff
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interview with the first female astronaut, Sally Ride. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: America by Air: Airline Expansion and Innovation
Air travel grew in the 1920s and 1930s despite the Great Depression. Read about the new commercial airlines of the time and what it was like to fly at the dawn of commercial passenger flight.
Other
Virginia Space Flight Academy: Summer Residence Camps
Watch campers count down for take-off and the ultimate rocket launch during this summer space camp experience. Read about programs offered including spaceships, aerodynamics, microgravity, robotics, rocket assembly and launching,...
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration: Galileo
Learn about the Galileo mission in its entirety. Read updates on the mission as well as new picture from the space probe itself.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: America by Air: Early Commercial Aviation
Commercial airlines took flight soon after the Wright brothers' famous first flights. Read about how the U.S. government encouraged the development of air travel.
Other
Lunar and Planetary Institute: Apollo Surface Panaramas
View a spectacular collection of photographic panoramas taken by Apollo astronauts while exploring the lunar landscape. These images can be studied using zoom and pan tools or by reading an annotated version that identifies major...
Read Works
Read Works: Living on the Moon
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about visits to the moon. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration
Enter our solar system to interact with the planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and more. Investigate with NASA scientists and explore missions related to space exploration. Read facts, compare statistics, look through resources, and...
NASA
Dawn Mission: Dawn Classrooms: The History and Discovery of Asteroids
Student groups explore scientific breakthroughs and the development of technologies that eventually led to asteroid discovery aboard the Dawn space mission. Learning module components include jigsaw reading, model building, math...
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to the Planets the Explorers
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.
NASA
Nasa: Astronaut Biography: m.lopez Alegria
Read biographical facts about this Spanish-born astronaut who is the veteran of three space flights including the Columbia, the Discovery, and the Endeavour.
Math Science Nucleus
I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
NASA
Nasa: Landing on Mystery Stuff
At this online lesson plan read about the exciting Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission. Understand comets and then go and do the word search.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Astronaut's Diary [Pdf]
"The Astronaut's Diary" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about astronauts traveling to the space station and the hard work they had to do. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: First Man on the Moon
View the artwork of Paul Calle as he designed the stamp honoring the first man on the moon. Read about the inspiring story that lead to the making of this stamp.
Other
Kid Power: Astronomy for Kids
Young children can find facts about the Solar System, the Sun, meteorites, stars, galaxies, planets, our moon, comets, asteroids, and space exploration. Pages offer clear photos and bullet-point information, which is easy to read and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Aviation Inspector
Because of the necessity of air travel of all types, there is a need for the aviation inspector. Read about the requirements for this career, the work environment, and the education requirements. Included is a video that shows an...
Curated OER
Manned Exploration Is Only One Way We Study the Universe.
Space can be explored in many different ways. Read about space exploration and click on the topics on the right margin to find out how man finds out about his universe.
Curated OER
Voyager 1 and 2
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.
Curated OER
Magellan
View photographs of space craft and read about their assembly, launching, and where they went.