Space Day 2004 Links

Following are the links from Space Day. You should be able to find everything you need right here. If you need to conduct your own search, please tell me why. If I approve your search, please feel free to use Google to conduct your own search for sites not included in this list. If you conduct your own search, remember to narrow your topics by typing in specific key words or phrases. If you can't find what you want, try different combinations of key words or try using the + sign or maybe quotations. Mr. González

The Nine Planets (this site has all you'll need for info on our solar system)
http://www.nineplanets.org/

Solar System Simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Space Shuttle Info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_shuttle
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/ssa/docs/Space.Shuttle/general.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/thespaceweb/shuttle.html

Shuttle Thermal Protection System (TPS)
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/TPS/Tech41.htm

Space Food
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.Development.of.Space/Living.and.Working.In.Space/Space.Food/

Space Suits
http://www.astrobiology.com/space.suits.html
http://www.fi.edu/pieces/hiley/history.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-suit.htm

Venus Discussion

Terraforming
http://science.howstuffworks.com/terraforming.htm
http://www.hypography.com/topics/terraforming.cfm

Beryllium Copper
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/020106.html

Properties of Metals
http://www.engineersedge.com/properties_of_metals.htm

ONLINE EXPEDITIONS
National Geographic online web sites of expeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explore
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html

Sean Burch's Mt. Everest Expedition
http://www.seanburch.com/index.html

Archived online sea expeditions
http://www.whoi.edu/home/marine/expeditions_main.html

Smithsonian Institute's online expeditions
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/exploration_and_travel

PBS Online Expeditions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/adventures

Jason Project Online Expedition information
http://www.jasonproject.org

EXPLORATION TOOLS
NASA Space Technology Transfer
http://technology.jsc.nasa.gov/

NASA Space Instrument and Sensing Technology
http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/Sensors_page/InstHP.html

MSFC site that shows technologies developed for space that have other uses
http://nasasolutions.com/index.html

Spin-offs from NASA Technology
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff.html

American Red Cross (Together we prepare)
List of emergency supplies can be found on this site.
http://www.redcross.org

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/madisonjason11/textonly/tools_gear.html

High Altitude Balloons
Research in Antarctica. Check out the survival school.
http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Crew Tools for Hubble Telescope Repairs
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/spacesci/hst3-01/crew_aids.htm

NASA Shuttle Site that lists equipment
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/crew

Apollo Geology Sampling Tools
Catalog of images of all of the Apollo sampling tools.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/tools/Welcome.html

Black and Decker
Search this site for a variety of tool types.
http://www.blackanddecker.com

Craftsman Tools
Go to the kidsÌ area of this site for information about tools.
http://www.craftsman.com

Space.com
Lots of current articles about space technology and gear. Do a search.
http://www.space.com

Here is a description of some tools used by astronauts
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/teachers/suited/6work.html  

EXPLORATION VEHICLES
Advanced Autonomy for exploration vehicles
http://ic-www.arc.nasa.gov/index.php  

Mars Exploration Rovers
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer  

Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Space.com
Lots of current articles about space exploration vehicles. Do a search.
http://www.space.com

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Vehicles
http://www.whoi.edu/home/marine/vehicles.html
http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/doei/facilities/deep_submergence.htm  

Jet Propulsion Laboratory robotic vehicles
http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/groups/rv  

spaceref.com
Information on robotic space missions.
http://www.spaceref.com/Directory/Exploration_and_Missions/Robotic_missions  

SOLAR SYSTEM
National Air and Space Museum: Solar System site
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/ss/solarsystem.html

National Space Science Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary  

Mars Exploration Program
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov  

NASA Image Exchange
http://nix.nasa.gov  

U.S. Geological Survey web site: planetary information and maps
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov  

Space.com interactive solar system web site
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour  

CNN space site
www.cnn.com/TECH/space  

LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE
NASA's Human Space Flight site
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov  

Mars Society: Information about living and working on Mars
http://www.marssociety.org  

LEWIS AND CLARK
Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
http://monticello.org/jefferson/lewisandclark  

National GeographicÌs Lewis and Clark sites
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west  
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark  

Space.com: Lewis and Clark
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/lewis_clark_021223.html  

National Park Service
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark  

PBS Lewis and Clark site
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark  

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
http://lewisandclark.org  

Discovering Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org  

Discovery Channel: Lewis and Clark
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/lewisandclark/lewisandclark.html  

The ethnography of Lewis and Clark
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis_and_Clark/default.html  

Montana Heritage Project
http://www.edheritage.org/1910/pridocs/primary.htm  

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Library of Congress' Teacher pages for using primary documents
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/index.html  

Library of Congress' links to primary documents
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/start/inres/ushist/newnatio.html  

National Archives' archival search
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc  

National Archives
http://www.archives.gov  

History Central
Original words are written down, but original document is not shown.
http://www.multied.com/documents/index.html  

List of Primary sources
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/primary.html  

Wording of Lewis and Clark Journals
Does not show original journals.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html  

Primary document from United Kingdom
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk.html  

Primary documents from many countries
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs

Transcripts from John Glenn's Friendship 7 mission
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-6/docs/?D=A  

Apollo Journals
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/frame.html  

ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES
NASA QUEST
Online learning opportunities through videos, live chats, and archives.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov  

Distance Learning Outpost
Videoconferences, virtual tours, and archives about living and working in space.
http://learningoutpost.jsc.nasa.gov/  

Helpful Info:

Topic: Space Exploration


http://experts.about.com/q/2540/2732083.htm
Expert:
Date:1/10/2003
Subject:Mars Travel Time

Question
How long, on average, does it take to travel from Earth to Mars? Does this vary? Thanx.

Answer
Hello Mark! Thanks for your question.

There is new technology that would cut the time from seven to eight months to 3 months.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mars/marsvehicles/html/s95_01414.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mars/marsvehicles/html/s95_01407.html

Timing is a major factor. When the orbit of Mars is close to Earth, is the best time when fuel consumption is needed the least. This occurs once a year for while it takes Earth to orbit the Sun in a year, it takes Mars two years. Under this new technology, astronauts would not have to stay on Mars for a year, as was originally planned. See this site for plotting a mission to Mars:

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Orbits/marsorbit.html

This site shows where Mars is to Earth's orbit today (see bottom of page. Also includes downloadable movie of the orbits-same as the diagrams):

http://www-mgcm.arc.nasa.gov/

If Mars was far away, it probably would take at least a year to get to.

I hope I helped. Please rate this answer.

Les