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Links to space related NASA sites.
50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft
This book is a necessity for any serious student or admirer of the space program and for those NASA employees and their families who were there while history was being made.
NASA Publicity and Mars Polar Lander
Read feature from About.com guide to Composite Materials, Barry Berenberg, on NASA's new better, faster, cheaper philosophy.
Space - How to Become an Astronaut
Detailed information on the steps to becoming an astronaut: education, life experience, physical requirements and what to expect if chosen.
Basics of Space Flight
This self-teaching guide to covers the broad range of all subject matter that plays into robotic spaceflight. Find answers to these questions: How do you get to another planet? Can gravity assist you? What is Universal Time?
Hubble Space Telescope
A cooperative program of the European Space Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to operate a long-lived space-based observatory.
Lightning Research
Global Hydrology and Climate Center is another part of NASA's work in Huntsville. There's a lightning primer, dataset info, space research and observations.
Office of Space Flight
To find out what is currently planned in the space program, check here.
Space Link
NASA's website for Educators and their students features a library, hot topics, cool picks, a search engine, curriculum, and a mailing list.
Space Science News
NASA site is sponsored by the Science Directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center with research areas that include astrophysics, microgravity, and Earth science.
Space Shuttle Launch
Schedule for all space shuttle launches.

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