Resources

Websites

Places to Explore

http://www.messenger-education.org/teachers/Modules/Lessons/MissionDesign_G5-8_L2.pdf

NASA Solar System Exploration https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/

NASA website dedicated to astronomy and the exploration of our Solar System.

The Nine Planets http://nineplanets.org/

An overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system.

Hubble Space Telescope http://hubblesite.org/

Official website of the Hubble Space Telescope, which can observe space without the interference of Earth's atmosphere.

New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

Site dedicated to NASA's mission to explore the planet Pluto and beyond.

NASA National Space Science Data Center Spacecraft Project Page https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/projects.html

A listing of and information on all missions to space.

NASA Mars Exploration Program https://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/

Information about the Mars Pathfinder mission, sent to land on and observe the Red Planet.

Deep Impact Mission to a Comet http://deepimpact.umd.edu/

Learn about the Deep Impact mission, which were sent to flyby and observe comets.

Keck Observatory http://www.keckobservatory.org/

Website of the largest telescope on Earth which is located in Hawaii.

International Space Station https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Website to follow the missions and life on the international space station.

Basics of Space Flight https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/

A tutorial designed to help understand the basic concepts of deep space missions.