Space
- A Virtual Journey to the Universe
Click on a planet to choose your destination and explore the planet, learn about exploration. Interactive
http://library.thinkquest.org/28327
- Amazing Space
Fun and games with astronomy. Galaxies, Hubble telescope and black holes.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
- Apollo Moon Landings
If you were too young to witness these first time round, here they are again, recreated in full panoramic view. (You will need a high speed internet connection to view).
http://www.panoramas.dk/moon/mission-apollo.html
- Astronomy
Fotosearch site offering thousands of beautiful and dramatic images of galaxies, planets, stars.
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/astronomy.html
- Earth from Space
See updated images of earth from space and find out what the weather is like all over the world.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
- Life on Mars
How would man live on Mars? Check out this interactive virtual research base.
http://exploremarsnow.org/
- Milestones of Flight
Milestones of flight from 1903. This starts with the Wright Flyer in 1903 but rapidly heads off into space. the chronology includes Sputnik, the first artificial satellite and Viking Lander the first spacecraft to operate on Mars.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/gal100.html
- NASA Human Spaceflight
Details of space flights. Click on Gallery and History.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov
- Nasa Earth Observatory
Amazing photgraphs taken from space of natural events and catastrophes around the world. Take a look at the Blue Marble Project images and Nasa's Visible Earth Collection.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
- Solar System Quiz
Test your knowledge of the Solar System!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu[explorations]
- Space Exploration
Learn all about space through the British National Space Centre website. It's a fantastic site and you can even find out about careers in space exploration.
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/learningzone.aspx?nid=3261
- Sputnik
It's 50 years since the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite and with that the 'Space Age' began.
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/index.html
Page last updated: 17 November 2008
