Includes a glossary and materials on the solar system, comets, asteroids, meteorites, spacecraft and satellites. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Details of the education programme, latest news, shuttle launches and resources in aeronautics, human development and exploration of space, earth science and space science. An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. Planetary Data System Archive which provides accurate and quality planetary science data products to the scientific community.
Resources cover planetary ring systems, atmospheres, and small bodies, such as comets and asteroids.
Information is provided in a variety of formats, including images and animations. 20010226 Planetarium Web Sites Index to planetariums worldwide, listed by country or by US state. 19990619 Space Place Make and do activities related to outer space. Explains how to make a model decoration of Saturn, an El Nino pudding, a relief map puzzle of the world, and asteroid potatoes, and describes how to match infrared images, explore a black hole, and navigate a maze to see how small a spacecraft can be. Also provides information on aspects of space science, and offers a selection of space facts.