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Space

Online resources to support teaching and learning about the Solar System and beyond....

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NASA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA website with archive videos of key missions and news about current missions.

Hubble Space Telescope

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Hubblesite

Images from the Hubble Space Telescope. "A neverending cabaret of astronomical eye candy!"

The Sky at Night...

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Google Sky

An add-on to Google Earth which lets you surf the night sky. (Click on View and then Sky in version 4.2 of Google Earth - you may need to download a current version)

Wikisky

Another site that lets you "soar into the heavenly firmament."

The Solar System

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Solar Views

A 'guidebook' to the Solar System - information, games....

SunEarthPlan.net

A British website - "an action packed, science-oriented romp!"
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

A Solar System Simulator (NASA sponsored collaboration between JPL and the California Institute of Technology)

The Earth

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JPL Earth

Information from Earth observing missions.

European Space Agency - Earth

ENVISAT satellite observations of land, sea and atmosphere.

Google Earth

Puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. The latest version of Google Earth - version 4.2 - has a 'hidden' flight simulator. Press Ctrl - A to fly one of two aircraft across landscapes anywhere in the world.

The Moon

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Google Moon

Information about the Apollo missions, lunar maps and charts.

Mars

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Google Mars

A colour enhanced map of the planet.

Explore Mars Now

Could man be on Mars by 2015? An interactive Mars habitat.....

The 'Popular Science' end of Space

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Space.com

Enjoy.....
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Submitted byDavid Mawson
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Created16th October 2007
Publication date16th October 2007
Last updated22nd November 2008 13:37