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How NASA is preparing a new breed of robotic astronauts to perform some of the more difficult tasks in space.
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Howstuffworks How Robonauts Will Work  One of the most interesting things about space travel is the drama. Human beings place themselves into amazing vehicles and travel into a completely hostile environment that is almost beyond imagination, and then describe their experiences for us in words...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/robonaut.htm

Alexandria, VA. Teaching resources and information about field trips to the center.
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Challenger Center for Space Science Education  From the pressroom to the classroom! Teachers, you can use exciting current events in space science as a launch pad for new lessons. Take a look at the newest issue of Teachable Moments in the News, and get free supplemental...
http://www.challenger.org/

Children's program at Arizona State University. Also provides educational resources and teacher training.
http://emma.la.asu.edu/neweducation.html

Programs, books, and videos teaching about space flight, personal motivation and teamwork.
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MullaneWeb  Home Biography Speaking Programs Speaking Testimonials Online Store Autograph Seekers Contact Mike Mullane Welcome to MikeMullane.com, the website for astronaut, professional speaker, and author Mike Mullane. Watch for Mullane’s life story 8220;Riding Rockets” to be released by Scribner in January...
http://www.mikemullane.com

An exciting way for teachers to learn the use of space and Earth sciences as backdrops in the classroom while addressing educational standards.
http://teachingwithspace.com

Construct-it-yourself model communication satellites for educational and professional use.
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Scale Model Communication Satellites  Affordable scale model communication satellites for fun, education, science projects and more. Scale Model Communication Satellites for the everyday user. These are NOT collector items. The Original SCALE MODEL COMMUNICATION SATELLITES Limited Edition Collector Items These heavy paper scale model...
http://www.rossie.com/satmods.htm

Online science and space science encyclopaedia, including Hubble telescope photos, satellite images of the Earth, and additional guides for teachers.
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International Space School Educational Trust ISSET  T web accounts are free and private, giving you features such as bookmarks, personal galleries and the ability to participate in programmes and projects, such as global ozone monitoring. Login: Password: Register an account Lost your password? Win the Experience...
http://www.isset.org/

Space and astronomy education and projects for all ages.
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Index of  Index of Name Last modified Size Description Parent Directory 08-Dec-2002 18:11 Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.omenet.co.uk Port 80...
http://www.omenet.co.uk/

An interactive educational guide explaining how light, electromagnetic radiation, and spectroscopy are used in astrophysics.
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Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Bodies through Animation  How do we know what the objects in the universe are made of? Let's find out Space Technology Listings This web site is the thesis project of Elaine Fortin, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Liberal...
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~efortin/thesis/html/

A student group developing a Mars deployable greenhouse. Includes educational materials and a "radio drama."
http://projects.olin.edu/marsport

A repository for life sciences educators. It provides information and downloadable teaching material.
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Space Biology  Resource provides downloadable teaching materials and profiles of available references for undergraduate education....
http://www.spacebio.net/

A course with focus on Mars missions, offered by Berkeley University, USA. Includes course curriculum, news and support material.
http://mars2012.berkeley.edu/

Outreach program of the European Space Agency. Offers participant and project information from a network of student and educational institutions designing small satellites.
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Student Space Exploration Technology Initiative  Student Space Exploration Technology Initiative [Up] SSETIquestionsSSETIworkshopSSETIobjectivesSSETIParticipantsSSETISupportSSETILinksSSETIwelcomemenu...
http://www.estec.esa.nl/outreach/sseti/homepage.htm

ISU is a educational organization in France providing courses in space technology internationally. Site provides extensive course programme info and overview of the school.
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International Space University  Check out the latest news more info Register now for the 2006 Introductory Space Course more info View an 8 minute video on ISU!...
http://www.isunet.edu/

US association to promote Space education, created in remembrance of the Mercury 7 disaster. Site with newsletters, activities and grant info.
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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation  Print available for purchase ASF News RSS Feed Astronaut Autograph Club Memberships Now Available! Our Mission More than 50 astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs are helping the United States retain its world leadership in science...
http://www.astronautscholarship.org/

A parabolic flight experiment by a group of German students on segreation of granular materials in low gravity. Provides project overview and background material.
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http www.granmat.de/  Your browser does not support framesets. Please click here to be redirected to the final page....
http://www.granmat.de

Offers material for elementary school study of the station, provided by a Canadian teacher.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/space_station.htm

Personal pages of a Brazilian student study group on space technology.
http://gecebr.tripod.com/eng/index.html

Features a project for children to participate in the Rover 2003 mission to Mars. Includes contests, educational materials, and mission updates.
http://www.redrovergoestomars.org/

Features a collection of educational electronic picture books and other tutorials offered by the Space Telescope Science Institute.
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Exploration In Education  Please stop and take a look at our latest electronic offerings of Macintosh, Windows, and DOS software available for downloading! Electronic PictureBooks For Macintosh and now for Windows! Chock full o beautiful images and informative text! Macintosh versions requires HyperCard...
http://www.stsci.edu/exined/

Devoted to the beckoning call of the Red Planet.
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Welcome to GoToMars  ...
http://gotomars.org/

Provides organizational and scholarship information by a university association devoted to space exploration and technology.
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Universities Space Research Association USRA  Exploration to be held at Earth Space 2006 Conference Announced More Recent News and Archives Board of Trustees-Council of Institutions -Contact Us-FAQs -Site Map- Search-Internal Page...
http://www.usra.edu/

Dedicated to using simulation to teach space science. Lists various simulation field trip opportunities for classes.
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National Association of Space Simulating Educators  Get updated information on space science for teachers. Your address will never be sold or shared. The National Association of Space Simulating Educators Exploring Outer Space from the Classroom NASSE is an organization of educators dedicated to using simulation to...
http://pages.us.edu/nasse/

Student designed experiment aboard the International Space Station. Students can monitor their payload and compare it to their own ground based control.
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Space Explorers, Inc.  All astronaut crews get to design something unique and creative, so here's your chance to do the same thing! Learn more Share Your Thoughts in the Opinion Corner Let your students opinions be heard in classrooms worldwide with Space Explorers...
http://www.space-explorers.com/

Get the who, what, when, where, and how on the International Space Station from DiscoverySchool.com.
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Space-Age Living: Building the International Space Station  A is looking for volunteers to live aboard the International Space Station for four months. Would you volunteer? Yes No What would be the best thing about living in space 160 The best thing about living in space would be...
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/spacestation/

Offers lecture notes by the University of Wisconsin from space project courses. Subjects include lunar mining and nuclear power in space.
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/courses

A community outreach service in conjunction with NASA, providing free software to engender interest in space and science in elementary school children. Includes detailed descriptions and downloads.
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Welcome to Jackson and Tull's PCs IN SPACE(TM)  ...
http://www.pcsinspace.com

A space learning portal dedicated to advancing space knowledge.
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AdvanceSpace  Space is a learning portal dedicated to advancing space knowledge. China and Russia Challenge Space Leadership of U.S an open source estimate by GlobalSecurity.org. Noteworthy Space Advances Life's building blocks thrive throughout the universe, as discovered by recent observations of...
http://www.AdvanceSpace.com

Need an astronomy or space program guest speaker? Bess Amaral,a JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador, provides an informative and interactive experience for all age groups.
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The Solar System Ambassador Program  After completing her undergraduate work at UCLA and UT–El Paso in 1968, she earned her Masters Degree in Educational Administration in 1974. Mrs. Amaral joined the St. Mark's School of Texas science department in 2001 as a seventh grade Earth...
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Bess_Amaral.htm

Useful resources for space enthusiasts, collectors of astronaut and cosmonaut autographs and space memorabilia.
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The Space Directory, Astronaut and Cosmonaut Autographs  Better quality scans added The largest Autopen reference on the Internet! Space shuttle home safe! Minutes ago, the space shuttle Discovery landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base. Congratulations to the crew on a 100% successful mission! Welcome home Return...
http://www.spacedirectory.org.uk

Description of a course offered on signal filtering for GPS navigation systems.
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GPS/INS MULTISENSOR KALMAN FILTER NAVIGATION  Student understanding of material is instructor's primary objective Student participation stimulated by instructor prompted discussions Each section contains road map of contents and list of references Selection/organization of topics based on logical flow of information Inter-relationship of different concepts shown...
http://www.technalytics.com/course.htm

Children's programs, activities and service projects related to space science. Also includes interactive learning resources on Mars and the moon.
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TSGC Just For Fun  You and your crew are about to blast off to Mars! What will you take on your long journey into space? ASTEROIDS Attention Asteroid Commander! Your mission is to blast asteroids in space! COLORING BOOK Exciting pages of coloring images...
http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/fun/index.html

Offers a contest in space system design for high school students.
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University of Toronto Space Design Contest  We had technical difficulties with our workshop registration form mentioned below. If you registered before today, please reregister. We're sorry for the inconvenience. October 08. 2005 The Department of Civil Engineering, Canadian Space Society and Engineering will be holding a...
http://utsdc.sa.utoronto.ca/

A school group offering study of missions to Mars using wind power.
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The Marsmen Website a canadian national marsville project  It has grades kindergarten to grade 7. We have a small school in Surrey B.C. we have a very small gym. Our school is main buildings and portables. We are a french immersion school. In our class we have 24...
http://www.freewebs.com/marsmen/

A curriculum of outlines and teaching resources for a modular course on Mars.
http://lyra.colorado.edu/sbo/mary/outline.html