Astronomy & Space

Hubble Site.
http://hubblesite.org
Learn about new Hubble discoveries, view photographs of stars and galaxies, and find out facts about this remarkable telescope.

NASA – Kid’s Home
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
Games, art, stories, and activities for children presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

NASA Kids.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Learn space sciences at this site from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. With games, projects, news, this site seeks "to inform, inspire, and involve" children of all ages and reading levels.

NASA Laugh and Learn.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids
This is a great source for a variety of NASA sites with projects, games and activities, scientific information and amazing facts all about space.

National Air and Space Museum.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Here, in virtual space, are the objects that made the dream of flight a reality. Each is a reminder of a noteworthy achievement and evokes the spirit of its own particular time. From the Smithsonian.

Space Day.
http://www.spaceday.com
Help celebrate the wonderful world of space exploration. For this year's Space Day, design a totally unique solution to some "out-of-this-world" challenges--just like a real scientist, engineer, or explorer working on the space frontier.

Space Today Online.
http://www.spacetoday.org
The site bills itself as covering space from earth to the edge of the universe. Learn about space shuttles, space stations, satellites, astronauts, space history, the solar system, & deep space.

Views of the Solar System.
http://www.solarviews.com/
Presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, and spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics, and videos.

Virtual Science Center.
http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc
The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California, offers a virtual tour of selected exhibits and programs, a virtual planetarium, and space photographs taken by their telescopes. Try your hand at a lunar landing.

Windows to the Universe.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
A site about earth and space science. Includes a lovely section on mythology. Also available in Spanish.

Women of NASA.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology.