Because an increasing number of teachers have access to the Internet, the following section of network sites is included. Be aware that this list is not meant to be a comprehensive one. The Internet is a dynamic and ever-changing place and these sites may change or move. You will need a web browser to access these sites. A much more extensive list of Web sites can be found at URL http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/website.shtml.

Spacelink
An electronic information system designed to provide current educational information to teachers and students. Offers a wide range of materials (computer text files, software, and graphics) related to the space program. Contact Spacelink by any of the following methods:

Spacelink modem line is 205-895-0028
Data format 8-N-1, VT-100 terminal emulation
Internet TCP/IP address is 192.149.89.61
URL http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Gopher: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Anonymous FTP: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
Telnet: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov (VT-100 terminal emulation required)

For more information, contact:
      Spacelink Administrator
      Education Programs Office
      Mail Code CL 01
      NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
      Huntsville AL 35812-0001
      Phone:  205-544-6360

Other Resources For Educational Materials

NASA AESP Home Page
This is the home page for the NASA Aerospace Education Services Program with information about their programs and services. URL http://www.okstate.edu/aesp/AESP.html

NASA Internet Education Resources
A fairly extensive list of NASA-related Internet resources that are potentially useful to teachers. URL http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/Education/

NASA Online Resources
A list of links to organizations or projects providing information of interest to the educational community. URL http://naic.nasa.gov/naic/guide/index.html

Quest:  The Internet in the Classroom
Provides support and services for schools, teachers, and students on and about the Internet. How to get around the network, how to find what you need, and how to get in touch with NASA scientists, researchers, and engineers. URL http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

Space Science Education
Good source of factual information and "raw material" for inclusion in a planetary science curriculum. Nicely organized by planet with a lot of links in one place. URL http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/education_home.html

Resources For Space Imagery

Clementine Mission
Two sources for images from this recent mission are URL http://clementine.s1.gov/ and URL http://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clib

Comet Images
A nice (constantly growing) collection of images of a number of short- and long-period comets. URL http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/images.html

Comet Shoemaker-Levy Images
There are a number of sites with Shoemaker-Levy 9 images. Most include links to each other. Two good places to start are URL http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/sl9.html and URL http://www.stsci.edu/EPA/Comet.html

Hubble Space Telescope Images
The Space Telescope Science Institute provides access to HST images, which includes planetary images, at URL http://stsci.edu/EPA/Recent.html

JSC Digital Image Collection
A collection of press release images for the manned space missions including the Apollo and shuttle missions. Each image has a matching caption file. URL http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/html/home.htm

Magellan Mission to Venus
Two web sites for the Magellan Mission and Magellan images are URL http://delcano.mit.edu/http/midr-help.html and URL http://newproducts.jpl. nasa.gov/magellan/mgn.html

The Nine Planets
Each of the planets and major moons in our solar system is briefly described and illustrated with pictures from NASA spacecraft. URL http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

NSSDC Photo Gallery
The images presented here have a number of different sources, primarily NASA missions, however. They are generally organized by object and/or phenomenon on separate pages. URL http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/ photogallery.html

Planetary Image Finders
The browsers on this list are oriented more for people studying specific sites, looking for detailed maps, or trying to locate high-resolution unprocessed images. URL http://ic-www.arc.nasa.gov:80/ic/projects/bayes-group/Atlas/

Space Image Libraries
A nice collection of links to collections of interest to those looking for the latest and greatest space images for use in the classroom. URL http://www.okstate.edu/aesp/image.html

Views of the Solar System
An educational tour of the solar system compiled by Calvin J. Hamilton, Los Alamos National Laboratory. URL http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~cjhamil/SolarSystem/homepage.html

Welcome to the Planets
This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. Some consider it to be one of the best collections on the Internet. URL http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Resources For Upcoming Missions

There are also a number of web sites on the net for upcoming missions. Some of these are listed below.

Mars Global Surveyor Mission
      URL http://mgs-www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Mars Pathfinder Mission
      URL http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/

Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission
      URL http://hurlbut.jhuapl.edu:80/NEAR/

Project Galileo
      URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov:80/galileo/

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