Planets

Online sources:

Library Databases are always a GREAT place to start when researching!
The library databases may be accessed in school and at home by clicking on the
library link right from the Van Wyck JHS web site. Then click on Web links.

Online Sources and Links



World Book Online Reference Center 
(DATABASE)
http://www.worldbookonline.com

SPACE TODAY ONLINE 
Covering Space From Earth to the Edge of the Universe 
Space Shuttles  Space Stations  Satellites  Astronauts  History 
 Solar System  Deep Space  Rockets
http://www.spacetoday.org/STO.html

NASA - Picture Dictionary
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/index.html

The Nine Planets
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html

Hubblesite
http://hubblesite.org/

CNN-Science and Space
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/

ESA-European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.edu/

Inside the Spacestation
http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/iss/iss.html

Boeing - world's leading aerospace company
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/

Space Shuttle/Space Station/Space News
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Astronomy Magazine - Click on Intro to Astronomy
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx

Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm

NASA Solar System Exploration- info can be found here about all the
planets,asteroids, comets and meteoroids.
http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

Air Force Research Laboratory - Space Vehicles Directorate
http://www.vs.afrl.af.mil/

National Solar Observatory
http://www.nso.edu/