Research Guides: Space Research: Websites

Websites

NASA Headquarters
Links provided to NASA Centers and Facilities. Click on "Budgets & Performance" for both budget and performance/accountability reports.
HQ Historical Reference Collection
NASA makes available historical press kits, press releases, mission transcripts and administrators' speeches. Basic and Advanced search capabilities provided.
NASA Management and Policy Documents
This NASA Headquarters Library site provides access to a collection of full-text NASA publications, including budget and procurement materials, strategic plans, program and annual reports.
Technical Diagrams and Drawings
Contains detailed technical diagrams and drawings of spacecraft and systems from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs.
NASA: Advanced Search
One place to search all of the NASA Web servers using advanced search features.
Spinoff
Spinoff is a publication of NASA's Technology Transfer Office. It chronicles the secondary use of NASA technology in areas such as medicine, the environment, recreation, consumer goods, and computer technology. This site provides a searchable database of Spinoff products. The Library has Spinoff in our collection (TL 865 .S65) from 1976 through 2011.
Apollo Flight Journal
Provided by the NASA history division, the Apollo Flight Journal compiles information on the Apollo flights to the moon.

Futron's Space & Telecommunications
Conference papers and technology reports relating to commercial launch vehicles and satellites--their launch costs, market share and supply/demand.
Seti Institute
Seeking to answer the question 'Are we alone in the Universe?,' the SETI Institute provides information on its research projects and educational programs, with links to publications and related websites. New users are required to create an online account to view the resources.
Human Exploration and Operations
Information on the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Program and Flight Support.
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation regulates the commercial space transportation industry. Information available includes legislation and policies, launch data and special reports.
Basics of Space Flight
An online workbook written for people who work at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. An introduction to space flight in general and deep space missions in particular.
FAA Launch Reports & Studies
From the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, publications include launch reports, economic impact of commercial space transportation, risk assessments and other special reports.
Mission and Spacecraft Library
Designed to be understood by the layperson, this site provides basic facts on over 5000 orbital spacecraft launches and launch attempts. Enter search terms in "Quick Looks" or browse by Spacecraft Name, Program Name or Mission Type.
NASA Human Spaceflight
NASA's website for the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. Resources include news, history, mission reports and images.
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
An independent group charged with examining all safety related issues in NASA's human space flight projects. Contents include mission statement, annual report and panel composition.

Space Shuttle Mission Home Page
nformation on past space shuttle missions. View the Space Shuttle Reference Manual and the Shuttle Operational Data Book on the Reference page. Or, find details about future missions.There are also Press Kits for each mission and biographies of crew members. This is part of NASA's Human Spaceflight web site which also includes information about the International Space Station.
Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (Rogers Commission)
The fulltext report of the committee which investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. For more information, visit the site sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) which contains annotated links to news briefs, accident reports, and photos
Remembering Columbia STS-107
The NASA History Office provides documents, photos and other information about the Columbia disaster. Provides related links including one to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board and its 6-volume CAIB Report.

International Space Station
Part of NASA's Human Spaceflight, this site includes an overview of the International Space Station program. Included are crew biographies, a gallery of images, and detailed information on the different parts of the station.
Space Settlements
Developed by NASA, now run by the National Space Society, this site seeks to answer the who, what, why, and how of space settlements. It gives sociological reasons for colonizing space and technical information on what colonization would entail.

Space Telescope Science Institute
This is the site for information on the Hubble Space Telescope including instruments, handbooks for observation and information on the Institute itself.
Solar System Simulator
A generous collection of computer generated images of the solar system, maps of planets and their satellites, and space artwork. Sponsored by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and CalTech.
National Solar Observatory
This site links to the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak and at Kitt Peak, as well as to the Global Oscillation Nework Group (GON

Office of Commercial Space Transportation
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation regulates the commercial space transportation industry. Information available includes legislation and policies, launch data and special reports.
NewSpace Global
Market data and analyses for the commercial space industry. Full-text content from NewSpaceGlobal is available online to current ERAU affiliates. ERNIE Login required.
Space Commerce
The Department of Commerce's Office of Space Commercialization. This site provides information on policy issues, transportation, satellite navigation, remote sensing and other areas of the space commerce industry.

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