Astronomy, Aviation & Space

Encyclopedia Astronautica This comprehensive site includes: brief astronaut biographies, with links to various spacecraft, boosters, rocket engines, fuels, space programs and launch sites.

Mars Pathfinder Mission (JPL) This site covers NASA's successful mission to place a vehicle and instruments on the surface of Mars on July 4, 1997. Features information on the 310-million-mile flight that began December 4: about Mars, movies and images of the Red Planet, FAQs, timeline, educational programs, and much more.

Mission and Spacecraft Library NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory site provides basic information on about 5000 spacecraft launches and launch attempts since the beginning of space exploration.

NASA Image eXchange (NIX) NIX provides a searchable database of over 300,000 NASA images. The images are thumbnailed with descriptions.

NASA Space Shuttle Launches Comprehensive government site that details space shuttle missions. Information covers from STS-1 in 1981 to STS-107 (launched in February, 2003).

The Nine Planets Provides an overview of our solar system--sun, moon, planets. Includes history and detailed scientific data with narrative and photos.

PlanetScapes Assembles links to the "splendor of the Sun, planets, moon, comets, and asteroids". Covers space exploration, rocketry, and space missions using a huge archive of photographs and narratives. Search engine included.