Unmanned Exploration of Space
Sites for Educators

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA field center dedicated to exploration of the planets and universe. News, pictures, movies/animations, info archive

NSSDC Photo Gallery: Spacecraft
From the National Space Science Data Center at Goddard Space Flight Center. Includes links to info on each of the crafts' missions at bottom of page.

Planetary Missions and Materials Branch at JSC
Concerned with both robotic and human space exploration and the collection and study of extraterrestrial materials.

Cassini-Huygens:

Cassini: Voyage to Saturn

The Cassini Mission Home Page from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - everything about the mission and a tour of Saturn and its moons - check it out

Galileo:

Galileo Probe

From Ames Research Center, this page is devoted to background info and scientific results from the atmospheric entry probe portion of the mission.

Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth

Mirror site of the Project Galileo Home Page from JPL. Updated regularly - check this site out

Mars Missions:

Life On Mars?
Online article.

Live from Mars

One of the Passport to Knowledge "Electronic Field Trips," a joint project between NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative (Quest), the National Science Foundation, and PBS's K-12 Learning Services

Mars Global Surveyor Home Page

Currently in Martian orbit.

Mars Pathfinder

"ENTER HERE" for the Pathfinder Home Page.

Mars Surveyor 98 Home Page

Mission to study the climate of Mars in detail. The Mars Climate Orbiter is due to launch Dec. 10, 1998, enter orbit Sep. 23, 1999. The Mars Polar Lander is due to launch Jan. 3, 1988, and land on Mars Dec. 3, 1999.

Mars Surveyor 2001 Home Page

A mission to study more of the climate and ancient geologic history of the Red Planet. Includes an orbiter, a rover, and a lander.

Meteorites from Mars!

Online article.

Lunar Missions

Clementine

A Dept. of Defense spacecraft designed and operated by the Naval Research Laboratory, it has taken over 1.8 million images of the Earth and Moon.

Clementine Lunar Image Browser

An online viewer from the Naval Research Laboratory, allows users to zoom in on any location on the Moon by clicking on a flattened-out mosaic image of the Moon made up from pictures taken by the Clementine spacecraft.

Exploring the Moon Home Page

From Johnson Space Center's Lunar and Planetary Institute. An introduction to U.S. and Russian lunar exploration missions. Features 3-D image files (stereograms).

Voyager 1 and 2:

Voyager Project Home Page

Brought to you by JPL, includes info on Voyager today, images and documents related to the missions, and sounds from the Golden Record - the sounds of earth for the universe

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