NASA’s Space Based Astronomy Missions
NASA’s Space Based Astronomy Missions
A list from Sherre Boothman
10 November 2009
I. Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO or Chandra):
= amazing website with in-depth coverage of CXO and its findings; primary
site for CXO
= Classroom Ready Activities
= Chandra EPO Resources Request Form = for general
materials: posters, postcards, bookmarks, lithos, CDROM, coloring book)
= NASA’s site on Chandra; many links
lead to first website.
= Deep Space 9 (DS9) download site and associated education
activities.
II. Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble):
= Space Telescope Science Center Institute
= NASA’s main site for HST
= HST multimedia gallery, images, highlights, education units
= Highlights of HST observations
= European Space Agency (ESA) website on HST
= NASA Quest site on HST. Quest is a website for kids.
= Highlights of the Best of HST with good explanations of the images.
= site designed for informal educators such as planetarium and museum
educators
III. Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO or Compton): (mission ended in 2000)
= provides overview of mission and details on
instruments; primary website on CGRO
= brief description of mission and highlights of its
findings
= Gamma Ray Astronomy website; includes findings of CGRO
IV. SWIFT:
= NASA website for SWIFT mission to study Gamma-
ray Bursts.
= education and public outreach website
= real-time Gamma-ray burst webpage from SWIFT
V. Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (FGRST):
= NASA site for Fermi.
= educator site for Fermi.
VI. Spitzer Space Telescope(SST or Spitzer)
= primary Spitzer website with great resources.
= educator section of the above website; includes numerous
classroom activities and labs
= SST section of above main website
= section of main website for astronomers; has great details
VII. Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX):
= NASA site for GALEX mission exploring galaxy evolution in
ultraviolent.
VIII. Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s center for the missions to explore the Solar System.
= homepage with links to all solar system exploration missions both current
and historical including rather large collections of images from the current
missions and smaller collections of historical missions.
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