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NASA
The major space-related agency in the government, NASA's presence on the Web is voluminous. NASA's main pge includes information about the agency and their missions, image galleries, NASA TV, social media links, various downloads, and customized pages for Students, Educators, and the Media. 
NASA's Galleries page leads to their large collection images videos, videos, and copyright information. It also links to the Image fo the Day.
The following links lead to popular NASA pages. This is not a comprehensive list. NASA website includes a search to find more content.
- NASA for Students: Higher EducationStudent portal focused on college students. Includes information about NASA internships & fellowships & employment and other opportunities for engagement.
- NASA HistoryMain page provides a history of NASA and notable missions. All Topics offers an extensive list of topics, both text and images, found on the NASA website.
- NASA Image and Video LibraryDatabase of images, videos, and audio files. Includes most popular images.
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)Scientific and technical information publications and citations funded by NASA
Laboratories and Space Centers
There are several space centers and research facilities operated by NASA. This is a selective list.
- NASA Organizational StructureList administrators, Missions Directorates, and links to space centers, facilities, and research labs.
- Johnson Space CenterLocated in Houston, TX, this space center focuses on human space exploration. The astronaut corp is located at this center.
- JPL Technical Reports ServerSearchable database of reports from 1992. From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
- Kennedy Space CenterLaunch center for human and non-human missions. Located in mid-Florida on Merritt Island. Large location that also includes Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Other Agencies & Resources
- Astrogeology Science Center (USGS)includes databases, general and technical information, photo galleries, etc., concerned with solar system bodies
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS)"Contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named and approved from its founding in 1919 through the present time"
- National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA) Earth Observation GroupVarious disciplines including those groups charged with monitoring and assessing the Earth from space. Includes information about artificla lights, combustion sources, solar and space weather.
- Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA)Regulates US commercial space transportation, facilitates spaces launches and reentries from the private sector, and involved in federal policies relating to space transporation.
- Satellite & Information Service (NOAA)Access to global environmental data and information from satellites and other sources.
- US Naval ObservatoryDoD’s authoritative source for the positions and motion of celestial bodies, motions of the Earth, and precise time.
Astronomy & Space Sciences Careers
- Physicists and Astronomers (OOH)Provides information about pay, work environments, level of education, job outlook, and more. Also can search Physics for other ideas. Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Print: Space Sciences
Beyond the ionosphere : fifty years of satellite communicationCall Number: NAS 1.21:42171997. Print and Online. A collection of papers originally presented at an international conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Arthur C. Clarke's influential articles on the possibilities of satellite-aided communications. The papers cover the history of the development of communications satellites. There is also a timeline, glossary of acronyms and suggestions for further reading.
NASA Special PublicationsCall Number: NAS 1.21:1966- . Some numbers are missing; some were received in microfiche. Many of these monographs contain excellent photographs and report results of space explorations. For historical information, particularly check numbers 4000 and higher, which are in a special NASA history subseries. A particularly interesting set is Exploring the Unknown, #4407 which includes eprints of magazine articles, fiction and other materials considered influential in shaping American attitudes towards space exploration.
"Read you loud and clear!" : the story of NASA's spaceflight tracking and data network by Call Number: NAS 1.21:4233Publication Date: 2008-05-302008. This volume in the NASA History Series traces the history of this important satellite tracking system from its beginnings in the 1950s, through the Mercury and Apollo mission years, and into the present day. The author's purpose is to celebrate the invisible engineers that made these flights possible.
Report to the President / by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger AccidentCall Number: Pr 40.8:Sp 1/R 295 volumes. 1987. The Board's mandate was to review the accident in detail to establish the probable cause or causes for it, and to develop recommendations for corrective action based upon this review. The first volume contains this review and the recommendations, and the first four of 15 supporting appendices. Volumes two and three contain the remainder of the appendices, and volumes four and five contain transcripts of the hearings held by the Board in February and May, 1986.
