Send Your Name To Mars Once again there is an opportunity to add your name to a NASA spacecraft. This time your name will go on a microchip that will be
attached to the Mars Science Lab, 'Curiosity', and sent to Mars during 2011, and arriving on the Martian surface in 2012.
Use this link to add your name. http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm
Eyes on the Earth -
This is NASA's web site on global climate changes. The web site shows real time data on the global climate plus has some really
great interactive components - especially the Eyes on the Earth 3D.
The first time there you will probably have to download a special plug-in for your web browser in order to use the interactive display.
ASKC -
The 'local group' of Astronomers - the Astronomical Society of
Kansas City. Observatory is in Louisburg KS, and monthly meetings the 4th
Saturday of each month on the UMKC campus.
Night Sky Network -
Visit this NASA sponsored web site to learn about becoming involved in Astronomy.
COPUS - The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) is a grassroots effort whose goal is to engage sectors of the public in science to increase their understanding of the nature
of science and its value to society.
SSEP -
The Solar System Educators Program involves NASA trained educators available for classroom presentations and educator workshops. There are good resources about NASA/JPL missions on the SSEP web site.
Cassini-Huygens -
NASA/JPL and International mission to explore Saturn, its ring system, and many Moons.
Mars
Exploration - The NASA/JPL web site for all missions to Mars, past, present, and future.
Windows to the
Universe -
This web site offers Earth and Space Sciences in a fun way. Includes information about space weather, global space physics and a real time movie of current solar activity.
ESA -
Home page for the European Space Agency space exploration web site. Information about ESA missions to the solar system.
Human
Spaceflight - NASA's web site for the human exploration of the solar system.
MESSENGER -
MESSENGER is a scientific investigation by spacecraft of the planet Mercury. The name comes from MErcury Surface,
Space ENvironment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, highlighting the project's broad range of scientific
goals.
Dawn -
Dawn, will investigate two of the largest protoplanets in the main asteroid belt, Ceres and Vesta.
Earth View -
A view of our part of the Earth 260366 km above Kansas City showing night and day.
