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Links |
16.4
Radarsat |
Canadian
Space Agency. Visit the Canadian Space Agency and learn
about Julie Payette, Canada's latest astronaut; lots of other information:
Upcoming Events, Careers and Professions, Kool Zone, Educator's
Corner, Kidspace. |
16.5
Tracking Satellites and Other Objects |
CNN
- NASATV - Live. Get the vxtreme plugin and watch some
famous space events with your browser: Comet Hale-Bopp, Destination
Mars, Repairing Mir, Space 2000 and beyond
United
Space Alliance NASA-TV video. This is a continuous webcast
of the NASA-TV broadcast covering the agency activities and events.
The NASA TV Schedule [link on the page] lists today's programs.
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16.6
The International Space Station |
United
Space Alliance Shuttle Tracking Monitor. This web page contains
live data during shuttle missions. |
16.7
Humans
in
Space |
Selection
& Training of Astronauts. Do you want to be an astronaut?
The astronaut candidate program is an ongoing program. NASA accepts
applications from qualified individuals — from both civilian
and military walks of life — on a continuing basis, selecting
candidates as needed for the rigorous, 1-year training program
directed by JSC (Johnson Space Center - Houston).
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16.8
Gravity and Free Fall |
The
Candle Drop Experiment. Do this experiment at school and
observe candle flame properties in free fall. Just like the Shuttle
experiment. |
16.9
Spinoffs from the Space Industry |
NASA
Spinoffs. "Why do we go in space" and "What
does the space program do for me?" The next time you hear these
questions being asked, you will be able to explain it with the information
from this site.
NASA
Spinoff Database. Online database of Earth bound uses
of NASA space technology. |
16.10
Space
Medicine |
NASA
Neurolab Web: Mission Home Page. NASA's Neurolab mission
Web site. The Neurolab payload was launched on STS-90 in April
1998. This site explains the science being performed aboard STS-90:
the Aquatic Team, the Autonomic Nervous System Team, the Neurobiology
Team, the Sleep Team and more.
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16.11
Experimenting in Free-Fall Conditions |
Microgravity
Science Laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Centre
Visit this site to learn how microgravity affects you and the
world around you. Scroll down the page and Select "Ground
Cyber-Laboratory" to perform experiments in microgravity. |
16.12
Our Future in Space |
NASA's
Quest Project: Online Interactive Projects.
Use the icons at the top of this homepage to visit these programs
for students developed by NASA QUEST: Space Scientists Online,
Space Team Online, Women of NASA, and Aero Design Team
Online. |
