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Event Scope -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A 3D game-like computer interface that allows students to virtually explore remote places like Mars & other planets. So... Students assume the roles of space scientists in the exploration of these locations from their own classrooms. Visit

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- [ Kids/Teens ] - The lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. Visit

Moonshot -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A timeline of space exploration from the 1957 launch of Sputnik I to the present time. Includes links to other sites. Visit

Chronology of Lunar & Planetary Exploration -- [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Timeline of missions to Earth's moon & the planets, by year, from the NASA Data Center. Visit

Liftoff to Space Exploration -- [ Teens ] - Includes facts about launches, satellites, space stations, and astronaut training. Visit

Mars Stations: Drive A Rover -- [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Drive a LEGO Rover over the internet at a series of Mars Stations. Visit

Astrobot Diaries -- [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Follow the biweekly communications of two LEGO minifigures who are flying to Mars as part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission set to land in January 2004 on the red planet. Visit

Mission to Mars with Bill Nye -- [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - See why Mars is so fascinating to many astronomical scientists. Clear? Includes photos of the rover & the planet, as well as a glossary of terms & timeline. Visit

Space Technology -- [ Kids/Teens ] - About the usefulness of this technology, with a section on space probes & satellites, Canada's role, and some pictures. Visit

Galileo Project Home -- [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - NASA's homepage for the Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft. Includes mission reports, planetary facts, a summary of Galilean discoveries, animations, and an extensive photograph gallery. Visit



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