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Footloose 
  
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Publisher: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
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This Smithsonian article is about astronaut Bruce McCandless' untethered spacewalk in 1984. Both McCandless and pilot photographer Robert Gibson were interviewed for the piece, which…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/footloose-82112792/
HyperPhysics: Global Positioning Satellites 
  
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C. Nave
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This HyperPhysics page contains basic information on global positioning satellites and how they work together to pinpoint the location of a GPS receiver on Earth. The page includes…
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/gps.html
The Apollo Program: Apollo 15 
  
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Publisher: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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This Smithsonian website hosts a number of webpages on the Apollo missions, whose objective was to map and investigate the lunar surface. This website is one of a series from the…
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-15
Radioisotope Power Systems 
  
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This NASA webpage discusses radioisotope power systems in past, present, and future space missions. It also discusses some of the successes that the radioisotopes have had on…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
Astronomy Picture of the Day: To Fly Free in Space 
  
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Publisher: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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This Astronomy Picture of the Day shows astronaut Bruce McCandless in orbit away from the Space Shuttle (he maneuvered with a rocket pack). Text provides links and further information.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070916.html
NASA's Mars Exploration Program: Science Overview 
  
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This NASA website lays out NASA's four goals for the exploration of Mars. Each goal is described on a separate webpage--most with illustrations. The webpage for the fourth goal…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/overview/index-science.html
Mars Science Laboratory Mission 
  
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Publisher: D. Yeomans
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This Jet Propulsion Laboratory website contains the science mission overview of the Mars Rover Curiosity. Links provide information about the scientific studies to be performed and…
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/
Mars--NASA Explores the Red Planet: Program Overview 
  
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This NASA site contains a statement of NASA's strategy to investigate life on Mars. The main page has an image of Mars captured by a spacecraft flying by in 1965. The Science…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/overview/index.html
Explore Mars: Curiosity 
  
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This NASA site enables you to follow the exploration of Mars by the Curiosity Rover, day by day. Text and images highlight the main activity of the days since Curiosity's landing.…
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/
NASA: The Apollo Missions 
  
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This website describes all the Apollo missions, including the goals, the spacecraft equipment, the events of the mission, and the outcomes. This website also includes links to…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html
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