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Newtonian Mechanics
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D. Stern
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Learn the physics of planetary motion and spaceflight by exploring Newton's Laws and their applications. One section nicely illustrates the concepts with the problem of planning a…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Smechopen.htm
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From Stargazers to Starships: Spaceflight
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Visit this site to learn about rockets and spaceflight. If you're willing to do some reading, you can find out about the history of rocketry and the space race, uses of unmanned…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Spaceflt1.htm
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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Team
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The WMAP mission reveals the conditions of the early universe by measuring the comic microwave background radiation with unprecedented accuracy. Using the temperature difference in…
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
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HubbleSite: Hubble's exciting universe
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This web site presents Hubble's fascinating discoveries from 1990-2020 through pictures, videos, and stories that describe the universe's past, present, and future. Articles describe…
https://hubblesite.org/mission-and-telescope/hubble-30th-anniversary
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Footloose
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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/
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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
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NASA: The Apollo Missions
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B. Dunbar; Editor: J. Ryba
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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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NASA Releases Images of Earth by Distant Spacecraft
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J. Cook and D. Brown
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This is a release of pictures of the Earth and Moon taken by the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn and taken by the Messenger spacecraft from Mercury. Five pictures are included in the…
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-229#5
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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
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Mars Science Laboratory Mission
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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/
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