Astronomy
and Space
This list also has some links to Activities and Games.
Astronaut
Information
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/more.html
Facts about living and working in space, human spaceflight
program resources, and biographies of current astronauts.
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Each day a different image or photograph is featured.
Big Bear Solar
Observatory
http://www.bbso.njit.edu/images.html
Images of the sun from a telescope in California. Big Bear is
operated by NJIT.
Human
Spaceflight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/index-n.html
This is the place to find details on Space Shuttle missions and
the International Space Station.
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov
Link to information about specific missions or search all the
NASA sites.
NASA Just for Kids
http://www.nasa.gov/kids.html
Sites for kids in categories like Earth, Stars and Galaxies, and
Space Travel.
Newark
Museum Dreyfuss Planetarium
http://www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium
Find out what to look for at night with Sky Watch. Schedule of
events for Newark’s own planetarium.
Nine
Planets
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Our solar system’s nine planets and their moons with facts
and pictures. Information on comets, asteroids and meteors too!
StarChild
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Solar System, the Universe and Space stuff. Designed for ages
4-14.
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Choose Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced level for information
about Earth, the Solar System, the Universe, and Space missions.
Also includes categories for news, myths, and people.
Activities and Games
Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Collect solar system trading cards, take the astronaut challenge,
and more.
NASA KIDS Projects and Games
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Puzzles/
Connect the stars, stories, coloring pages and picture scrambles.
Take a quiz and print out an award.
Observatorium
http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/fun/fun_index.shtml.html
Concentration, Mars Lander game, cool online coloring pages, and
puzzles.
Space Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
Project ideas, recipes, games, puzzles, and contests!
Windows to the Universe -
Cool Stuff
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/cool_stuff/cool_stuff.html
Tours, stories, postcards, puzzles, and games.
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/Sites/space.html
©2003 The Newark Public
Library
5 Washington Street
P.O. Box 630 Newark, NJ 07101-0630
(973) 733-7784
