Directory of United States Resources

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History of the United States' programs for exploring space.

Subcategories

• Missions
• Moon Missions

Resources in This Category

• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Virtual Tour

  http://www.robsv.com/cape/
  Descriptions and photographs of the launch complexes and vehicles.

• Highlights of the First 100 American Human Space Flights

  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Timeline/100flt.html
  A selective chronology of historically important manned space missions from 1961 to 1995. Some flights not covered.

• John Glenn: Three Orbits to History

  http://www.historicwings.com/features98/mercury/
  Presents a brief multimedia history of John Glenn's Mercury flight, the first American mission into Earth orbit. Discusses the training and technology of the Mercury Program and the events of Glenn's space flight.

• NASA Historical Archive

  http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/history.html
  Space history and information about NASA's manned missions. Mission descriptions, photos and videos of each of USA's manned space exploration missions.

• NASA History Office

  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/
  Current events; index of sites covering history of major aeronautic and astronautic programs, key NASA and NACA (1915-1958) officials, policy documents, statistics, timeline of air and space achievements; publications; links to other resources.

• Shoot for the Moon!

  http://www.apollo-society.org/shootmoon.html
  Outlines the highlights of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Space Programs from 1961 to 1972. Includes a brief bibliography.

• United States of America Space Program

  http://www.angelfire.com/space/ajr-us-space-program/index.html
  Photographs of mission patches and astronauts.

• Where No Man Has Gone Before

  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html
  W.D. Compton provides a solidly researched and authoritative history of the engineering and scientific accomplishments of the Apollo program from its inception to its last mission. Includes useful appendices and an extensive bibliography.

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