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A beginner's guide to aeronautics
Planes, jet propulsion, wind tunnels, model rockets, hypersonic flight and everything in between are covered in this comprehensive guide from NASA.
New Horizons mission
News and info on NASA's New Horizons space probe, currently on a 10 year flight to conduct flyby studies of Pluto and its moons in 2015.
Beginner's Guide to Rockets
Contains material to show the basic mathematics and physics which govern the design and flight of rockets, and tips on how to build your own model rocket.
Visual and Remote Sensing Data
VRSD displays rendered satellite images of hurricanes and other natural phenomena created by the Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
How Hot Air Balloons Work
A brief description of how Hot Air Balloons fly from HowStuffWorks.com. This site includes fascinating pictures of balloons at different stages of their flight.
Gravity
BBC site about gravity, with clips to illustrate how gravity affect candles burning and what it's like to be on a microgravity flight.
Space exploration
After only a century of powered flight, we have escaped the confines of planet Earth, and forged our way into the vast expanse of space. Explore the past, present and future of space travel on this ...