Mission to Space
Science Online Database
How tos for this project
Time, Speed and Distance Calculator
Online Conversion - Convert just about anything
How to make a Bibliography for Your PowerPoint
Movie Tutorial: How to Merge PowerPoint Slides

Spacecraft and Propulsion Systems
ntimatter Spacecraft
Improved Antimatter Propulsion
act Sheet: Ion Propulsion
Ion Propulsion
usion Propulsion
ow Solar Sails Work



Living and Working in Space

Cruise the links to find out about different types of space vehicle propulsion:
antimatter, light sail, fusion and more!
NASA - Solar Sails Could Send Spacecraft "Sailing" Through Space
NASA's Solar Sail project
BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Future Spaceflight Summaries and pictures of several proposed intersteller spaceships
Ion Propulsion - from NASA
Voyage to the Planets and Beyond Part 1 (we have the book that is based on this program)!
Voyage to the planets and Beyond Part 2
Spacecraft speeds

Windows to the Universe an internet site that includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences.
The Nine Planets Solar System Tour A great site for factual information and data for the nine planets and their moons. Be sure to read the “Open Issues” section at the bottom of each planet’s page for further ideas for future exploration and experimentation. Lots of internal links.
BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Solar System A site that lets you "tour" the Solar System
The Nine Planets For Kids Based on the website above, but easier reading.
StarChild: The Planets StarChild is a NASA project aimed at educating young people about astronomy.
Views of the Solar System An award winning site, Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more.

HSF > Living In Space Learn more about how astronauts eat, sleep, work and play in space.
Life in Space
Space Station - a rare inside view of the next frontier in space exploration
Leafy Green Astronauts Growing plants in space
Breathing Easy on the Space Station How breathable air is created in space
Water on the Space Station How water is used and recycled in space
Artificial Gravity An astrophysicist explains how artificial gravity could be simulated
Artificial Gravity from Ask the Van
Space Travel Guide A ThinkQuest devoted to space travel
Inflatable Spacecraft Habitat A cool idea for living in space

The Future : A website with some very hypothetical ideas for future colonization, manufacturing and settlement of other planets. Great images and some creative ideas here!
Howstuffworks "How Space Tourism Works" Vacations in Space?
MarsHome An image gallery that contains hypothetical ideas of future Mars settlements
Howstuffworks "How Terraforming Mars Will Work" How mars might be made into a human friendly planet

Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page NASA's
immense archive of solar system photography
Brochure about Propulsion with Images
Welcome to Cosmographica, Don Dixon's Space Art Gallery an artist's representations of space, future space travel and space colonization. Some concepts are out of date, so be sure to check the date of the work.
HubbleSite - Hubble Showcase Click on a planet and get all the Hubble Space Telescope's photos
Views of the Solar System Click on "Photo Library" for an excellent image gallery
NSS Space Settlement Calendar Art Contest Great images of what space colonies might look like
MarsHome An image gallery that contains hypothetical ideas of future Mars settlements


Conventional Rocket
18,000 mi/h (top speed of the space shuttle)
Fusion
180,000 mi/h (10 times speed of conventional rocket)
Ion engine
77,000 mi/ph
Electromagnetic Propulsion
1% speed of light = 6,696,000 mi/h
Light Propelled (Microwave&Laser)
50 times speed of sound = 38,500 mi/h
Antimatter
216,000 mi/h
Solar Sail
10-25% speed of light66,960,000 – 167,400,000 mi/h