Homework Center - Biographies PBS biographies http//www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/ bio biographies prepared http//www.rembrandthuis.nl/index2.phpGeneral information about astronauts. http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html
VoS - Voice Of The Shuttle ( I have always mission; send questions to the astronauts in orbit Joseph Fourier (brief bio) (U. Joesph Fourier, Grenoble). Steam Models and General http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2731
Science Subject Areas bioZone bio Links Great set of links to Chemistry Online Introduction to generalchemistry, with the planets, space exploration, astronomers, and astronauts. http://www.tier.net/~scclibrary/Science2.htm
Physics Subject Sources emphasis on technology, including bioapplications in web guides; for the generalpublic and of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions http://www.murraystate.edu/msml/physics.html
Extractions: Full text available Databases available ASTA - Applied Science and Technology Abstracts - Indexes leading publications in English; emphasis on technology, including bio-applications in agricultural technology, the food and food industry; Full text on-line not available. CompuMath Citation Index (CD-ROM) - Multidisciplinary index to the literature of applied mathematics, computer science, statistics, operations research, robotics, and related disciplines; available only on CD-Rom and accessible only in the library itself. ProQuest Computing - Provides a range of computing journals in full text from 1986-present. Designed for any research environment that needs access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics. RACERtrac - Murray State's catalog of library holdings; includes book and media resources; searchable by author, title, subject, etc.
Welcome To John Tant's Bookmarks ..... Journal Astronaut's Recollections UFO Sightings by astronauts Student Space EducationGeneral. Web Virtual Library biosciences Hopkins bioInformatics Home http://wwwp.exis.net/~jtant/BookJohn.html
TeachSPACE Teacher Feature: Teacher Submitted Lesson You can also check out her bio or her top For example, read about how Atlantis astronautssuggest designers related to shuttle missions in general and bring in http://www.space.com/teachspace/module_astronaut_0900/teachfeature_activity_0900
Extractions: Each month, TeachSpace will work with one of you - a teacher whose expertise will serve to correct and enhance our current module. In addition to field-testing our activities, Penny contributed one of her own, below. You can also check out her bio or her top space resources, or get involved yourself. Each year my students and I follow a Space Shuttle mission on-line. These missions, bringing new components to the International Space Station, will give your students a connection with real-life space exploration. Check this schedule to find out when the next Shuttle is going up: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html. When introducing a Shuttle mission, I begin with a discussion of the Space Transportation System (STS). I have a two-foot-high inflatable Space Shuttle in my classroom. There are smaller models that are easily accessible - you can buy one online at www.thespaceshop.com, at a science museum shop, or at a toy store that specializes in educational toys. Or, you might prefer to use pictures, easily available online or in space books. (Try the Space Shuttle gallery on SPACE.com: http://www.space.com/imagegallery/gallery/
Extractions: Houston, Texas 77058 NAME: Richard F. Gordon, Jr., (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born October 5, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: EDUCATION: Graduated from North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo, Washington; received a bachelor of science degree in Chemistry, University of Washington, 1951; a SCD (honorary), Niagara University, 1972; Operations Analysis, USN Post Graduate School, Monterey, California, 1963; and graduated USN Test Pilots School, 1957. MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Linda A. Saundera of Miami, Florida. CHILDREN: Carleen, July 8, 1954; Richard, October 6, 1955; Lawrence, December 18, 1957; Thomas, March 25, 1959; James, April 26, 1960 (deceased); and Diane, April 23, 1961. COMMUNITY INTERESTS: Gordon has served as chairman and cochairman of the Louisiana Heart Fund, chairman of the March of Dimes (Mother's March), honorary chairman for Muscular Dystrophy, and board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America and Boys' Club of Greater New Orleans. ORGANIZATIONS: Fellow, American Astronautical Society; Associate Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots; and Navy League.
Long Bio http://icarus.stsci.edu/~lucas/web/ral-long-bio.html
Extractions: Some people consider their work a calling. In my case, it literally was, but I'll get back to that later... The story is somewhat long and complicated, and too long for me to really tell or for you to read here! But, if you're really so desperate for something to read right now, well, you must be trying to avoid something else you probably should be doing! In that case, read on, dear reader... As a child, I wanted to do practically everything, and I thought that I could, and that I should be able to... We all learn that we have limitations, but we also sometimes learn that we often have never really fully tested them or our capacity to learn. My own father, mother, brother, and grandparents, as well as a number of other relatives and family friends when I was a child, all exceptional people in their own ways, taught me that there is always more to learn. The same is true of the many exceptional people with whom I have been fortunate to meet, work, and play, in astronomy, music and the arts, and in sports I've played like basketball and football, and indeed, of the many exceptional people I've been fortunate to meet in life in general. In school, I sometimes had a strange and maddening tendency in math and physics classes to solve the problems that everyone else missed and then miss too many of the ones that everyone else solved! Thus, I rarely shied away from a challenge, but sometimes jumped in over my head... Learning that I could do some things was something of a comfort, once learned, belying all the trouble I sometimes had convincing myself of the right way to do something in some circumstances. But both science and math proceed by hard work, and by looking into the darkness and shining a light to satisfy a healthy intellectual curiosity and/or equally to overcome fear and apprehension. It is by such fits and starts, and by overcoming our own stumbling blocks that we learn. The human brain, of course, is still one of the greatest mysteries in the universe!
Extractions: Hispanic Heritage Month 1998 Astronaut Bios NASA's astronaut corps includes two groups of professionals: Pilots fly space shuttles to and from orbit and are eligible to serve as mission commanders. They usually have military experience. Mission specialists are scientists or engineers who operate experiments, release and retrieve satellites, and conduct other work in orbit. An astronaut only flies in space once every two to three years, on average. It takes about six months to train for a mission, plus a few months to fly the mission and complete any experiments on the ground. The rest of the time, they are assigned other jobs. They help design spacecraft systems, space suits, computer software, and other important systems. They devise training procedures, and work with the people who build space shuttles and other craft. More about Hispanic Astronauts
