Rendezvous
with a
Comet

Mission Overview

Research Tasks

The Process

Mission Teams

Participation

Pre-Mission Activities

The Mission

Post-Mission Activities

Assessment

Team Reflection

Resources

Credits

Resources

With complete access to the WWW, you can use search engines such as Google to find all sorts information about comets and living and working in space. Nonetheless, the following resources may be good starting points to solve specific needs for information:

Web Pages

COMET MISSIONS:

• Stardust: NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
• Star Dust The CONTOUR Mission
• Deep Impact: Your First Look Inside a Comet A web page about NASA space mission to a comet

COMETS IN GENERAL:

• The Astronomy Cafe 110 FAQ's about comets, meteors, and asteroids
• Comets by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
• Comets by University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (check out pages for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners)
• Comets by kidsastronomy.com
• Star Child Introductory material
• Comets101 Nova Online article
• Comet History
• BBC British Broadcasting Company web page on Comets
• The International Comet Quarterly (ICQ) This is a key place to begin looking for useful and accurate information regarding news, observations, orbital data, designations and names, and good links regarding comets and related topics

FAMOUS COMETS:

• Comet Encke
• Halley's Comet by University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (check out pages for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners)
• Comet Hale-Bopp NASA and JPL web page
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter NASA and JPL web page

LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE:

• Living in Space Home by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Living in Space Features by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Working in Space Features by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

SPACE STATIONS:

• Space Station Main Page by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ASTRONOMY & SPACE:

• The Astronomy Cafe Answers to questions on a variety of topics in Astronomy
• Online Astronomy Notes

Library Materials

1. Universe, 7th edition, 2005, Roger A. Freedman and William J. Kaufmann III, W. H. Freeman and Company, ISBN: 0-7167-98840
2. Horizons, 9th edition, 2005, Michael A. Seeds, Thomson (Brooks/Cole), ISBN: 0-495-01003-0
3. Comets: Creators and Destroyers, David H. Levy, Touchstone, 1998, ISBN: 0684852551

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