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Space Exploration Through the Ages


 

Looking for new stories, primary sources, or lesson suggestions?

 

NCHE is pleased to share this curated list of resources gathered to support our programs focused on the history of space exploration These sites offer historical context, a variety of primary sources for analysis, and suggestions for using differnt types of sources with learners of all ages. 


 

 Space on the Page

Podcast from the Library of Congress

 Website

NASA for Educators

History & STEM Resources for K-12 Educators

Website

Race to the Moon 

Lesson Plan from the JFK Library

Website

Space Exploration: The Out-of-This-World History of Humans in Space

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit

Website

Race and the Space Race

Audio History Exploring the Intersection of Civil Rights & the Space Race

Website

Learning Portal


National Air & Space Museum 

Website

Sputnik and the Space Race


Primary Source images and Documents from the Eisenhower Library

Website

Women in Science and Technology


Library of Congress Resource Set


Website

Space Age Environmentalism

NCHE Webinar featuring Neil Maher,
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Rutgers University

 Website

Here, Queer, and Exploring Beyond the Atmosphere

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit by the Adler Planetarium

Website

NASA Spinoff


Explore the Connections Between NASA Research and Commercial Products

Website

Exploring the Early Americas: 
The Heavens & Time

Virtual Exhibit from the Library of Congress


Website

Timeline of Space Exploration


National Archives & Records Administration


Website

Halley's Comet

Coverage of the Comet in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.

Website

Houston We Have a Podcast


Stories from the Space Program, Create by the Johnson Space Center

Website

Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond

Primary Source Collection from the Library of Congress
 
Website

Science, Faith, and the Heavens: Astronomy in the Islamic World

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit from the Adler Planetarium

Website

Pieces of History Blog

Stories and Primary Sources from the Space Program from the National Archives & Records Administration
  
Website