Space Exploration through the Ages

Resources to Teach Space Exploration through the Ages

NCHE is pleased to share this curated list of resources gathered to support our programs focused on the history of space exploration. Assembled for our 2022 NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop, this list of sites offer historical context, a variety of primary sources for analysis, and suggestions for using different types of sources with learners of all ages.

Space on the Page Podcast

Library of Congresss

History & STEM Resources for K-12 Educators

NASA for Educators

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

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit

Race and the Space Race

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

Sputnik and the Space Race

The Eisenhower Library

Space Age Environmentalism

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

NASA Spinoff

Connections Between NASA Research and Commercial Products

Timeline of Space Exploration

National Archives & Records Administration

Lesson Plan: Race to the Moon

The JFK Library

Here, Queer, and Exploring Beyond the Atmosphere

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit by the Adler Planetarium

Learning Portal

National Air & Space Museum

Halley’s Comet

Chronicling America

Houston We Have a Podcast

Johnson Space Center

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

Library of Congress

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

Google Arts & Culture Exhibit from the Adler Planetarium

Stories and Primary Sources from the Space Program

National Archives & Records Administration

The Library of Congress has multiple collections, exhibitions, blog posts, and primary source sets that can be used to investigate the history of space exploration. The National Archives’ DocsTeach also includes a searchable database of primary sources.