Exploration through Navigation Challenge
Part II Helpful Links

Cestial Navigation

• http://www.navigateourworld.com/Celestial_Navigation.html
• http://www.outofthecradle.net/archives/2008/11/teacher-tools-for-the-high-frontier-space-navigation/
• http://oceanmotion.org/guides/n_1/n_student_1.htm#FindYourPlaceInTheSun
• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Astro_p008.shtml
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_almanac
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigational_stars
• http://www.quietbay.net/Science/astronomy/nightsky/
• http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sidereal/sidereal.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigational_stars
• http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/true-north3.htm
• http://www.essortment.com/all/spacetravelhis_rdwh.htm
• http://www.halogenguides.com/travel/guide/how-to-travel-in-space/4#trips_to_the_moon
• http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/
• http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/history.html
• http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30nov_highorbit.html
• http://www.essortment.com/all/spacetravelhis_rdwh.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_mission
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_flight#Human_spaceflight
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_race
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_dimensional_space
• http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/suited/3outer.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/subzoom-space.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/zoom-whatis.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space

Newton’s laws of motion

• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17164-elements-of-physics-newtons-three-laws-of-motion-video.htm (5 minutes)
• http://psa.arc.nasa.gov/keyi.shtml and Activities 1–7 http://psa.arc.nasa.gov/acti.shtm
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/zoom-travel.html
• http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/index.html
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion
  

Gravity

• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10698-elements-of-physics-gravitation-video.htm (2 minutes, 45 seconds)
• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11970-forces-and-gravity-introduction-to-forces-and-gravity-video.htm
  (3 minutes, 15 seconds)
• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/nasa/2039-nasa-talks-gravity-video.htm (1 minute)
• http://www.outofthecradle.net/archives/2008/11/teacher-tools-for-the-high-frontier-space-navigation/
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-what-is-gravity.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-is-there-gravity-in-space.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/3-whats-a-gravity-well.htm
• http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBQHtF3WhMw (1 minute, 52 seconds)

Escape Velocity

• http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae158.cfm
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/2-whats-escape-velocity.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity
  

Transfer orbit

• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf4-1.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_orbit
  

Gravity assist

• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf4-1.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist
  

Rocket

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/rocket.htm
• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/8431-the-rockets-the-saturn-v-rocket-video.htm (3 minutes, 30 seconds)
• http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Rockets.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Propulsion/zoom-conventional.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Propulsion/1-how-are-rockets-designed.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket
  

Doppler effect

• http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/dopplereff.htm
• http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/doppler.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect
  

Radar

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar
  

Radio waves

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/radio.htm
• http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/radio.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_waves
  

Deep Space Network

• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf18-1.html
• http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Navigation/1-how-do-we-know-location.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_space_network
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_Inertial_Measurement_Unit_(MIMU)
  

Spacecraft propulsion

• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Propulsion/subzoom-propulsion.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_propulsion

Gyroscope

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/gyroscope.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope

Attitude dynamics and control

• http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/jplbasic/bsf13-1.htm
• http://www.answers.com/topic/space-navigation-and-guidance
  
• http://cmapsnasacmex.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1025201019947_
  694487307_2109&partName=htmltext
  
• http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/index.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Navigation/subzoom-nav.html
• http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-how-do-scientists-know-path.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_dynamics_and_control

Star tracker

• http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html
  (video located in the far right panel of the web page: 2 minutes, 40 seconds)
• http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-gnnc.html#sts-star-tracker

Lunar Outposts:

• http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/lunar_architecture.html
• http://www.outofthecradle.net/categories/lunar-library/moonbases/
  

Additional Educator Helps re: Moon, LCROSS, and LRO

• Field Trip to the Moon: LRO/LCROSS Edition Informatio Educator Guide (3-8 & informal)
• On the Moon Educator Guide (3-12 and informal)
• Launching to the Moon and Beyond Fun Pages (K-4)
  

Read about NASA spinoff technologies:

• http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html
• http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/