• The Early Space Program - What physical specifications were they looking for in the first humans in space?  URL: http://soundprint.org/~science/after_dogs.html
• Images and Video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

URL:  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/
 
• Spacecraft MIR Carries Experiments on Human Life Issues  URL: http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/dx/basket/storiesetc/Amesmirx.html
• Key Documents of Space Travel URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/astronautics.html
• NASA Launches New Spacecraft Hopeful Affordable Travel  URL:

1. http://www.usatoday.com/life/science/space/lss254.htm

2. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/98/ds1-981025.html

3. http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Spacelink.Hot.Topics/.index.html
  Images on Astronauts, Hubble telescope, Telescopes, Planets - at Ames Research Center, type in "space" for images: URL: http://george.arc.nasa.gov/dx/archive.html

Johnson Space Center - see images of Earth and read about Astronaut Alan Shepard.  URL:
http://www.jsc.nasa.com

• Flight Vehicles and the International Space Station.  URL: http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html
• View the movie: "Return to Orbit", by Discovery, 1998.  Part 1: Godspeed John Glenn.  Part 2: The Astronaut.  Part 3: Inside the Space Shuttle.