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Explorations: Stars, Galaxies, and Planets
Thomas Arny, University of Massachusetts

The Terrestrial Planets

Web Links


Governmental Agencies

http://www.nasa.gov/
(http://www.nasa.gov/)

NASA homepage
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets
(http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets)

"Welcome to the Planets." Nice pictures, fact sheets, and other info.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earth.html
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earth.html)

National Space Science Data Center A NASA site with lots of pictures, fact sheets, glossary.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/solar_system/family_portraits.jpg
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/solar_system/family_portraits.jpg)

Solar System Family Portrait
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html)

Venus Fact Sheet
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.html
(http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.html)

Project Mercury
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html
(http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html)

Mercury Fact Sheet
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov
(http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov)

NASA's Mars Exploration Program
http://humbabe.arc.nasa.gov/MarsToday.html
(http://humbabe.arc.nasa.gov/MarsToday.html)

Mars Today from the Mars Global Circulation Model Group
http://mars.sgi.com/mgs/index.html
(http://mars.sgi.com/mgs/index.html)

Mars Global Surveyor Homepage
Institutional / Education

http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/ssc/tutorial/planet_magnetospheres.html
(http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/ssc/tutorial/planet_magnetospheres.html)

Planetary Magnetospheres
http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~bud/craters/FaceOfVenus.html
(http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~bud/craters/FaceOfVenus.html)

Face of Venus
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/
(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/)

Magellan Mission to Venus
http://sunra.colorado.edu/david/images.html
(http://sunra.colorado.edu/david/images.html)

Venus Revealed Images
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/ssc/tutorial/pvo_mission.html
(http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/ssc/tutorial/pvo_mission.html)

The Pioneer Venus Missions Mercury
Organizations

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp
(http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp)

"The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System," by Bill Arnett Excellent pictures, glossary, and other info.
Other Links of Interest

http://mars.sgi.com
(http://mars.sgi.com)

Mars missions, including Pathfinder, Global Surveyor, Mars Surveyor 98, Mars Surveyor 2001
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past/pathfinder.html
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past/pathfinder.html)

Pathfinder
http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/
(http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/)

Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image Gallery