Web Sites for OCTOBER SKY

 

AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE & PEOPLE
Cold War (History Channel)
The Cold War Museum
The Presidency & the Cold War (Smithsonian)
Factmonster: Civil Rights in the United States
Factmonster: Brown vs. the Board of Education
PBS: African American World
Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
A&E Biography web site   
Fifties Web 
YTTM - videos of music, movies, ads, news and sports by year
Disney Archives: Mickey Mouse Character History
American Dental Association: History of Dentistry

WEST VIRGINIA & COAL MINING
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Mining Facts 
West Virginia Coal Mining History
History of WV Mineral Industries - Coal
Coal Heritage Trail
University of Kentucky: Methods of Mining

BLACK LUNG
Black Lung -- article from a Louisville, Kentucky newspaper
Black Lung -- from the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety & Health Administration

LABOR and LABOR HISTORY
A Brief History of the United Mine Workers of America
Occupational Outlook Handbook

SPACE and ROCKETS
"How Stuff Works" web site
Homer Hickam's web site 

NASA History
NASA Astronaut Biographies
Who's Who in Space (from NASA)
A&E Biography

Astronaut Selection (NASA)
BBC: A Day in the Life of an Astronaut
How Stuff Works: How Astronauts Work
PBS: Life of an Astronaut

NASA Jobs
NASA Office of the Chief Engineer
Interview a NASA Aerospace Engineer (from 2004)
TryEngineering: Life of a NASA Aerospace Engineer

NASA Spinoff Page
   NASA Spinoffs - browse products
   NASA Spinoffs Database - type in the name of a specific product to learn more about it
   NASA Spinoffs FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
How Stuff Works: 10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Everyday
How Stuff Works: NASA Inventions

Sputnik: The 50th Anniversary (from NASA)
Sputnik (from The New York Times)
BBC: Sputnik Was “Force for World Peace”
BBC: Sputnik “Like a Cold Shower” for West
BBC: Profile – Sergei Korolev
Space Race (National Air & Space Museum)

International Space Station: Interactive Reference Guide
Behind the Scenes: International Space Station
Payoffs from ISS Research
International Space Station: Sighting Opportunities

Hubble Space Telescope (NASA)
HubbleSite
Brief History of the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA)

Apollo to the Moon (National Air & Space Museum)
The Apollo Program (Smithsonian Institution)
The History Place: Apollo 11
NASA Human Spaceflight: Apollo History
NASA Human Spaceflight Programs History

 

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