NASAexplores: teachers and students can now find more at NASAexplores, NASA's Web-based educational program.(Computer News)(Brief Article)

Science Activities, June, 2004

NASAEXPLORES: Teachers and students can now find more at NASAexplores, NASA's Web-based educational program. NASA has expanded the site to include new space research topics on microgravity, the low-gravity environment on spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle.

The site, which receives approximately 1.5 million hits a month, is adding new space research topics on the impact of gravity on life and human survival in space as well as information on technologies needed for the next generation of explorers to continue advancing the exploration of space.

"The new NASAexplores content will give K-12 teachers and students access to materials that focus on all aspects of microgravity, from its physiological effects on the human body to its physical effects...

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