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The Cold Equations / Marsden

First research and then report on an event from the history of space exploration from Sputnik to the present day as if you were a journalist reporting the facts.

BOOKS

Click on the space shuttle to the left for a list of recommended books from the Flannery O'Connor Library on the history of space exploration. 

If you don't have any ideas, consider using a reference resource such as the ones listed below:

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BUN 

The Timetables of Technology

 

REF

509

HEL 

 

The Timetables of Science : a chronology of the most important people and events in the history of science

REF

909.82

GRE 

 

Great Events

REF

973.02

TIM 

The Timetables of American History

DATABASES

ABC CLIO Social Studies Databases

  • American History
  • World History: The Modern Era

EBSCOhost

Select the relevant history resources from the list after clicking on the EBSCOhost icon

  • History Reference Center
  • Magill on History
  • World History Collection

Historical Newspapers

Get original journalistic content from the New York Times all the way back to the origins of space exploration.

SIRS Decades

Highlights key events in 20th century America

Student Resource Center

  • US
  • World

Nettrekker

This directory of web sites, helps you find reliable information on the free web.  Probably a better way to go than just using Google.  Try doing a keyword search with "space" or "astronaut" and see what happens.