“With its statistics, industry and legislative news, standards, and newsletters, this Web site of the Aerospace Industries Association is a valuable resource. The top-of-page tabs make for easy navigation and lead users to the mostly free information. Industry news includes press releases, speeches made by the AIA leadership, and online free AIA publications.”

"Has intelligence evolved somewhere other than on Earth? Has any life evolved off this planet? These questions intrigue some and frighten or annoy others; astrobiology has taken up the challenge to answer them, and it does so by studying life as it is known on Earth and extrapolating the findings to theoretical and known alien environments. Like Web sites such as Astrobiology at NASA http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/ (CH, Dec'01, 39-2167), Astrobiology Magazine offers quick access to information in the field and is an excellent source of education for this area. The magazine makes astrobiology readily available to anyone; its Web site is visually beautiful, responds quickly even on dial-up systems, and allows quick access to various topics the magazine covers. The available functions include panoramic views of different solar system biomes that can be made to flow in a desired direction and access to European astrobiology reports." -- Choice

"The astronomy educational community's contribution to the growing number of electronic repositories for student and teacher resources is AstronomyCenter.org. This site is a member of the larger ComPadre Digital Resources for Physical & Astronomy Education network and is particularly aimed at faculty of introductory undergraduate astronomy courses. Browsable topics include Astronomy Education, Cosmology, Fundamentals, Historical Astronomy, the Milky Way, Space Exploration, the Sun, Cosmic Time and Distance, Exoplanets, Instrumentation, the Solar System, and Stars. Type of material is also browsable: Pedagogy, Student Resources, Labs, Simulations, Projects, and Images. Astronomy Events is a clickable section that provides all information for participation in upcoming events. Contributions are of mixed quality but are also being peer-reviewed, and as the site grows in both membership and contributions, the most useful and pedagogically sound materials should become the first choices in the search function, which is robust and rapid. Any instructor of undergraduate astronomy courses should consider this as a source for labs, learning resources, demonstrations, classroom assessment activities, and articles on the teaching/learning process." -- Choice

“Between 1995 and 2001, Nina Byers and several other physicists in southern California assembled biographical and bibliographical information for 86 women who made theoretical contributions to physics from 1900 to 1975. The American Physical Society's Committee on the Status of Women in Physics and its Forum on the History of Physics cosponsored development of the archive in recognition of the society's centenary in 1999. The compilation of the information provided here led Byers and Gary Williams to also edit Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics (CH, Mar'07, 44-3841). This site contains guides to the archive, a search engine, "fascinating documents" (a mixture of obituaries, scientific treatises, and correspondence), a few unrefereed articles on the history of women in physics, quotations, and a database of reference books and journal articles. Oddly, these database entries omit authors' names. Each volume within multivolume works such as Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970-80) is listed separately.” – Choice

“This award-winning site is based on Eric Chaisson's Universe: An Evolutionary Approach to Astronomy (1988) and his 2005 book Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (CH, Oct'06, 44-0905), as well as on a course he has taught at Harvard for 25 years. Chaisson is the director of the Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University, and his experience in both teaching and public outreach are apparent in the clarity and completeness of the site.” – Choice

“Explore Mars Now: Interactive Mars Habitat is a graphically rich Web site that allows visitors to explore a virtual Mars habitat and surrounding terrain. Created by Nexterra, a nonprofit company formed by design members of the Mars Society's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, the site aims to "inspire learning about the space sciences and technology" through presenting existing design concepts for future Mars missions.” – Choice

"The official Web site of the European Space Agency (ESA) is an excellent resource for information about ESA research conducted on Earth, the solar system, and the universe at large, as well as articles related to astronomy, astrophysics, geology, biotechnology, engineering, and environmental sciences." -- Choice

Information regarding planets outside the solar system.  "Site manager Jean Schneider (Observatoire de Paris) does a superb job of keeping both the English and French versions of the encyclopedia current, updating it literally on the day that a new result is published. The site is subdivided into seven sections, which are easy to navigate." -- Choice

“The National Space Biomedical Research Institute has put together a nicely designed Web site for information on long-term health issues connected with space flight. Its main objective is to "ensure safe and productive human space flight." Research areas focus on bone loss, cardiovascular health, sleep, human performance, muscle performance, psychological and neurobehavioral issues, nutrition, radiation's effects on humans, and various new medical systems and technology.” – Choice

The official site of NASA.

"This site makes excellent use of technology to combine materials previously available on several different sites and in several different formats into one integrated resource. The site offers images, illustrations, visualizations, and interviews. Up-to-date solar images in several wavelengths from the last 24 hours under different conditions and via different techniques are now easily accessible from one link, and include information to make this useful to all interested." -- Choice

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