Resources

Investigation Images

Space shuttle on launch pad
http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/EL-1996-00059.jpeg

Earth image
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/APOLLO/EARTH.html

Aerial view, Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/NASA_JSC/10076653.jpg

Lift off
http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/LISAR/IMAGES/SCREEN/EL-1994-00476.jpeg

Florida from space
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/scanned/lowres/STS095/STS095-743-33.JPG

Image Resources:

Pg10_PreLaunch.jpg

Pg11_Pad39.jpg

Pg 12_Liftoff.jpg

Pg13_Florida.jpg

Literature Connections

A Bird's Eye View by Marcia Freeman
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman
Seeing the Earth from Space by Patricia Lauber
My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst
Zoom by Banyai
Looking Down by Steve Jenkins

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