I float and fly under the Earth, enchanted by the pink lightning streaking above, the blazing orange trails of meteoroids shooting like rockets up into the air, the Southern Cross drifting through the luminous blue horizon, and the undulating ebb and flow of pink and green auroral mist.—Story Musgrave

Venture out into space with veteran astronaut Story Musgrave in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.

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Mysteries of Deep Space
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace
This fact-packed educational site includes information about the Hubble Space Telescope, an interactive time line, a trivia game, and a chance to see the questions that viewers of the PBS miniseries of the same name asked the experts.

NASA
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA’s massive site includes the latest scientific news, links to other NASA Web sites (like NASA for kids, Mars Global Surveyor, and Earth Observatory), a tour of the solar system, and other hot topics.

National Geographic’s Virtual Solar System
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
solarsystem
One sun. Nine planets. Three dimensions.

National Space Society On-Line
http://www.nss.org
A more civilian-oriented site than NASA’s, the NSS provides a wealth of information on popular topics related to space. You can ask an astronaut a question, join the society, chat, read the latest news, and find out about the progress being made toward space tourism.

The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org
Check out this page for a wealth of recent scientific news, general information about SETI, a learning center for kids, and a store.

Space.com
http://www.space.com
This site features daily space facts, information on the Pentagon’s military space policy and the latest NASA missions, weather reports, and a chat forum.

Space Future
http://www.spacefuture.com
This site provides extensive coverage of news related to potential space tourism and offers information about related issues and environmental concerns.

thespaceport.com
http://www.space-port.com
This general space information site includes space pictures, videos, an online poll, the latest related headlines, and a chat room.

Space Tourism Initiative
http://www.gwu.edu/~spctour
This site offers a comprehensive overview of the slowly advancing idea of space tourism: It tracks the history and development of the futuristic field, posts surveys for individuals and tour companies, and lists links to academic and scientific sites.