Shuttle
Links
Ambit NASA Live Cams & Mission Displays
http://www.ambitweb.com/nasacams/nasacams.html
Real time images from live NASA web cams and space shuttle mission displays. Includes Kennedy Space Center images and links to live shuttle tracking and air-to-ground audio/video.
CountdownOnline
A video magazine that raises safety awareness related to NASA, the Space Shuttle program, process control and mission success. Countdown is a production of NASA's Space Shuttle Program Office.
HAL/S
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~spaceuk/hals/hals.html
Features a short presentation of the on-board programming language used for the avionics.
NASA Orbiter and Payload Virtual Tour for STS-90
http://nkma.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-90/vrtour/
The STS-90 Virtual Tour takes you through the Space Shuttle Columbia as it is being prepared for launch in the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.
On Board Computers
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~spaceuk/stscpu/stscpu.html
Offers overview of the original main on-board computers (90-ties), including photos and explanations.
Shuttle History
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/Shuttle.html
A brief overview of NASA Space Shuttle flights and missions.
Shuttle Launch Countdown
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/
From this document you can access a variety of useful information relating to Space Shuttle Launches, processing, countdown and status.You can also go to the Shuttle Launch Control Newsroom for up to date launch information.
Space Shuttle Launches
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm
NASA Space Shuttle Launches
Space Shuttle Status Report
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm
Information on the current shuttle mission.
Spacelab
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/shuttle/spacelab/
A reusable laboratory designed to allow scientists to perform experiments in microgravity conditions while orbiting Earth. It was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and was mounted inside the cargo bay of NASA's Space Shuttle. Carried to orbit in the Shuttle, Spacelab provided a versatile laboratory where scientists researched many different fields of science.