Links & Books
Links
Reconnaissance and Signals Intelligence Satellites
www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/SPACEFLIGHT/recon/SP38.htm
This site offers an historical overview of American spy satellite operations from the 1950s to the present.
The Corona Story
www.geog.ucsb.edu/~kclarke/Corona/story.htm
Learn about the Corona spy satellites, which revolutionized military reconnaissance with their Earth-observing cameras.
International Space Station
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Today, astronauts from around the world work together aboard the International Space Station. On this NASA site, learn about scientific experiments conducted aboard the station, read about past missions, view video clips, read interviews with key personnel, and more.
Skylab
www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/skylab.htm
Skylab, the first U.S. space station, was home to three manned NASA missions between 1973 and 1974. On this Web site, find an image gallery, read flight summaries, and browse statistics.
National Reconnaissance Office
www.nro.gov
This government office is the command center for U.S. reconnaissance satellites, which made the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program obsolete before its astronauts ever left the ground.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
www.nga.mil
This military branch interprets reconnaissance satellite imagery and also works with nonmilitary branches of government to use its satellite images for disaster management, cartography, and other applications.
Books
Spy Satellites and Other Intelligence Technologies That Changed
History
by Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith Hansen. University of Washington
Press, 2007.
Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites
by Dwayne Day. Smithsonian Books, 1999.
Spies in the Sky: Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace
by Pat Norris. Praxis Publishing, 2007.
