Welcome the Smitsonian's virtual museum. The Smitsonian preserves and cares for more than 140 million objects in sixteen museums and several research facilities, archives and libraries, and maintains living animals in the National Zoological Park.
Welcome to the NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center History Office. This website is a gateway to the historical archives of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Discover how MSFC was established, browse through historical articles about various space developments, and MSFC's contributions to the American Space Program.
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Time Exhibits: Other interesting exhibits on time.
The following links give detailed information for all eclipses of the Sun and Moon from 2003 through 2005. The original reports were/will be published in the annual Observer's Handbook of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
The Public Record Office is the national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day. Our brief history of the Public Records gives more information, or to see some of the treasures of the PRO visit the Virtual Museum.
Among the most cherished artifacts of Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a small unassuming logbook with pages yellowed by time. The book was used by a group of researchers doing classified work in 1943 to record experiments at the X-10 Pile, a facility that later became known throughout the American scientific community as the Graphite Reactor. The book's most famous entry is dated November 4, 1943, with scrawled handwriting that reveals the author's excitement. The entry records a historic event of profound significance that had taken place in the hours just before dawn. In the hills of rural East Tennessee, the world's first powerful nuclear reactor had gone critical, ushering in the age of nuclear power and forever changing our assumptions about how we view science and its impact on our lives.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the U.S Government, established by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950. The Act esbalished the NSF's mission: To promote the progress of science; to advance national health, prosperity, and welfar; and to secure the national defense.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was signed into being by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1863. As mandated in its Act of Incorporation, the Academy has, since 1863, served to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government.
The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
