NASA

View Shuttle schedules, read about the Astronauts, follow space shuttle missions, download photos and movies of galaxies, stars, planets, spacecraft and airplanes, visit launch sites and wind tunnels, access NASA databases, and participate in NASA's education programs.

NASA Space Shuttle Web
NASA Gallery
Today @ NASA
The Earth's Environment from Mission to Planet Earth
Participate in NASA's Online Education Programs

Environmental Protection Agency

Using an on-line query form, input geographical location information to determine what hazardous waste, toxic release, water permit, and emission to air facilities are in a particular locale.

Information
Find EPA Information

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Free, easily searchable US Patent front-page information (bibliographic data plus abstracts; no drawings) of all US patents from 1976 to present. Browsable US Patent Classifications and definitions.

Patents Database
AIDS-related Patent Database

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Patent and Trademark copy order forms in Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, and text formats. Fee, ordering, and delivery information. Transactions by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, or deposit account. On-line ordering available soon.

Patent Sales

U.S. Copyright Office

Application forms are available in PDF forms. Basic information on copyrights.

Copyright forms
Information on Copyrights

National Science Foundation

Apply for research and education grants online, retrieve information about proposal preparation and funding opportunities, and search award abstracts. Proposal preparation and award administration information . Fastlane is an experiment with ways to use the World Wide Web to facilitate business transactions and information exchanges between NSF and its' clients.

Electronic Grant Proposal Forms
Grants/Funding Program Information
Fastlane

GLOBE

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. Provides science programs for students K-12 and GLOBE teacher training.

Sign up for a GLOBE Teacher Training Workshop
Request information on GLOBE
Sign up for GLOBE Bulletins via email

Federal Emergency Management Agency

The FEMA News Desk provides access to all disaster news releases. The releases are categorized by state and type of disaster.

Latest Disaster Developments

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Provides information on all types of disasters, what steps to take to prepare for them, and how to mitigate the impact disasters have on people and property.

Disaster Preparations
Mitigate Disaster Damages

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Get the latest forecasts and space weather warnings.

The Latest Forecasts
Space Weather Warnings
Latest Hurricane Warnings
Latest Climate Forecasts

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

View satellite images of the oceans, browse information on current research and results, or visit an oceanographic cruise.

Satellite Images of the U.S.
Recent Research Results from Undersea Vents
Visit an Oceanographic Cruise

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Learn how to identify dangerous weather indicators and explore an environmental database.

Identify Dangerous Weather
Learn about El Ninos
NOAA's Environmental Catalog
Discover Exciting Facts about Fish
Visit Research Site in the South Pole