Aero-Linx!

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into cyber-aero-space for awhile.

Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via Aero-Linx. Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always welcome, as well.

Aero-Linx: NASA Images

Have you ever wanted a really cool FREE space picture or video to use for a project or blog post? This is the place to find it!  The NASA Images site was created through a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive to make NASA'sextensive image, video, and audio collections available in a single, searchable database.  Moon landings, shuttle launches, distant galaxies, and more are all available here for free in the high-resolution available.

The site contains everything from classic photos to educational programming and HD video.  The index is constantly growing as new material is added from all of NASA's ongoing missions and archival operations.  Best of all, the NASA media is public-use and available for free!

FMI: http://nasaimages.org/