International:
British National Space Centre - Overview of the UK's space programmes
The British Rockets International Homepage - British Rockets International Homepage, home of one of the world's latest space and rocket technology companies
ESA Science - Space Science news and programs at the European Space Agancy (ESA).
Manned German Spaceflights - An informational page on manned space flights with German participation.
Military Space Links - Space Command
Space Agencies and Organizations - NASA listing US and international agencies
Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility - Supports the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the earth-orbiting NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Commercial Firms:
AeroAstro - Specializes in nano satellites.
The Aerospace Corporation - The Aerospace Corporation provides information on launch vehicles, satellite systems, ground control systems, and space technology.
Aerospace Innovations, LLC - Aerospace Innovations, LLC is an engineering company offering services to the government and commercial aerospace industry.
Alpha Group - Sets up worldwide Satellite Network and Solar Power Satellites by enhanced Space Systems, Reusable Launchers and VTOL Aircrafts.
ANSER - Consulting and research organization.
ARINC Incorporated - Aerospace Research
Atlantic Precision Inc. - We machine one-of-a-kind prototypes, through production runs, for the aerospace industry.
Atlantic Research Corporation - Specializes in space propulsion systems, air bag inflators and aerospace research.
Beal Aerospace Technologies, Inc. - Beal Aerospace is building and operating a commercially financed large launch vehicle designed for both LEO and GTO launches.
Brazsat Space Services Ltda. BRAZSAT - Brazsat vision is to be the leading space company in Brazil
California Spaceport - Launch facility.
Cincinnati Electronics - Space Electronics - Cincinnati Electronics, Space Electronics specializes in the design and manufacture of high reliability electronic equipment.
COMSAT Corporation: News - Satellite communication systems.
Draper Laboratory - Draper Laboratory engineering and the Shuttle's on-orbit flight control system.
Ellipso Communications: News and Information - Ellipso will provide satellite based voice, data, facsimile, paging and geolocation services to subscribers around the world.
Encounter 2001 Public Space Missions - Commercial site to send your you messages, DNA, Photos, voice, to the space for a fee of $30 to $60 dollars.
Euroconsult - Euroconsult has developed leading expertise in communication, space, steel : market surveys (launch services, satellite, space business...), advisor and consultant.
Iridian Spectral Technologies - Black absorber targets for space vision systems as being used on the Canadarm and the International Space Station.
L-3 Communication Systems-East - Space Communication Systems - Integrated Space Communications system design and production. We have provided communications equipment for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space
MacDonald Dettwiler Space & Remote Sensing - Space and Ground Infrastructure Systems, satellites, launch vehicles, space robotics, electronics, sensors, ground systems,software. Satellite Access Products, communications and navigation devices. Satellite Services,data and messaging services,remote Earth-imaging capabilities.
Magnavolt Technologies, Inc - High current sources and electronic loads for the decelopment and tests of satellites.
Malin Space Science Systems Home Page
M.K Technologies LTD - The site of M.K Technologies. aerospace projects management and marketing. Israely machining sub-contract, electronic packaging, sheet metal fabrication...
Mobile Satellite Users Association - List of Compnies - Companies building /providing mobile satellite communication systems and web links
Motorola Space Systems Homepage
RM Engineered Products - Manufactures high temperature insulation, blast pads, blast tiles, ablative rubber and missile insulation.
Sea Launch - Launch system from at-sea platform.
SED Systems Inc. - We have 34 years of experience in space, communications, satellite test and control, defense systems engineering and in custom electronic system manufacturing.
Space Business Archives - An archive created by industry officials to preserve documents and artifacts dealing with the commercialization of space. The archive contains business plans, proposals, video tapes, pictures and other key papers.
SpaceHab - The sole provider of habitable modules and logistics facilities for research and space station supply services on the U.S. Space Shuttles.
Spot Image - Distributor of satellite imagery received from optical and radar remote sensing satellites. This earth observation raster imagery is used for example in land mapping or vegetation monitoring.
Starsys Research - We craft spacecraft mechanical systems of the highest possible quality.
Stellar Link - Space Industry Links - Links to aerospace businesses dealing with launchers, remote sensing, satellite communications & navigation, scientific exploration, etc.
Swales Aerospace - R&D firm located in Beltsville,Maryland.
Possible Duplicate Companies:
Alenia Aerospazio — Space Division
Informatics International, Inc.
Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
United States Space Foundation
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Small Companies:
AeroAstro LLC - Small Satellite Designer and Maunfacturer Specializing in Mimimum Cost Missions
Analytical Graphics - Leader in space software - download free Satellite Tool Kit
HMX Inc. - Development and testing of liquid and hybrid rocket engine designs.
The Lunar Resources Company - Commercial space enterprise. Creators of the Artemis moon base project.
ORBITICA : we sell space related products and services - (in French) sales of gps, satellite phones, pagers, meteo receivers.
Space Inflatables - Inflatable space station concepts and related technical uses for foam and inflatables.
Space Media Corporation - Video and New Media production services for the worldwide Space community.
Space Tourism - Interglobal 21st-Century Mall - Future space activities
SpaceAge Control, Inc. - Miniature and subminiature position transducers
SpaceDev Corp. - For profit space development emphasizing low-cost mission solutions, off-the-shelf-components and inexpensive mission design, construction and operations.
TransOrbital, Inc. - TransOrbital Inc. is a commercial venture dedicated to the development of space transportation technologies. Working in concert with others to facilitate the colonization and commercial development of space in the 21st Century.
XCOR Aerospace - Providers of custom liquid rocket engines and rocket vehicles. Solutions for space tourism or high powered recreational rocket aircraft.
Global Positioning System (GPS):
ATI Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology course - Thomas Logsdon has designed this 4-day GPS Technology short course for engineers, scientists, technicians, and managers who are involved in the design, management and applications of the Global Positioning System.
CARIS - Universal Systems Ltd. Geographic Information Systems - CARIS - Universal Systems Ltd., GPS Field Data Collection Utility. See "Contact Us" for product details.
David L. Wilson's GPS Accuracy Web Page - Global Positioning System Accuracy
Free GPS Software - GPS Software from Sunninghill (GPSS) for automatic vehicle location & tracking, via radio, cellphone, or satellite.
GearReview.com - Outdoor Gear Reviews. - Reviews of outdoor gear - GPS receiver comparisons.
Global Positioning System (GPS) Overview - From University of Texas. Includes links to information on related topics.
Global Positioning System (GPS) Resources - Large collection of information/education resources and links, from Iowa State University
The Global Positioning System: The Role of Atomic Clocks - Story of how the Global Positioning System evolved from the development of the world's most accurate timepieces, atomic clocks, by physicists looking into the nature of time. Adapted from an article written by MIT scientist Daniel Kleppner.
GPS Novice - This web site provides basic information for the recreation gps user, including map, compass and coordinate systems
GPS Precise Orbits - Global Positioning System satellite ephemerides ("orbits") information for the general public, from US NOAA. GPS precise orbits are derived using 24 hour data segments from the global GPS network. An informational summary file is provided to document the computation and to convey relevant information about the observed satellites, such as maneuvers or maintenance. Orbits generally are available 2 to 6 days after the observation.
GPS Site from Univ of Texas - Global positioning system overview and bibliography
GPS Status Information from US Naval Observatory - via ftp
GPStoday.com - GPS news, information, product reviews, and software downloads.
The Lane A. Holdcroft (Unofficial) Garmin GPS FAQ Home Page - Information about Garmin GPS units, links to other Garmin-related sites, and links to other global positioning system information resources.
Mehaffey and Yeazel's GPS Information - Dozens of reviews and technical articles on GPS receivers and software, and a huge list of GPS links.
MIT/LL GLONASS Home Page - MIT page for the Russian version of GPS.
Satellite Navigation and Positioning Group (SNAP) - SNAP is Australia's largest academic GPS research group specialising in high precision GPS technology and applications. SNAP provides a world-class laboratory environment for PhD students and academic staff to carry out basic and applied research, as well as advanced consulting and system development for industry and other clients.
US Navy, Global Positioning and Navigation Systems Division - GPS system support, including Y2K, GPS epoch boundary, leap year boundary, and almanac week boundary concerns.
USCG Navigation Center Home Page - GPS, DGPS, LORAN-C, OMEGA, Navigation Systems, GPS Navigation, DGPS Navigation
Waypoint Wherehouse - Waypoint Wherehouse facilitates the free exchange of mapping data for recreational use.
What is GPS? - Overview of GPS (Global Positioning System) and numerous related links.
International Space Station:
Florida Today: Space Online Special Report: United in Space - Florida Today provides excellent background information on the International Space Station. Includes an in-depth special report on the Space Station, current coverage on the ISS, and an archive of past stories. Also provides coverage on other space projects and missions.
International Space Station - News on the International Space Station focusing on Russia's involvement in this international cooperation.
International Space Station - A fluid resource is a description of the evolution and process of construction of ISS. Although not the best, the site offers excellent summary material, especially of inerest to educators.
Keep Mir Alive - The Space Frontier Foundation's Keep Mir Alive web site. Contains information about the latest developments in the effort to save Mir.
Mir Space Station - Home Page - Looking for information about Russia? Look no further than Maximov Online - probably the most comprehensive online portal to information about Russia and the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Obviously an excellent resource on space station evolution.
NASA Human Spaceflight - Coverage of current NASA space projects such as the International Space Station. Also includes coverage of Shuttle missions and earlier manned space programs.
Ralpha Russian American Space Cooperation - 10 December 1993 - John Pike discusses the origins of Russian and American cooperation on the International Space Station.
SkyBase - Presents an opportunity for users of all ages to acquaint themselves with the real-life workings of the International Space Station. Build your own custom station or use one of the built-in stations and explore them in first-person 3-D.
Space-Station - Educator resource that outlines the current and future forces in the building of ISS.
Six Months on Mir - Scientific American: Feature Article. NASA Astronaut Shannon Lucid chronicles her 6-month sojourn on the Russian MIR space station. <small>(May 1, 1998)</small>
Launch Vehicles:
Active Launch Vehicles of The World - Information, pictures, and links on the worlds active space launch vehicles
Advanced Launch Vehicles - X-33, X-34 and Interplanetary Vehicles
ARIANNE 5 Failure - Full text report on ARIANNE 5 failure
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft - By Courtney G. Brooks. James M. Grimwood and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.
External Tanks in Orbit - The concept that the Space Shuttle's External Tank is a valuable resource which can be used for a variety of on-orbit activities
Kelly Space & Technology - Future looking launch vehicles by private industry
Kistler Launch Vehicle - Private industry developments for a lower cost reuseable launch vehicle
Launch Vehicles References - Pages for US,Russian,Japenese and Chinese launch vehicle characteristics
Minimum Cost Design - Criteria for the design of minimum cost space hardware. Discussions of the Big Dumb Booster launch vehicle and payload application.
Orbital Pegasus - Orbital's three-stage air launched launch vehicle.
Orbital's Launch Vehicles Page - Images and technical information on Orbitals launch vehicles including the delta-winged Pegasus launch vehicle, the Taurus, the smaller suborbital rockets, and the next-generation X-34 reusable launch vehicle.
Project One - The engineering of a rocket for the space access prize.
SOLAR - SOuth LouisiAna Rocketry. Model rocketry club, low, medium & high power launches and fun for the whole family!
Spaceandtech Database - Database of launch vehicle characteristics.
SpaceDev Hybrid Launch Vehicles - SpaceDev's Integrated Space Systems subsidiary consists of former Atlas launch vehicle engineers. Under study are hybrid micro-launch vehicles.
Stellar Link - Launchers - Good links for space transportation resources on the Internet.
US Launch Manufactors - Purdue Review with links to vehicle manufacturers
What's a rocket? - A rocket history, construction and principles.
X-33 - Photos of X-33 vehicle.
X-34 - The X-34, a single-engine rocket plane. The vehicle is approximately 58 feet long, 28 feet wide at wing tip and 11 feet tall from the bottom of the fuselage to the top of the tail. The X-34 will launch from an L-1011 airliner and will reach altitudes of up to 250,000 feet and travel up to eight times faster than the speed of sound.
NASA:
Cape Canaveral, Florida- NASA Kennedy Space Center - Learn about the exhibits and tours offered at the Kennedy Space Center.
Core Disiciplines/Technology Areas Of NASA Centers
Earth System Science Online - Universities Space Research Association OnLine Index. This site is maintained by the Cooperative University-based Program for Earth System Science Education (ESSE) with NASA support as part of the Division of Earth Sciences of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
EclipseCast - Science news and images from the August 11, 1999 total solar eclipse.
Headquarters Human Resources & Education
International Space Station - Station Web.
Marshall image eXchange - Marshall is designated as the Center of Excellence for Space Propulsion.
Microgravity News - "Microgravity News is published quarterly by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Conjunction with Hampton University." microgravity, microgravity outreach, microgravity news, NASA's microgravity outreach, microgravity homepage, microgravity news homepage, microgravity research, microgravity science, NASA microgravity.
Microgravity Research Program Office - The Microgravity Research Program is investigating the physical, chemical and biological effects of the microgravity environment of space.
MSFC Liftoff Orbital Viewer - NASA java viewer of a vast number of space objects orbital paths.
-NASA and Space Grant University Web Sites - Image map to locate the location and web sites of NASA centers and NASA Space Grant Universities. Many University links, contacts and full addresses.
NASA Astronaut Biographies - NASA Astronaut Biographies.
NASA Commercial Space Center Links - Links from Texas AM to NASA commercial space centers, NASA centers, and space-related compnies.
NASA Headquarters - Inside HQ
NASA Headquarters Business Opportunities - HQ Procurement Operations Office Business Opportunities
NASA high altitude scientific ballooning - Large unmanned helium balloons for NASA
NASA Human Spaceflight - One sitefor the information previously found on other sites such as NASA's Shuttle Web, NASA's Shuttle-Mir Web and NASA's Station Web.
NASA Image eXchange (NIX) - The NASA Image eXchange (NIX) provides a single entry point for performing searches for NASA photographs and images at multiple NASA Centers simultaneously.
NASA Office of Space Science - Links to images and best stories.
NASA Scientific and Technical Information Server - NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program.
NASA Technology Transfer and Commercialization - Transfer technology and commercialization of NASA technologies and inventions to industry entrepreneurs to create jobs, improve productivity, and increase competitiveness of U.S. companies
Neurolab - NASA Space Life Sciences Outreach - Neurolab was one of the most complex science missions ever flown by NASA, using the unique environment of space as a research tool to investigate how the nervous system develops and functions in space.
Planetary Photojournal: Detailed Query Page - Advanced searches of NASA photos by date, spacecraft, feature, image id number, or organized set.
Science@NASA - Science news and information on NASA research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Climate Research, and low-gravity biotechnology and materials science research.
Small Satellite Cost Estimation - JSC links related to modeling satellite costs.
The Space Place - Your guide through the history of NASA from Mercury and Gemini, to present shuttle missions. Hold On!
SpaceWarn - This is a monthly listing of current-month and past launches, both domestic and foreign, and the payloads that were involved.
Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program - NASA Goddard SHARP - Learn how to apply, meet the 1998 and 1999 SHARP apprentices, and apply for scholarships.
Astronauts:
NASA Education Sites:
Aero Design Team Online - Learn about what makes airplanes fly and the cutting-edge research that NASA is conducting in this field.
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - This NASA site has the complete transcripts of all communications between the ground and the astronauts of the Apollo missions 11 to 17, plus RealAudio samples of the Apollo 11 mission.
Around the World in Eighty Scenes - NASA' Observatorium's cybertake on the Jules Verne classic. This Image Gallery exhibit takes you from A(Alexandria, the ancient Egyptian port city) to Z (Wellington, New Zealand) and 78 other Earthly points in between. See the world as it looks from an orbiting satellite in full color and with brief explanations.
Artwork of Saturn and Its Satellites - a NASA compilation of all the exciting artwork from the Cassini home pages
Ask the Space Scientist: FAQ page - Archive of answers from this site which receives 30-50 questions a day about the earth, the moon, the cosmos, and other space topics; a NASA site.
Astrobiology at NASA - Astrobiology is the study of the origin, distribution, and destiny of life in the universe. It uses multiple scientific disciplines and space technologies to address fundamental questions of the origins of life.
Astronomy On-line: Ask Dr. Sue - Ask a NASA scientist questions in real time using the Internet!
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA
Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division Home Page - from NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
BAD-Web - (Basic Aircraft Design Web)is an informational and educational service created by the Systems Analysis Branch of NASA Ames Research Center
Basics of Space Flight Learners' Workbook - The goal of this training module from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is to provide an aid for identifying and understanding the general concepts associated with space flight in general and deep space missions in particular.
Black Holes - A service of the High-Energy Astrophysics Learning Center at NASA--This site is intended primarily for ages 14 and up.
Center for Advanced Space Studies (CASS) - A major research and conference facility built by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in 1991 in Houston, Texas.
Chandra X-ray Observatory News - Latest news updates on the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Deep Space 1 - The first of the New Millennium Program missions!Through this NASA web site you can witness the launch and follow the flight of this spacecraft as it tests 12 exciting new technologies and flies by an asteroid.Deep Space 1's mission to "validate" technologies will pioneer the way for future spacecraft to have an arsenal of technical capabilities for exploring the universe.
Earth from space - NASA images arranged by geographic region or topic.
Earth Science and Solar System Exploration Division - Planetary science, astromaterials, astrobiology,planetary missions, educational outreach, earth science, and life science from NASA
Earth Science Enterprise - NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is an initiative to advance Earth science.
Educators' Guide to JSC - Our mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center is human exploration and development of space.
Electronic Resources for Educators from NASA - Robust links to earth and space science educational materials throughout the WWW from the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Exploration In Education - a NASA-supported program of the Special Studies Office (SSO) of the Space Telescope Science Institute features Electronic Picture Books
Exploring Technology with Satellite Imagery - An educational outreach program based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
FITS Support Office Home Page - The Flexible Image Transport System, or FITS, is the format adopted by the astronomical community for data interchange and archival storage. The FITS Support Office is responsible for documenting the FITS standard, participating in its evolution, and advising NASA astrophysics missions on how to present their data in FITS format.
Galileo Project - The NASA Galileo Mission launched in 1989 en route to Jupiter and its moons, Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. It arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, when it fired its main engine for a successful orbit capture around Jupiter.
Genesis Mission - In our 'search for origins', NASA's Genesis mission will capture solar wind particles in the first unmanned sample return mission. Learn about the mission, and download great standards-based classroom materials that are loaded with cutting-edge content. Complete with teacher guides, student activities, student data and recording sheets, and assessments, these modules can form a focal point of quality science curricula.
Goddard Space Flight Center - Flagship of NASA's space science program
Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Page - Learn About the Total Solar Eclipse of February 1998, Activities from Goddard Space Flight Center and links to cool sites on eclipse information (a NASA site)
Gravity - An FAQ that answers the top 15 questions about that force we all know and love: gravity
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center - Education and Public Outreach Activities at the HEASARC/NASA
High Speed Research Propulsion Project (HSRP) - NASA is developing the technology to make High Speed Civil Transport(HSCV)cost effective, reliable, and environmentally compatible
HSF - International Space Station Gallery - NASA space station image gallery
Human Exploration and Development of Space - The mission of this NASA Enterprise is to open the space frontier by exploring, using, and enabling the development of space and to expand the human experience into the far reaches of space.
ILIAD - An Offline Search Engine - Your Personal Offline Search Engine;A NASA/JSC Learning Technologies Project
Images from High Energy Astrophysics - A NASA image library from high-energy astrophysics missions and more.
Imagine The Universe! - Dedicated to a discussion about our Universe... what we know about it, how it is evolving, and the kinds of objects and phenomena it contains.This site from NASA is intended primarily for ages 14 and up. If you are interested in a lower level, more basic discussion about astronomy and space exploration, try our StarChild site.
Infrared Astronomy - All about infrared astronomy from NASA's infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
IoFlyby.com - Science news and images from Galileo's flyby of Io.
Johnson Space Center - Established in September 1961 as NASA's primary center for: design, development and testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human flight; selection and training of astronauts; planning and conducting human space flight missions; and extensive participation in the medical, engineering scientific experiments carried aboard apace flights.
J-Track Satellite Tracking - Shuttle, Mir, and other satellite tracking Java Applet which also shows Day/Night and near current weather conditions--a NASA site
Just For Kids - Games and activities to teach about space flight and what happens to the human body in space; a site sponsored by NASA's Life Sciences Data Archive
Kepler Mission: A Search for Habitable Planets - The Kepler Mission is a NASA space mission designed to detect and characterize hundreds of Earth-size planets in the Habitable Zone of a wide variety of stars. The method will look for periodic dimming caused by transits of planets in front of their stars.
Leonid Meteor Shower 1999 - Nasa's multi-instrument aircraft campaign to observe the 1999 Leonid meteor shower.
Life & Microgravity - The Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA) at NASA leads the nation's efforts in life and microgravity sciences, related technology development, and applications using the attributes of the space environment to advance knowledge, to improve the quality of life on Earth, and to strengthen the foundations for continuing the exploration and utilization of space.
Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Home Page - a NASA-funded institute in Houston, Texas, devoted to studying the solar system and sharing the excitement of space exploration with the public.
Mars Landing Sites - Computer generated simulations based on real USGS topographical data--a NASA site
NASA Genesis Mission Outreach - An abundance of standards-based science education materials allows teachers, students, and the public to study the the sun and solar system origins as a NASA mission unfolds.
NASA Headquarters - Lists the Home pages of all NASA centers
NASA - KSC Video Feeds - Kennedy space center video feeds and link to NASA TV feeds (realvideo, realaudio, realmedia)
NASA Astronaut Biographies - These biographies are prepared by the Astronaut Office of the Johnson Space Center and are provided through the Internet as a public service to the World Wide Web community.
NASA Classroom of the Future Program - The COTF at Wheeling Jesuit University develops and conducts research on technology-based learning materials that challenge students to solve problems by using datasets and other information resources provided by the four strategic enterprises of NASA: Aero-Space Technology, Human Exploration and Development of Space, Earth Science Enterprise, and Space Science.
NASA CORE - Central Operation of Resources for Educators - Start here if looking for educational sites from NASA.
NASA Educator Resource Center Network - NASA provides expertise and facilities to help educators access and utilize science, mathematics, and technology instructional products aligned with national standards and appropriate state frameworks and based on NASA's unique mission and results
NASA for Kids - Links to sites just for kids recommended by NASA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Homepage
NASA Human Spaceflight - Up to the minute information on the shuttle, the International Space Station, Real Time Data, and more, from NASA
NASA Human Spaceflight - This site sponsored by the Johnson Space Center gives easy access to Space News, RealTime Data, Space History, and information on the Shuttle, Exploring Mars and a Gallery of images related to NASA spaceflight
NASA Image eXchange (NIX) - Quick access to many of NASA's best photos without the use of a search engine. Each category heading links to a preselected set of images that best exemplify the selected category.
NASA Images and Movies - A collection of links leading to many NASA image archive sites.
NASA Jobs - NASA workforce consists of Federal civil service employees, students, contractors, university researchers, and many others. NASA continues to strive to set the Equal Opportunity Standard for Excellence through recruiting and hiring a highly skilled workforce which is representative at all levels of America's rich diversity.
NASA KIDS - NASA Kids is best place for kids interested in Space, Science, Rocket, Astronauts and the Solar System.
NASA Lewis Learning Technologies Project - K-12 Educator resources,Aeronautic Educational Resources,and Internet Access Research from NASA
NASA Mission Patches - Online history of NASA. Brought to you by AB Emblems and Caps, official contractor to NASA.
NASA News and Information - News from NASA
NASA Office of Space Flight - NASA Headquarters Office of Space Flight Home page
NASA Organizations - A directory for NASA WWW information organized by subject.
NASA Search - This new service from NASA allows you to easily search through hundreds of thousands of documents published on NASA web sites.
NASA Space Science Data Operations Office - (SSDOO) is responsible for the project management of selected missions and the development and operations of data and information systems which support processing, management, archiving and distribution of space physics, astrophysics, and planetary data. SSDOO is part of the Space Sciences Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
NASA Space Science Homepage - The official site for all of NASA's astronomy, planetary, and solar science missions and programs.
NASA Space Shuttle 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. Tour in the cockpit, go through the airlock and see the inside of the Neurolab payload.
NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics & Space Resource for Educators - NASA Spacelink is a service of the Education Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA Spacelink - Cool Picks - There is no single definition of cool, but here we have gathered some of the intriguing NASA materials and sites for your review.
NASA Thesaurus - authorized subject terms by which the documents in the NASA STI Databases are indexed and retrieved.
NASA TV on CU-SeeMe - Information on receiving NASA TV via the CU-SeeMe software
NASA WWW Servers - Astronomy & Space Servers from NASA
The NASA/JPL Imaging Radar Home Page
NASA's Observatorium - NASA's Observatorium is a public access site for Earth science and space science data. It contains pictures of the Earth, planets, and stars, as well as the stories behind those images.
NASA's Space Place - You're Guide through the History Archives of NASA and Kennedy Space Center. Mercury, Apollo through the Space Shuttle.
NASA's SSDOO Summer Intern Activities - Each summer the Space Science Data Operations Office hosts a sizable number of interns from various education programs supported by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC). Students from different colleges/ universities across the country and several local high schools join staff members for six to eight weeks to work on various scientific and technical tasks...also college professors and high school teachers come to learn from and make contributions to SSDOO
NCTN Success Stories - how NASA technology is translating into everyday commercial improvements in our lives
Origins Education Outreach - NASA Origins program
Origins: Timeline of the Universe - This NASA tutorial follows the 15-billion-year-long history of the Universe.
Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) - The personal satellite assistant (PSA) is a robotic assistant for astronauts working in space.
Planetary image finders - Planetary image finders- dedicated to listing the best sources of high-resolution, often unprocessed images, for each planet or moon. If you are interested in seeing just a few good pictures of a planet or moon, or in information about them, try one of these other resources
Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page - publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs
Project STELLAR: The Care and Feeding of Black Holes - The Care and Feeding of Black Holes-- How Can You See Something that Swallows Light?-(a NASA site)
Quest: NASA K-12 Internet Initiative
The Remote Sensing Tutorial - This is a very exhaustive on-line tutorial approach to learning about the role of space science and technology in monitoring the Earth's surface and atmosphere. It is sponsored by the Applied Information Science Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and will serve as a primer for the new user as well as a teaching tool for the educational community.
The RXTE Learning Center - a forum for explaining the science the satellite RXTE does, as well as striving to introduce concepts of X-ray astronomy to the public and to provide teachers with data and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom. This NASA site also includes descriptions of discoveries RXTE has made. Ages: Upper High School to adult.
SCIENCE FICTION / SPACE TECHNOLOGY : TOOLS FOR LEARNING - Using Science Fiction to Teach Space Technology.
Science Links - The Science Section of Imagine the Universe! from NASA
The Science of Star Trek - Is Star Trek really a science show, or just a lot of "gee, whiz" nonsensical Sci-Fi? Could people really DO the fantastic things they do on the original Star Trek and Next Generation programs, or is it all just hi-tech fantasy for people who can't face reality? (a NASA site)
Science@NASA - Mirror site to NASA's 'science.nasa.gov' page.
Science@NASA - Science.Nasa.Gov - Breaking news in Astrophysics, Climate Research and Microgravity science - sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
SkyView - a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray.(suppoted by NASA)
Solar System Simulator - Welcome to the solar system simulator, a NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Select from the options to have the simulator create a color image of your favorite planet or satellite!
Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center - The National Geophysical Data Center Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division/World Data Center-A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics makes available data from the Sun and near-Earth environment. Products and services include databases, images, posters, CD-ROMs and custom products. Contact Craig Clark, cclark@ngdc.noaa.gov for more information.
Space Business Archives - a non-profit group started earlier this decade to create an archive of records from commercial space companies accessible to historians and others interested in the field.
Space Center Houston - Official Visitors Center of NASA's Johnson Space Center
Space Educators' Handbook - This material is part of the NASA JSC document called 'Multimedia Space Educators' Handbook.'
Space Image Libraries - A variety of sources for space-related images,presented by NASA's Aerospace Education Services Program at Oklahoma State University.
A Space Library - David Seal, a mission designer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has developed an impressive array of space-related resources at his Web site. A solar system simulator lets you view any body in the solar system from any other, from several centuries ago to several centuries from now. There are maps and images of the surfaces of planets, and accurately-rendered star backgrounds that include up to one million stars.
Space Science Education Resources - Includes links to NASA Affiliated sites, Professional Organizations and Standards,Schools/Museums/Planetariums, and more, from the Space Science Data Operations Office of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Science Pictures - from NASA
Space Shuttle News Reference Manual - NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual;a complete discussion of all Space Shuttle systems with numerous diagrams and sketches prepared by NASA for the news media.
Space Team Online - Hosted by NASA's Quest Project, Space Team Online (STO) is a location on the Internet that allows Internet users to interact with members of NASA, and publish their work online. Live activities include Web chats with members of NASA.
Spacelink - NASA Educational Products - Listed in this area are the current NASA educational products available on Spacelink. Throughout the year NASA produces new items and revises existing products. The publication number shown with the product indicates its version.
StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers - primarily for budding astronomers under the age of 14.The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center at NASA.
Structure and Evolution of the Universe - one of four science themes within the NASA Office of Space Science
STS-90 Neurolab Crew Page - Explore the NeuroLab shuttle mission on this site created by the STS-90 crew and volunteers
Tech Twice -- Technology Twice Used - NASA Technology used twice
Thursday's Classroom - News, research, lesson plans and educational activities from NASA.
TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer project, from NASA.
TRMM - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, from NASA
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars Page - descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on exciting trips. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The descriptions are written to be understandable on a variety of levels - from the casually curious to the professionally inquisitive.(a NASA supported site)
Warp Drive When? - This NASA site explains the challenges of interstellar travel, the prospects and limitations of existing propulsion ideas, and the prospects emerging from science that may one day provide the breakthroughs needed to enable practical interstellar voyages.
WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace - This list of astronomical resource sites has been created by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It is intended as a resource for users who have a general interest in astronomical topics.
Women of NASA - Join this interactive project designed to encourage young women to pursue careers in math, science and technology by providing as role models outstanding women working in diverse fields at NASA
Shuttle:
Shuttle History - A brief overview of NASA Space Shuttle flights and missions.
Space Shuttle Launches - NASA Space Shuttle Launches
Space Shuttle Main Page - The official NASA space shuttle webpage - Updated information on current and planned missions
STS-90 Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page - Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page
French Embassy in Washington-a french astronaut in space, july 99 - A French astronaut in Space, july 1999
Landing the Space Shuttle Orbiter at KSC - KSC Fact Sheet - Popular document about the technology and processes of Space Shuttle landings at the Kennedy Space Center.
The Shuttle Astronaut Biographies - Biographies of all NASA astronauts on active duty since 1995.
The Shuttle Astronaut Selection and Training - A document on how astronaut recruits are selected and trained
Shuttle Countdown Online - Various information about the next Space Shuttle mission.
The Shuttle Fact Sheet on Living in the Space Shuttle - A document on what it is like to live inside the Space Shuttle.
The Shuttle FAQ - The Shuttle Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The Shuttle Flight Data Book - Excerpts of the Flight Data Book PDF format (need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)
The Shuttle Food System - A document on what astronauts eat in space
The Shuttle Operational Data Book - Space Shuttle schematics in PDF format (need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)
The Shuttle Past Mission Summary Page - Summaries of all past missions in HTML, PDF and Word formats
The Shuttle Technical Guide - Technical guide to space shuttle equipment and operations
Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins - A Positive Light - As the first woman to command a NASA mission, she successfully put the Chandra X-Ray Observatory into orbit and proved that dreams do come true.
Space Shuttle Launch Schedule - Info about upcoming Space Shuttle launches. Official from NASA.
Space Shuttle Launches - Variety of information about the past, present and future Space Shuttle missions.
Space Missions:
Lunar Prospector Mission - Lunar Prospector was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 6,1998.
Mars Pathfinder - Demonstrate the mobility and usefulness of a microrover on the surface of Mars.
NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
Office of Space Flight - NASA Headquarters.
Orbital Space Settlement - "Goals of the HEDS (NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise) Strategic Plan are to: Increase human knowledge of nature's processes using the space environment, Explore and settle the Solar System, Achieve routine space travel, and Enrich life on Earth through people living and working in Space"
Send Your Name to Mars! - NASA invites you to send your name to Mars on the Mars 2001 Lander!
Space Shuttle Discovery - STS-96 - Discovery's international crew spent a busy day in orbit preparing for the major events ahead, a first time docking with the International Space Station late tonight and a spacewalk late Saturday night.
Additional Mission Data:
Mission and Spacecraft Library
- A public source for information about spacecraft of all types and nations. The purpose of the library is to provide a general overview of these space missions to the average reader, not just those fluent in aerospace geek speak.
Analytical Graphics Satellite Database - Search by keyword, name
CHIPSat - by SpaceDev for UC Berkeley. - CHIPSat, the first funded NASA University Explorer (UNEX) mission. Spacecraft, integration and mission control, provided to UC Berkeley by SpaceDev in San Diego.
Earth Observing System (EOS) - EOS is the centerpiece of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). Includes a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.
Expeditions Online - Space exploration and missions. (Links to members only content.)
Fuzz-Zen: Znamya 2.5 - russian experiment to illuminate parts of earth with giant mirror from space.
HST Images - Hubble Space Telescope images and mission information
Hubble Heritage Project - The best of the Hubble Space Telescope images
Imperial College (UK)Space & Atmospheric Physics Site Index - Site Index for Imperial College space missions and research.
Infrared Space Observatory - Provides background material and results from the European Space Agency's Infrared Telescope, ISO, as well information for users of the facility.
JHU/APL Space Missions - The Space Department, as part of the Applied Physics Laboratory, advances the University's public service mission through research, education, and the application of knowledge to be the university resource for space systems. Many small satellite missions.
Keo - To be launched in 2001, Keo will fly through time and space for 50,000 years before returning to Earth to deliver everyone's message to future generations
Lloyd's satellite constellations - index and commentary on Iridium, Teledesic, Globalstar, ICO, Orbcomm, GPS and other LEO/MEO/GEO schemes.
The official SwRI IMAGE mission web site - The official web site for the Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) mission at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
Soviet and Russian spaceflight diary - Space exploration by the Soviet Union (now Russia), ranging from the Sputnik and Luna probes designed by Sergei Korolyov; through the Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz, Salyut and Mir programmes to Russia's participation in the International Space Station
Space Imaging - The launch of IKONOS, the world's first commercial one-meter satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Student Nitric Oxide Explorer Homepage
Terra (EOS AM-1) - The flagship of the NASA Earth Observing System. Terra will enable new research into the ways that Earth's lands, oceans, air, ice, and life function as a total environmental system. Scheduled launch date December 16, 1999.
TRW Spacecraft Guide - TRW Spacecraft Guide - Nice images
WIRE: The Wide Field Infrared Explorer - The Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) is a spaceborne, cryogenically-cooled imaging telescope designed to explore the evolution of starburst galaxies and to search for protogalaxies. WIRE was selected by NASA in 1994 as its fifth Small Explorer mission, with launch scheduled for February 1999.
XMM Satellite - The European Space Agency's XMM satellite official home page, including daily news updates from launch site, videos, images and live web cast of launch on 10 December
NASA Centers:
Dyrden Flight Research Center Homepage
Goddard Space Flight Center Homepage
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Homepage
Langley Research Center Homepage
NASA Research Data:
NASA Ames Technical Report Site - Reports and papers from NASA's Ames research center
NASA Search subject areas - Search through a list of NASA subject areas
The NASA Space Weather Bureau - Forecasts of solar flares and geomagnetic storms, plus daily animations of the sun.
NASA Subject Index - Directory of NASA links organized by subject.
NASA/KSC Media Resources - Shuttle Launch Schedule
Space Imagry:
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar by ATIcourses - Short course on SAR advanced systems design and signal processing concepts and implementation.Coverage of interferometic, spotlight and polarmetric SAR and equipment.
Airborne Laser Mapping Web Site - A reference site dedicated to the emerging technology of airborne laser mapping. Of interest to surveyors, GIS specialists, aerial photogrametrists or others involved in remote sensing or mapping industries.
Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing - International association promotes marine remote sensing applications and initiatives via backscatter magazine and on-line news service. Airborne, satellite and in-situ data....
Australian Centre for Remote Sensing - Australia's Earth resources satellite data receiving, processing and archiving facility
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Home Page - R&D, remote sensing companies, and more, from Natural Resources Canada
CARIS - Universal Systems Ltd. - Sonar Image Processing System. A powerful software system for processing sonar imagery data readily adapted to any sidescan multibeam or interferometric system.
CCRS Remote Sensing Glossary - Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Database includes radar, optical and airborne remote-sensing terms and their related acronyms.
GeoCommunity - Free GIS data, daily industry news, GIS events listing, discussion forums, software downloads, and much more.
Ian's Weather Satellite Image Home Page - Weather Satellite Images from Noaa, Meteor, Okean Space Craft. Live weather satellite images.
Landsat 7 - Good images taken by Landsat 7 and FAQ.
NASA Earth Observing System - EOS - EOS consists of a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.
NASA Remote Sensing Technology Branch Home (laser lidar) Page - RSTB's mission is to design and develop advanced laser and remote sensing technologies for monitoring important atmospheric species and state parameters from ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne platforms in support of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise.
NASA's Commercial Remote Sensing Program - Remote Sensing is the observation of the Earth from distant vantage points, usually satellites or aircraft.
NASA's Earth Observatory - NASA's Earth Observatory is where you can monitor regional and global changes on our planet almost as they happen. Here you can explore with scientists the causes and effects of climatic and environmental change through the use of real satellite data.
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) - NIMA provides imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial information in support of the nation's military forces and national policy makers and civil users.
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center - National Weather Service (NWS) center of expertise in satellite and airborne remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) to support the NWS operational hydrology program. Provides remotely sensed and GIS hydrology products, GIS applications and spatial data sets.
123 Photogrammetry - James Williamson, Ph.D., uses the available photographs or videos along with the Reports and Statements made by Investigators to provide suitable data to have 2D drawings and expand the 2D drawings into 3D frame/animation.
The Remote Sensing Society - The Remote Sensing Society has provided a major forum for the exchange of ideas and information concerning remote sensing and other aspects of geomatics.
R.S.A.T. - Systems for World Surveillance, Inc. - Satellite imagery - sales, services, tutorials, consulting and a brokerage network to match you with the right company.
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) - The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) will collect data during an 11-day space shuttle mission.Analysts will use the SRTM data to generate 3-D topographic maps called digital elevation models.
Space Imaging - Earth Information - Digital earth information company. Launched IKONOS, the world's first one-meter resolution, commercial imaging satellite, in 1999. Site has impressive remote sensing imagery and extensive links collection.
Spot Image - Distributor of satellite imagery received from optical and radar remote sensing satellites.Applications in land mapping or vegetation monitoring
Synthetic Aperture Radar -- Sandia National Laboratories - Sandia National Laboratories is a world leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar. This site includes a variety of SAR imagery, movies and information.
Tromsoe Satellite Station - Norway - Operates two ground stations for downloading, processing, disseminating and storing of data from polar orbiting satellites. The primary focus of the station in Tromsø is on the use of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data.
VISAT Technologies Inc., The Mobile Mapping Company - Home site of VISAT Technologies Inc. List of products, download area, contact information. VISAT Technologies Inc. develop Mobile Mapping System for road and highway survey.
Space Publications:
The Aerospace Navigator - Links to many aerospace publications,
ATIcourses Space and Aerospace Information Resources - Good list of space and satellite links and publications compiled for use in ATIcourses technical training programs.
Business Week review of the space industry.
FTL Magazine - FTL Magazine is an online and printed magazine on space, science and science fiction.
List of Space Publications - Space and satellite related publications from Applied Technology Institute.
Magazine Subscription Marketplace - Air & Space Magazine - For readers who are curious about flight in all its forms, Air & Space covers past and present achievements in flight and explains how to use technology to improve the quality of life in the future.
NASA Headquarters List of Publications
Space Digest International Archives - Complete archive from Volume 1 to the present.
Space Newsweekly - Brief news highlights from Space News.
Space Publications - This is a good central space site with many links, a good list of companies and a calendar of meetings
Space Today Online - Covering Space from Earth to the Edge of the Universe
Space News:
Universe Today - Space exploration and astronomy news brought to you from around the Internet, updated daily.
Astrobiology Now - News about the search for life in the universe.
CNN: Space - Current news plus some in-depth articles.
cyberSPACE News - An on-line news index produced by the National Space Society.
DC's Current Space News - Current astronomy news. Keep up with the space headlines.
Discovery Magazine Science News - A great magazine.
European Space Agency Science Newsletter - The European space news and mission updates.
ExoScience Space News - News plus links to live NASA camera TV coverage
Handle's Space Exploration Page - News, stories, and pictures
HoustonChronicle.com - Space Chronicle
Jonathan's Space Report - Jonathan's Space Report - Latest Issue - detailed launch logs and calendar.
Launchspace.com - Offers current space industry news.
Microgravity News and Research - Microgravity news, including tutorials and materials for educators.
MSNBC Space News Bulletin Board
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center News Center - NASA Marshall Space Flight Center News including: news releases, photos, and facts sheets.
NASA Official Press Releases 1999 - Good site for a quick review of this years happenings in NASA space news.
NASA Science Information Systems Newsletter - Newsletter for NASA's Office of Space Science Information Systems Program reporting on space science information systems development.
The New York Times on AOL: Sputnik - A lively and colorful collection of articles taking visitors back to those thrilling days of yesteryear, 1957 to be exact. The beginnings of man in space.
Satellite Today: Via Online Press Releases - Press Releases
Space & Flight - Chuck Fiterman's Launch Pad - Space news and events
Space News Homepage - News concerning space issues (UFOs)and global warming
Space News Reports - Space News is the premier news weekly covering the space industry
Space Publications and Magazines compiled by Canadian Space News - Links to space publications
Space.com - The best of what space.com has to offer including news, science, business, television, books, entertainment.
Spacer.com - Daily News Summary
Spacesite news - A weekly newsletter in spanish to keep you informed tabout space related news and other events.
SpaceViews - An online publication of space exploration with news and articles about space science, technology, and policy.
S&T's Weekly News Bulletin - Sky Telescope weekly news
thespaceport.com - Point, Click, Launch! @ thespaceport.com
World Spaceflight News - Independent space supersite from publishers of World Spaceflight News! NASA HQ site lists WSN as a "site of interest"
Space Colonization:
Adventureguide Space Tourism, News & Adventures - Daily update on Space Tourism, News & Adventures
The Artemis Project - A private international venture to establish a privately owned and operated exploration base on the moon.
Asteroid Space Station - A Space Station constructed using an Asteroid.
Crop Physiology Lab - CELSS: Controlled Ecological Life Support System
DISTANT STAR - The Electronic Magazine of the FMF - The Electronic Magazine of the First Milennial Foundation, dedicated to human colonization of the galaxy
Living Universe Foundation - A grass roots movement dedicated to the future of space colonization and the spread of life through out the galaxy. (Formerly the First Millennial Foundation)
Mars - General Mars information, images, life on Mars, news, current, future, and past missions, terraforming, conferences, Mars paraphernalia, Mars fiction on line, nonfiction, societies, and the face.
The Mars Society - The Purpose of the Mars Society is to further the goal of the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet.
MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency - A fun and unique gift/conversation piece. Own Yours Today. Give something interesting and different
Outpost Mars - Discussion of space agriculture, terraforming, and the colonization of Mars.
PERMANENT - Examination of the economics feasibility and construction of manned bases in deep space.
Planet MARS Home Page - This educational site is for those who believe that private enterprise and schools can and will land people on MARS at far less cost and far greater purpose than government.
Purdue NSCORT - Purdue's NSCORT on Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS)
Should We Return to the Moon? - Should We Return to the Moon? A World Wide Web Public Policy Forum
Space and Human Survival - Essay about the importance of expanding beyond Earth.
Space Colonization and SETI - This interview with Gerard K. O'Neill was made by John Kraus of COSMIC SEARCH.
Space Colonization Basics - A beginner's guide to space colonization.
Space Colonization: Closer than it seems - 05/05/97 - The colonization of space, the moon, Mars, and beyond, from your Mining Company Guide
The Space Frontier Foundation - Organization dedicated to opening the Space Frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible.
Space Settlement - Discusses the space settlement proposals of Gerard K. O'Neill, as popularized in his book "The High Frontier". Features pictures and a FAQ.
Space Settlement - NASA educational site for space settlements.
Satellite Communications:
Iridium From Concept to Reality - Technical article by Robert Nelson describing the Iridium satellite communication system.
Satellite Communications Systems Engineering course - Technical training short course by ATIcourses. Worked examples of LEO,MEO and GEO communications systems including INTELSAT, Galaxy, Astrolink, IRIDIUM, GLOB-ALSTAR, ICO.
SIL S-band Tranceivers and Satellite Communications Equipment. - Space Innovations Limited (SIL) designs and manufactures micro-satellites and subsystmes including S-band tranceivers and other satellite communications equipment.
Space History:
Apollo by the Numbers - Author Richard Orloff presents comprehensive information and statistical data about Project Apollo. Documents viewed using Adobe Acrobat.
Apollo, Gemini, Mercury: The voyages to the Moon - Highlights the objectives and milestones of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Projects. Offers a brief quiz on the US space program and links to further resources on the Web.
Apollo Mode Decision - Examines the various mission profiles for placing astronauts on the moon and explains NASA's decision in favor of lunar orbit rendezvous.
The Astronaut Connection - Timeline of space history, including U.S. and Russian space ventures.
Beyond Land and Sky: History - Provides a brief historical overview of US manned space programs and diagrams of spacecraft. Includes links to a glossary, an annotated bibliography, a picture/video/audio gallery, and mission timelines.
Exploring the Moon - Discusses the history of Soviet and American manned and unmanned programs to explore the moon. Also outlines potential future missions.
From Mercury to Apollo - American Early Manned Space Program Mission Histories - Provides in-depth histories of all the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights. Also includes links to science news, including space-related issues.
Highlights of the First 100 American Human Space Flights - A selective chronology of historically important manned space missions from 1961 to 1995. Some flights not covered.
John Glenn Returns to Space - Exhibit (NARA Exhibit Hall) - Commemorates the 1962 space mission of John Glenn with a short summary, links, and a transcription of the original ship log recording
John Glenn: Three Orbits to History - Presents a brief multimedia history of John Glenn's Mercury flight, the first American mission into Earth orbit. Discusses the training and technology of the Mercury Program and the events of Glenn's space flight.
Langley's Role in Project Mercury - Discusses the role of NASA's Langley Research Center in training the first astronauts, designing and testing the Mercury space capsule, and managing the ground-based tracking system. Includes a link to a photo gallery.
Lunar Exploration - Provides information on past, current, and future programs to study and map the Earth's Moon. Also offers excellent historical information on the manned and unmanned Apollo space flights.
Mercury-Redstone 3 Introduction - Detailed history of the first manned Mercury sub-orbital launch. Based on an original NASA press kit released before the actual flight. Includes rare photos of pre-flight operations.
nameinspace.com - Rocket history features: "From China to Robert Goddard" and "WW2 and the German Rocket Team."
NASA History Office - Current events; index of sites covering history of major aeronautic and astronautic programs, key NASA and NACA (1915-1958) officials, policy documents, statistics, timeline of air and space achievements; publications; links to other resources.
Origins of the USAF Space Program - A history of the US Air Force's early space program. Discusses the evolution of the military space program from its beginnings to the development of specific projects and systems. Includes glossary and index.
President Kennedy's Moon Landing - A Positive Light - Article - 30th anniversary look back at the Moon Landing and the JFK speech that inspired the effort.
The Race to the Moon - Excellent chronology of the American and Soviets efforts to explore the moon with probes and manned missions. Coverage is from 1950 to 1978.
Shoot for the Moon! - Outlines the highlights of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Space Programs from 1961 to 1972. Includes a brief bibliography.
The Soviet Manned Lunar Program - The evolution of the Soviets' space program and their plans to land cosmonauts on the moon. Examines the impact of domestic and foreign politics on the goals of the Soviet space program.
Space Business Archives - An archive created by industry officials to preserve documents and artifacts dealing with the commercialization of space. The archive contains business plans, proposals, video tapes, pictures and other key papers.
Space Exploration: From Talisman Of The Past To Gateway For The Future - John F. Graham provides basic background information on space, Soviet and American manned missions, satellites and space probes, space policy and law, and future developments.
Space Movie Archive - Apollo missions - An enormous online collections of space animations. Provides historical footage of the Space Shuttle, the Apollo Project, and various manned and unmanned space projects.
SpaceZone - History - One paragraph and one photo each on Apollo 7 and Apollo 11, bio page on Astronaut Col. Walt Cunningham.
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury - Includes the full text of NASA's official history of Project Mercury. Provides extensive historical background on the origins, the astronauts, the spacecraft, and the space flights of Mercury.
The Ultimate Space Plane - Space History - Articles related to Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz space flights. Also covers past, present, and proposed future missions of the Shuttle.
Virtual Space Museum - An online museum devoted to the Russian space program. Includes rare photos and three dimensional models of Soviet/Russian spacecraft and launch facilities.
Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions - W.D. Compton provides a solidly researched and authoritative history of the Apollo program from its inception to its last mission. Includes useful appendices and an extensive bibliography.
Why the Soviets Never Beat the U.S. to the Moon - Charles Vick, an analyst of the Soviet space effort, discusses the origins of the Soviet plans for a lunar landing project and why they failed to place cosmonauts on the moon.
Deep Space Probes:
Canberra Deep Space Communicatons Complex (CDSCC) - The first site to provide pictures from Neil Armstrong's famous Walk on the moon, the CDSCC supplies tracking information on interplanetary missions. One of the three Deep Space Network stations, Canberra is critical to probe communications and tracking.
Clementine Project Information - 1994 Lunar Orbiter.
Deep Space 1 - Up-to-date information direct from JPL and NASA on the current probe that is breaking new ground in over 12 advanced technological areas. The future of deep space technology will be shaped by this mission.
EXN.CA's guide to NASA's StarDust mission - The Discovery Channel Canada and EXN.CA's coverage of NASA's Stardust mission to visit Comet Wild 2 and return to Earth carrying samples of Space Dust. Includes a colourful comet slideshow.
Galileo Home (JPL) - Jupiter Orbiter 1995-1999.
Giotto Information - European mission to Halley's Comet. 1985-1992
Lunar Orbiter Series - Moon mapping missions. 1967-1968
Magellan Mission to Venus (JPL) - Venus Radar Mapper
Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP) - By the commercial corporation SpaceDev.
NEAR Home - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission to Eros and Mathilde.
The New Millennium Program - Homepage for NASA's low-cost, experimental spacecraft program. Includes The "Deep Space" missions.
Outer Planets/Solar Probe Project - This JPL web site focuses on three "Fire and Ice" missions in development: the Solar Probe, Europa Orbiter, and the Pluto - Kuiper Express.
Pioneer Project Home Page - First spacecraft to reach Jupiter and Saturn.
Rosetta - ESA comet rendezvous mission. Launch planned for 2003.
Rosetta Mission RPC/PIU Website - Mission with five sensors capable of complementary measurements of the plasma environment around the comet Wirtanen. This website contains information about the RPC, and the Plasma Interface Unit being developed at Imperial College.
SMART-1 - ESA technology development mission. Launch planned for 2001, with anticipated fly-bys of the moon and comets or asteroids.
SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
STARDUST Home Page - Comet flyby and particle return. 1999-2004
Stellar Link - Spacecraft - Robotic Spacecraft, From weather satellites to deep space probes - Resources on the internet
Surveyor to the Moon (1966 - 1968) - Lunar Landers
United States Deep Space Probes - Good overview linking page with photos and targetting information. Although some of the probes are not technically "deep space", the author presents the broad spectrum of the probes the US has launched.
Viking Project Information - Mars Landers 1976-1980
Voyager Project Home Page - NASA missions to the outer planets. First spacecraft to reach Uranus and Neptune.
Space Research:
Dust in Spiral Galaxies - HST and ISO Results
Inter PlaNetary Internet - Study to design a deep space communications network protocal.
Shuttle Soil mechanics experiment - All six test cells were processed in an experiment to study the movement of powders, grains, and dirt in the low-gravity conditions of space.
Reactionless Propulsion Research - Study on SV orbital transfer using non-propulsion methods.
Space Photos:
Astronomy and Space Exploration Photo Archives - Space exploration and astronomy: the latest high-resolution photos, news, information, and links.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - A new picture a day with an explaination
Clementine Lunar Image Browser 1.5
Mars Global Surveyor Images - From the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
PDS Imaging Node - The Imaging Node is the curator of NASA's primary digital image collections from past, present, and future planetary missions.
Space Museum - Take a pictorial tour of our leading space science facilities.All photos are unique to this site.
Space Careers:
NASA Job Opportunities - By Center
Space Careers - Space Careers is a free resource for employment in the space industry, updated every week, with over 350 links directly related to space jobs.
Space Jobs - Index of space employment opportunities.
Conference News:
Space Publications Conference Index - Space related meetings and seminars.
Merchandise:
The Apollo Astronauts - Official portraits of the men of the moon landing program.
The Astronaut Connection - Astronaut and space merchandise - patches, models, gifts, posters, collectors items.
Cargo Bay Emblems - We offer commemorative patches that depict space flights and/or experiments.
collectSPACE - Non-commercial site devoted to space memorabilia collecting; combines resources for the collector with an online gallery of a personal collection
Premiere Space Editions - Apollo Astronaut autographed NASA archive photographs, Apollo Moon Globes, autographed first edition books, NASA Apollo mission patches, CD-ROMs, VHS tapes, Space links.
Space Exploration: The Solar System and Beyond - Information and links relating to the exploration of the solar system and outer space
The Space Media Store - Secure online shopping for quality Space Merchandise and Collectibles. Hundreds of great gift ideas. Shipping Worldwide.
Space Shuttle Wallpaper - Full-screen photos of recent Space Shuttle missions for your PC. $22.95
The Ultimate Space Place - Dedicated to informing space enthusiasts to the benefits of NASA spinoffs, space history, collectables
Welcome to Space Center Shadowstar - Based in Seaside Heights, NJ, this is a collection of space artifacts, reference material such as articles and Q&As with astronauts, and authentic autograph scans.
Business:
Space Business - Can also add conference data here.
New Technologies:
International Space Business Council - Council promoting the space industry with news, conference pages.
NASA Gateway to the individual NASA research centers - Home pages of all NASA centers.
Applied Technology Space and Satellite Training - ATI: the leading short course provider in space, satellites, and communications design courses. ATI provides 30 public short courses in space for working engineers and scientists.
Archimedes Institute - The Archimedes Institute - nearly 200 links to other space policy entities.
ASTE - Advanced Systems and Telecommunications Equipment - ASTE covering top stories of the European Space Agency's Advanced Systems and Telecommunications Equipment programme
ASTEK Lt Aerospace Russia - Space related company in Russia, launch vehicle and rocket engine design and manufacturing, commercial launch and satellite.
The Astronaut Connection - Your guide to space, the history of its exploration, and a cross-section of the men and women who have been in it.
Astronauts Speakers Bureau - Astronauts, speakers, motivational speaking, space, Space Shuttle, Apollo, Moonwalkers
Clark's Favorite Space Links - Menu - Excellent set of space links including space news, launch vehicles and technology.
Cosmic Context ~ Exploring Your Universe - Explore the universe, the history and future of astronomy, life elsewhere, more. Many links, vivid images, and a chat room.
Euro Space Center - To dream of reaching for the stars, climbing on board the Space Shuttle, walking on the Moon. At the Euro Space Center, this dream becomes reality.
Federation of American Scientists Military Space Page
A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - On this site you will find the location of over 200 artifacts of America's space program including X-15's and rocket boosters.
Florida Today Space Online - Up to date space news,special reports, and launch information.
Frequently Asked Questions and Links - Answers to questions from the Kennedy Space Center. Complements the Oxford FAQ above.
GSFC Science Visualization Studio Images - The Scientific Visualization Studio presents visualization of remote sensing data with conceptual scientific animations . Nice images available.
Handy Answer Guide to Space - Everthing you ever wnted to know about the space program and the up-coming launches.
Hot Topics - NASA Hot Topics.
KSC Visitor Complex Launch Pad
Lunar and Planetary Maps at NSSDC - Lunar and Planetary Maps at NSSDC
Mark Wade 's Encyclopedia Astronautica - Mark Wade 's Encyclopedia Astronautica
Military Space Links - Space Command
NASA Watch - The unofficial news from inside NASA - not associated with any official NASA bodies.
PBS Deep Space Links - A varied list of interesting and informative links from Public Broadcasting.
Phobos Mission - Seven gif images from Russian spacecraft which captured this graphic information of a moon of Mars
Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo - This site has downloads, pictures, info, and mission patches relating to Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
Rocket Science Resources - aRocket site. Free software, Discussion forum for the amateur or expermental rocket scientist.
RussianSpace.com - Interactive archive on space program in the former USSR. Historical information on the Soviet and Russian programs.
Sound Library for Submarines - Audio clips of whales, submarines, and sonar. Fun Site.
Space and Flight Launch Pad - Space and Flight provides an extensive collection of the best web sites for space exploration, astronomy, and aviation related subjects.
Space Center Online - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Space Component Registry Corp. - Space news, discussion, and aerospace industry info.
Space Design References - Links to space design and specific satellites.
The Space Odyssey Suite - Only in german language. -A digital trip trought our solar system and out into the universe. Data & factsheet about our planets and stars. Space-news. .
Space Resources-Univ. of Wisconsin - Course notes from the University of Wisconsin.
Space Week Oct. 4-10 Each Year - Space Week is a worldwide event to involve the public in space activities. Supported by the UN, it is now celebrated Oct. 4-10 each year.
Space.com - Lou Dobbs space site including news, science, business, television, books, entertainment.
SpaceRef.com - Space reference with sections including events calendar, astrobiology & life science, astronomy, companies & commerce, education, exploration & missions.
Spacewatch.UK - All things space. Images, sounds and Video.
Starport.com - Resource for space education, entertainment and exploration -- featuring exciting online space exploration experiences, providing access to astronauts and their heroic stories and dreams, and live space-related events both on- and off-line.
Synthetic Aperture Radar - Sandia National Laboratories is a world leader in analyzing, designing and building high performance Microwave Imaging Radar systems, including Synthetic Aperture Radar.
Tech Museum | The Satellite Site! - Good general information including a satellite of the month.
Vincent's Space Oddities Page - Simplified information about black holes, supernovae, pulsars, and quasars.
Welcome To Eirin's IceeSpace Homepage - Eirin's IceeSpace Homepage is designed for Learning about Space and our Solar System.
Where Were You July 20, 1969? - Collecting and offering stories from people who witnessed the most famous day in the history of Earth - the first Moon landing - a digital time capsule.
World Of AlfOmega - Personal web site with links to space sites on the internet.
Technical Report Servers:
This site courtesy William C. Hoffman, Jr., no guarantee of the site data validity or source is offered. If any site link is broken, pleaseNASA Technical Report Server (searches all servers)
Center for Aerospace Information (RECON Select)
Dryden Technical Reports Server
Goddard Institute for Space Studies Publications On-Line
Goddard Technical Report Server
Kennedy Space Center Technical Report Server
Langley Technical Report Server
Lewis Research Center Technical Report Server
Marshall Space Flight Center Technical Reports Server
NASA Astrophysics Data System Home Page
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Report Server
Selected Current Aerospace Notices (SCAN)
Stennis Space Center Technical Report Server
me at hoffmanwc@worldnet.att.net