Space flight
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- Columbia Accident Investigation Board
report The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster took place on February 1, 2003.
Scientists have been compiling evidence to determine what went wrong and how to prevent future accidents. At this NASA
website, visitors can read the findings of this extensive report. Within the
report interface, users can view six short movies illustrating the launch,
the foam striking the Space Shuttle, Columbia's reentry, and the impact
testing of the RCC panel. The site also has links to media coverage, released records, and the mission overview.
- Space Shuttle: The Next Generation
The May 2003 online feature of Popular Science magazine, several potential
candidates for replacing NASA's aging space shuttles are examined
- A Conceptual Design for the Space Launch Capability of the Peacekeeper
ICBM [pdf] considers how minimal modifications could transform it into a "rapid resupply system for the International Space
Station (ISS).
- Private Manned Space Plane On April 18, 2003, an historic event in space travel was marked by the
unveiling of the first private manned spacecraft and launch platform
- The Gateway to Astronaut
Photography of Earth nearly 400,000 photographs of the Earth
from space
- Sea Launch [.pdf] an
international satellite launch service company that has a unique way
of delivering payloads into space with the launch platform situated on
the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
- Project Starshine the Student Tracked Atmospheric Research
Satellite - how to catch a glimpse of the gleaming, space disco ball from
your backyards
- The NASA JPL deep space
communications network
- Great Images in Nasa (GRIN)
over 1,000 high-quality photos related to space and space exploration,
the site is well worth a visit.
- Encyclopedia
Astronautica with Russian
Mirror anyone with a professional or personal interest
in spaceflight will undoubtedly enjoy a visit
- Rocket and
Space Technology Orbital mechanics, propulsion, rocket
hardware, space centers and missions are among the topics featured
- NASA
TV can be picked up on the Web in Real
Player and Windows
Media Player formats
- The two US newspapers that will offer the best, most informed
coverage are the Houston
Chronicle and the Huntsville
Times
- NASA
Shuttle Status Report a daily status report on
missions is available from NASA's Johnson Space Center
- SpaceRef
In addition to the directory, also
features breaking news, analysis, full-text
briefs from NASA,ESA...
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Another NASA site,
this one gives you the "on the ground, looking up" view of Mir's
passages (as well as those of many other satellites):
- This
NASA site plots the current, real-time positions of Mir and other spacecraft
on a map of the earth:
- JAVA visible ISS passes
- This huge, comprehensive site
is a great resource for just about any object that can been seen anywhere from
Earth, including Mir:
- And this specialty site
is devoted specifically to tracking satellites as their orbits decay and they
fall to Earth:
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Internet
controlled telescopes
- Nassau
Station Robotic Telescope Previously,
most if not all online telescopes were
designed for use only by professional
astronomers. However, Case Western
Reserve University's Nassau Astronomical
Station has begun a program which will
accept requests for images of
astronomical objects from the general
public
- Image retrieval
tools
- Bradford
Telescope Contents
Astronomy
- GalaxyZoo the project
which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a
million galaxies. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to
scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally
no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of
galaxies that pepper the sky.
- Astronomical Almanac Online
The print version of the Almanac serves as a worldwide standard for annual data on the Sun, Moon, planets,
satellites, eclipses and other phenomena. The online version expands upon the print version by providing data for several
years
- Astronomy Links an index of astronomy and space related Web sites
- The NASA Astrophysics Data System
a Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation
- Virtual Sky - view
seamless images of the night sky; not just an album of popular places, but
the entire northern sky at high resolution
- Sun Angle calculates
solar data for a single day and time, using latitude, longitude,
elevation, and date/ time inputs. SunPosition
calculates values for different days and times throughout the year,
providing date, time, altitude, and azimuth outputs. Several brief
paragraphs describe the basis for each calculation
- Cloudless image of Earth as viewed from space
day (wordmarked) or night
(unmarked) courtesy GSFC
- An Atlas of the Universe
explains, clearly and simply, things such as "where is the center of
the universe" and "where did the big bang occur." Anyone
interested in astronomy will enjoy the well organized and informative
content.
- JAVA visible ISS passes
from NASA web site (higher
level) and another
address
- SETI Status v0.3b build 10
[265k] W9x/NT/2k FREE {Stay atop SETI status}shows current WU status, user
stats, warns you of WU completion SETI@Home
- YourSky is a
virtual planetarium, produce astronomical maps by entering time
and date, viewpoint, and observing location
- Digital
Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- The American Meteor Society
- Deep Sky Database,
a tool for amateur astronomers who love to pursue deep sky
objects. It employs a web-based version of the Saguaro Astronomy
Club's database (ver 7.2), consisting of over 10,000 records
- Astronomy.com contains
the latest space news, feature articles, a nice beginners section,
tips for parents and teachers, a photo gallery, and star charts
- Sunrise Sunset
Calculator v1.0 [1.4M] W9x/NT/2k FREE
- Eclipse
1999: Sources of Information
- The
Nine Planets
- Java
applets created by the Mission Operations
Laboratory of NASA to track and display, in real-time,
orbits and other information about satellites
circling the Earth.
- Earth and Moon Viewer
- Solar Eclipse data (NASA)
- NASA is collecting the names of
school children
- Lunar Prospector--NASA
- Galileo Europa Mission
- Eclipse 1999: Sources of
Information
- The Nine Planets
- Stephen Hawking's Universe
- Astronomy index (Dewey and
Alphabetical)
- Galileo status April 9, 1997
- Galileo Images of Europa
- Bradford Web Directable
telescope (user-guest p/w-astro)
- Solar System Simulator--JPL
NASA [QuickTime, MPEG]
- Users can view any body from any other, display
planet and satellite orbits, and choose from a
variety of fields of view
- Hale-Bopp comet
- Comets and Meteor
Showers Contents
- The Observatorium -
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- 25 top science home
pages
- Astronomy and Space
Science
- Comet Observation Home
Page due for launch 19 April 2004
- Cosmos - Cambridge
cosmology home page
- Hale-Bopp
- Eclipse data
- ING: Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
consisting of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope, the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope, and the 1.0 m Jacobus Kapetyn
Telescope
- ING La Palma
organisational chart
- Royal Greenwich
Observatory
- NASA
- Observatorium - NASA
Mars
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- June 2003 Beagle 2
The Mars Express spacecraft is on a roughly two-year mission to gather data on the Red Planet.
After its six-month journey, the Mars Express will release the Beagle 2
probe, also European Space Agency: Mars Express
- 2001 Mars
Odyssey up-to-the-minute images and newsflashes
of NASA's planned mission to Mars, scheduled to
launch April 7, 2001
- Mars
Surveyor 98 The Mars Polar Lander
will hopefully penetrate the Martian soil
up to two meters to monitor the weather
and test for the presence of water ice
- Mars Pathfinder
- lands 7/97
- Life from Mars-Horizon
- Life from Mars-Horizon
- Mars Global
Surveyor
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- Copyright Bob Anderson
- 19 July 2007