Space Related Web Sites

This page lists only related sites, www sites directly concerned with space colonization are on the space settlement home page.

NASA Maintained Sites

• Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
• The Lunar Prospector
• International Space Station Two components assembled so far.
• NASA's Educational Program.
• NASA Select TV. Watch the Construction of the ISS (Alpha).
• Realtime Data. Check sightings and orbital tracking of STS missions and the ISS as well as weather, landing tracks and orbital elements.
• Space FAQ maintained at Kennedy Space Flight Center. Very good.
• Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This Program Office was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit
• Space Science News Space Science news from Marshall Space Flight Center.

Images

• Earth Views from Space Johnson Space Center'sdatabase of acquired imagery of Earth from Space.
• Images/Animations A good source of graphics that might be used in Space simulations.
• NASA's Planetary Photojournal has a large and growing number of planetary images. This might give you some idea of the views available from future space colonies.
• TerraServer A huge repository of aerial photographs and satellite images.
• Weather Satellite/Radar Images. Includes images from a variety of satellites.

Education

• Very cool 3D interactive model of the solar system.
• A list of colleges and universities offering space science and astronautics programs.
• Space related competitions for college and university students.
• Astrobiology An online guide to the living universe.
• Center for Advanced Studies in the Space Life Sciences. Overall goals are to increase awareness of the NASA Life Sciences Program within the basic science community, and to examine and discuss potential uses of microgravity and other aspects of space flight as probes to provide new insights to fundamental processes of importance to basic biology and medicine.
• IAU: Minor Planet Center responsible for the efficient collection, (computation,) checking and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets.
• Moonlink The internet-based Space Education Program for NASA's Lunar Prospector Mission.
• Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous First spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, returning science data.
• Quest Provides support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the Internet.
• Space Biology Whether you are an educator or a student, SpaceBio.net is the place to come for undergraduate space biology education. Throughout the site, you will find a large collection of downloadable materials organized by topic, profiles of publications and resources, annotated links to other sites, and information on education and training opportunities.
• Space Day - lots of classroom activities for teachers.
• Space Educators' Handbook - lots of classroom activities for teachers.
• SpaceLink An aeronautics and space resource for educators.
• Space News has a educational site for teachers and students.
• Space Place is designed to introduce students and teachers to the latest and most advanced technology being tested for use on space missions of the future.
• Student Space Awareness University of Arizona student organization.
• Starships,Space Colonies and the like. Technology for space, space travel and artificial gravity.
• Windows to the Universe User-friendly learning system on the Earth and Space sciences.
• University of Wisconsin Space Resources. Includes course work on the Origin of the Solar System and Lunar Mining Concepts.
• University of Wisconsin Space Resources. Includes course work on, Getting there and Back and Fusion Rockets.
• University of Wisconsin Space Resources. Includes course work on, Potential Resources of Asteroids and Comets.

Space Transportation

• Andrew Nowicki's launch systems book. This online book describes a large number of mostly futuristic launch systems.
• Space Adventures. Includes training in zero gravity, on the edge of space and in the hydrolab.
• Deep Space 1 JPL mission to validate technologies that will pioneer the way for future spacecraft to have an arsenal of technical capabilities for exploring the universe.
• NASA Shuttle Web - launch status of current mission.
• KSC Launch Assessment ISS fabrication continues.
• X Prize Foundation $10 Million Competition will award trophy to first spacecraft for sub-orbital flight.

Space Tourism

• Climbing to the Sky. The dream of a Space Elevator is a monumental one. A vision that will further space exploration and knowledge.
• Virgin Galactic. By the end of the decade, Virgin Galactic - the most exciting development in the story of modern space history - is planning to make it possible for almost anyone to visit the final frontier at an affordable price.
• Universe Today. Space News from Around the Internet, Updated every weekday.
• Universe Today. 8/21/2001 Beyond Tito: Measuring the Demand for Space Tourism.
• Space Adventures. Welcome to the World's Leading Space Tourism Company.
• SpaceRef. Com. A Space Reference site which includes updated space news.
• Space Technology List. Space Colonization related links
• eSpaceTickets.com. Win a Trip to Outer Space.
• Space Cruiser will make it possible for ordinary citizens to go where only astronauts have ventured before.
• Bristol Spaceplanes Limited. Spearheading the space flight revolution.

Miscellaneous

• Clark Lindsey's Space Page.
• ProSpace A non profit citizens group with the mission to open the space frontier for All people as rapidly as possible.
• L5 News The purpose of this website is to provide free download of back issues of the L5 News, the publication of the L5 Society an organization devoted to making space settlements a reality in our lifetime.
• SpaceDev, LLC is developing a private spacecraft to study asteroids. The head of the company, Jim Benson, has established a cash prize for amateurs who discover new asteroids.
• Space Future - For everyone who'd like to travel in Space for themselves.
• The Space Place
• Solar System Development Journal
• Microscopic Stowaways on the ISS
• The Universe Today. Space exploration and astronomy news updated on a daily basis.

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