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Here are links to a wide variety of information about space, astronomy and satellites -

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Directory to sections in this page -

• Astronomy links
• Earth Related Links
• Fun Stuff Links
• Interstellar Links
• Lunar Related Links
• Other Planets Links
• Space Flight Related Links
• Search Engines

Astronomy Links

• Astronomical Applications Center (U.S.Naval Observatory); http://aa.usno.navy.mil/
• Astronomy Magazine; http://www.astronomy.com/
• Australian Spaceguard Centre; http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/tps-seti/spacegd.html
• Bad Astronomy; http://www.badastronomy.com/
• Jack Herkimer's Star Gazer; http://www.jackstargazer.com/
• Sky and Telescope Magazine; http://www.skypub.com/
• Solar Viewer; http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Space Frontier Foundation; http://www.space-frontier.org/
• Two Micron All Sky Survey; http://www.lpac.caltech.edu/2mass
• Virtual Journey into the Universe; http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/html/home.html
• Universe Today; Space News; http://www.universetoday.com/
• University of Colorado, Fiske Planetarium; http://www.colorado.edu/fiske/

Earth Related Links

• Amateur Telescope, International Space Station; http://www.issat.org/
• Aurora Forecast; University of Alaska; http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi
• Aurora Page; Michigan Technology University; http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
• Aurora Sounds, National Geographic; http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0111/
• Aurora in Polar Regions, NOAA; http://sec.noaa.gov/pmap/
• Centre National Etude Spatiales (French Space Agency); http://www.cnes.fr/
• Challenger Learning Center; http://www.clccs.org/
• Challenger Organization; http://www.challenger.org/
• CICLOPS, Space Science Institute; http://www.ciclops.org/
• Earth and Moon Viewer; http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
• Earth Science Logistics and Outreach Terrainbase; http://www.earthslot.org/
• Edge of Space Sciences; http://www.eoss.org/
• GOES Satellite View of Earth Hot Spots; http://goes.pgd.hawaii.edu/ (*** ??? ***)
• GOES-8 Satellite Infra-red views of Earth; http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite.html
• Hawaii Infra-Red Vulcano Watch Program; http://volcano1.pgd.hawaii.edu/
• Heavens Above; Satellite Tracking & Viewing Predictions; http://www.heavens-above.com/
• Images of Earth from Space; http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
• International Dark Sky Organization; http://www.darksky.org/
• International Meteor Organization; http://www.imo.net/
• Iridium Corp; http://www.iridium.com/
• Iridium Deorbit; http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/03/17c.html
• Island One Society; http://www.islandone.org/ Landsat Earth Imaging Program
• Leonids Alive; http://www.leonidslive.com/
• Leonids Meteor Display; http://www.leonids.org/
• Living Earth; http://livingearth.com/
• Living Universe; http://www.luf.org/
• National Institute of Standards and Technolgy; http://www.boulder.nist.gov/
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; http://boulder.noaa.gov/
• National Space Design Competition; http://www.space.bsdi.com/
• Nights Skies of Earth Images: Satellite view of the entire earth at night (3)
• Nights Skies of Earth Images: Explanation of the above link
• Northern Lights, Norway; http://www.northern-lights.no/
• Rice Institute Earth & Space Information Hotlist; http://space.rice.edu/~reiff/Bookmarks.html
• Satellite Observations; Satellite Tracking & Viewing Predictions; http://www.satobs.org/satinfo.html
• Satellite Predictions; http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/
• Satellite Predictions; http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
• Satellite Tracking and Decay Information; http://wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/index.htm
• Space Imaging; http://www.spaceimaging.com/
• Space Island Group; http://www.spaceislandgroup.com/
• Space Launch Initiative; http://www.slinews.com/
• Space Related News on the Internet; http://www.universetoday.com/
• Space Shuttle Recovery; http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/columbia/
• Space Weather Now; Space Environment Center; http://www.sel.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html
• Space Weather, Lasp; http://lasp.colorado.edu/spaceweather/
• Space Weather; http://www.spaceweather.com/
• StarShip 2040; http://www.starship2040.com/
• Starshine Satellite Project; http://www.azinet.com/starshine/
• Sunrise, Sunset Times; http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
• Program to Employ Resources...; http://www.permanent.com/
• Space Settlements; http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/SpaceSettlement
• Space Studies Institute; http://www.ssi.org/
• View Earth from a Satellite; http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html
• Weather Underground; current satellite photos
• X Prize Contest; http://www.xprize.org/

Interstellar Links

• BOOMERanG, Sounds of the Creation of the Universe; http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~boomerang/press_images/index.htm
• BOOMERanG, Sounds of the Creation of the Universe; http://cmb/phys.cwru.edi/boomerang/
• Extrasolar Planets; http://exoplanets.org/
• Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia (Harvard); http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/planets/
• Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia; http://www.extrasolar.com/
• Extrasolar Visions; http://www.jtwinc.comExtrasolar/
• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive; http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• IPACC Extragalactic Database; http://nedwww.ipacc.caltech.edu/
• Lifeboat Foundation; http://www.lifeboat.com/
• National Radio Astronomical Observatory; http://www.cv.nrao.edu/
• SETI@Home Project; http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
• SETI Institute; http://www.seti.org/
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey; http://www.sdss.org/
• Space Telescope Science Institute; http://www.stsci.edu/
• Windows to the Universe; http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Lunar Related Links

• Apollo Project, NASA; http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/
• Artemis Project; http://www.asi.org/ lli> Earth and Moon Viewer; http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
• Lunar Information; http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html
• Lunar Orbital Information; http://www.stargazing.net/Kepler/moonrise.html
• Lunar Resources Company; http://www.tlrc.com/
• Worldwind 3D Lunar Tour; http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Other Planets Links

• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan; http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/Cassini/english/
• Kuiper-Belt (Transneptunian) Objects; http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/lists/TNOs.html
• Mars Program; http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Mars Odyssey Program; http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/
• Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Program (MOLA); http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/mola.html
• Mars Pictures from the Themis Program; http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html
• Mars Survey Program; http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/
• Mars Webcast; http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/mars-odyssey/
• Naming Mars Rovers (Lego); http://www.logo.com/rovers/
• Planetary; http://www.planetary.org/
• Planetary Photojournal; http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Pluto Home Page; http://dosxx.colorado.edu/plutohome.html
• Pluto Mission; http://www.plutomission.com/
• Saturn Exploration, Cassini Project; http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/
• Solar System Simulator; http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Views of the Solar System; http://www.solarviews.com/
• Welcome to the Planets; http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Space Flight Related Links

• Celestial Tracking; http://www.celestrak.com/
• Celestis; http://www.celestis.com/
• European Space Agency; http://sci.esa.int/
• German Space Operations Center; http://www.gsoc.dlr.de/
• Human Spaceflight (NASA); http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory; http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Mir Space Station Re-Entry Expedition; www.mirreentry.com/
• Space Station Information, NASA; http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/
• Space.com; http://www.space.com/

Fun Stuff Links

• Star Wars Technical Commentary

Search Engines

Here are several search engines in case you wish to do more research from this page -

• All The Web
• Ask
• Dogpile Meta-Search Engine
• Google
• Inktomi
• Speegle (Speech Available)
• Wisenut

The Universe is An Affirmative Communication Process!