Dave's Space and Astronomy Links | Government Agencies |  | Ground based Telescopes and Obervatories |  | Manned Space Programs |
 | Misc Sites |  | Planetary Probes |  | Space Telescopes and Observatories |
 | Special Interest Groups |
| Government Agencies |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JAXA is an ISS partner |
| Canadian Space Agency
The CSA provided the robot arm and hand for the ISS |
| China National Space Administration
The third country to put humans in space |
| European Space Agency
Maker of the shuttle's old Spacelab component. |
| Russian Space Agency
We beat them to the moon, now we're working together on the ISS |
| NASA
Homepage of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Ground based Telescopes and Obervatories |
| Palomar Obervatory
Home of the 200 inch Hale telescope |
| Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico |
| Very Large Array
One of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, the VLA consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration in New Mexico |
| Keck Obseravotry-Hawaii |
| Manned Space Programs |
| Project Constellation
What NASA intends to replace the shuttle with in 2015 |
| Space Shuttle
The first reusable space vehicle. |
| International Space Station
NASA site for this multinational outpost in space |
| Misc Sites |
| Star Gazers
A weekly 10 minute astronomy program that airs on many PBS stations. |
| ‘Forever Remembered’ Exhibit Honoring Challenger and Columbia Opens at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
NASA and the families of the crews of space shuttle missions STS-51L and STS-107 have collaborated to create a new, permanent memorial designed to honor the astronauts, pay tribute to orbiters Challenger and Columbia, and emphasize the importance of learning from the past. |
| Heavens Above
A satellite tracking website |
| NASA TV
The television network of the United States space agency, NASA. The network airs a large amount of educational programming, and provides live coverage of an array of manned missions. |
| International Spce Station Panoramic Tour |
| An Online Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) Simulator |
| Planetary Probes |
| Pioneer
Historical overview of the first spacecraft to travel to an outer pla |
| Voyager
Launched in 1977, these twin probes continue to return data about the far reaches of the solar system |
| New Horizons
Launched in 2006, New Horizons is expected arrive at Pluto in 2015. |
| Mars Pathfinder
NASA's first rover to Mars was named Sojourner and was a part of the 1997 Pathfinder mission. |
| Phoenix Mars Mission
Launched in the summer of 2007, Phoenix landed on May 25, 2008 near the north pole of the red planet. |
| Magellan
A now discontinued radar mapping of Venus |
| Deep Impact
Mission to a Comet |
| Viking
A now discontinued mission of twin probes to Mars |
| Galileo
A now discontinued exploration of Jupiter |
| Stardust
Exploring Comet Tempel 1 |
| Ulysses
Ulysses is the first spacecraft to study the unexplored region of space above our Sun's poles. |
| Cassini-Huygens
Probe and Orbiter to Saturn |
| Mars Exploration Rovers
Better known as Spirit and Opportunity, these twin rovers landed on Mars in 2004. They continue to operate four years later. |
| Space Telescopes and Observatories |
| Spitzer Space Telescope
One of the great observatories |
| Kepler Telescope
A search for habitable planets |
| Hubble Space Telescope
Scientific Breakthroughs and Breathtaking Images |
| Special Interest Groups |
| Shoreline Astronomical Association
A Holland, Michigan based non-profit organization created for the purpose of furthering the enjoyment of amateur astronomy. |
| Muskegon Astronomical Society |