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Final
Frontier Top Ten Space and Astronomy Projects
Space and Astronomy Images
Space
and Astronomy Magazines
Places
to visit in the UK
Places of Space and Astronomy Research in the
UK
Organisations
and Societies
Space Agencies of the World
Missions
Projects
Events
Local Astronomy Societies
Miscellaneous Links
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Final
Frontier Top Ten Space and Astronomy Projects |
Beagle
2 - the next Mars robotic lander
Cassini/Huygens
- mission to study Saturn
Chandra
Space Telescope
Cluster II - studying
how the Solar Wind affects Earth
Galileo -
mission to study Jupiter
Hubble Space Telescope
ISS
- the International Space Station
Mir
- the Russian Space Station
Rosetta
- rendez-vous with Comet Wirtenan
SOHO - Solar
and Heliospheric Observatory
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Space and
Astronomy Images |
European
Space Agency images
Free
Space Images Screen Saver
Hubble
Space Telescope pictures
NASA Image Exchange -
a
searchable database with hundreds of images
NASA's
National Space Science Data Centre - good Solar System images
SETI Screen
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Space and Astronomy Magazines
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Astronomy
Astronomy
Now
Jonathan's
Space Report
NASA
Today
Popular
Astronomy
Sky and Telescope
Space
Daily
The Salopian Web
The
Astronomer
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Places to Visit in the UK |
Armagh
Planetarium
Goonhilly
Satellite Earth Station, Cornwall
Jodrell
Bank, Cheshire
London
Planetarium
Museum
of Science and Industry, Air and Space Gallery, Manchester
National Space Science Centre and
Challenger Centre, Leicester
Royal Observatory,
Edinburgh
Royal Observatory,
Greenwich
Science
Museum Space Gallery, London
Star
Centre, Sheffield
Space
School UK, Brunel, London
Clanfield Observatory,
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Places
of Space and Astronomy Research in the UK
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Armagh
Observatory
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge Institute
of Astronomy
Rutherford
Appleton Laboratories (RAL), Space Science and Technology Department
Starchaser
Industries
Surrey Satellite Technology
Ltd.
Leicester
University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Open
University Astronomy Research Group
Open University, Planetary
Sciences Research Institute
Oxford University,
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Research Group
University of
Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group
University
College, London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL)
University
of Kent at Canterbury, Unit for Space Sciences and Astrophysics
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Organisations and Societies |
Aspire
Space
British Astronomical Association (BAA)
British
National Space Centre (BNSC)
Federation
of Astronomical Societies
The
International Meteor Organisation
The
Mars Society UK
Met.
Office
Middlesex
Amateur Rocketry Society (MARS)
Particle
Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
Royal
Astronomical Society
Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC)
Open
University Astronomy Club
The
Sheffield Rocket Association
The Society
for Popular Astronomy
Southern England Rocket
Flyers
STARR research
- The Scottish Rocket Programme
Thrust
- The Midlands rocket club
The
UK Rocketry Association
UK Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS)
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Space Agencies of the World
(This section
courtesy of UKSEDS
(links section))
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Argentina: National
Commission on Space Activities (CONAE)
Australia: Space
Policy Unit, Dept. of Industry, Science and Tourism
Austria: Austrian
Space Agency (ASA)
Belgium: Belgian
Institute for Space Aeronomy (BISA)
Brazil: Instituto Nacional
de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
Canada: Canadian
Space Agency (CSA / ASC)
Europe: European Space
Agency (ESA)
France: Centre National
d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
India: Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)
Italy: Agenzia Spaziale
Italiana (ASI)
Japan: National
Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
Japan: Institute
of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Netherlands: Space Research
Organisation Netherlands (SRON)
Norway: Norwegian
Space Centre (NSC)
Russia: Russian
Space Agency (RKA)
Sweden: Swedish Space
Corporation (SSC)
UK: British National
Space Centre (BNSC)
USA: National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA)
International
Astronautical Federation
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Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
homepage
Hubble Space Telescope
News
Kepler
Mission
NASA
launch schedule
Space
Interferometry Mission
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The
Artemis Project
Beagle 2
Bristol
Spaceplanes
Lobster
Eye X-Ray Telescope at Leicester University
Mars
Polar Lander site
Project
SKYLON
SMART-1
Spaceguard
UK
Swift at Leicester University
Swift at NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Centre
Swift
at Penn State University
European
Southern Observatory ALMA information
XMM
at Leicester University
XMM
Science Operations Centre
St
Andrew’s University Planet Search
University
of California Extra-solar Planets Group
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| Events |
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Leonid
Storm
Leonids
website
The
annual Scottish Rocket Weekend |
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| Local
Astronomy Societies |
Altrincham
& District Astronomical Society
Out
and About Astronomy Club
Isle of Man Astronomical
Society
White
Peak Astronomical Observing Group
The York
Astronomical Society |
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Miscellaneous links |
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Living
Universe Foundation
IRSI Home page
Space
Age Associates
Nik
Szymanek - astrophotographer
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