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"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Space: The Final Frontier

"It’s only impossible until it’s possible."
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation

                      Tour the Solar System

Tour the Universe

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Table of Contents:
bullet An Overview of The Solar System
bullet ASTRONOMY CLASS
bullet Spacecraft and Missions
bullet Bijou Science Home

On this Page:

bullet The Latest Astronomy News
bullet Outside Astronomy Links
bullet Societies/Publications
bullet Downloads:
bullet Get MPEG Players, Shockwave, Flash
bullet Celestia - 3D Simulation

In Memory of Those
Who Lost Their Lives
Venturing Out
to the Final Frontier...

 1/27/67 -Apollo 1

1/28/86 -STS51L
Lost 73 seconds after liftoff.

 

2/2/03 -STS107
Lost during reentry
 

The Latest News 

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SpaceWeather.com - Up-to-date Info on today's sky!
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Satellite Tracker - What's over YOUR head tonight??
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Colorado Springs Clear Sky Clock
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Space.com
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Skylights: What's up in the sky this week
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The Planetary Society, especially updates for Saturn & Mars missions.
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Hubble Telescope NEWSCENTER
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"Sky & Telescope" News
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NASA News
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The Night Sky Live

Outside Astronomy Links & Resources
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Basics of Space Flight Learners' Workbook
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US Naval Observatory
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From the editors of Astronomy Magazine:
A GLOSSARY OF ASTRONOMICAL TERMS
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Abrams Planetarium Skywatcher's Diary for this month
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What's Up

Sites with Images

The Constellations and Their Stars

Hubble Space Telescope Pictures

High-Def Mars Images

Anglo-Australian Observatory

THE MESSIER CATALOG 

The Web Nebulae
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory  

Societies and Publications
Astronomy Magazine   

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Download Sites:
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MPEG players

 shockwave logoto download Shockwave, Flash Free Players.

 
Other Downloads:

Celestia - a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions - limited, but cool.

Some interesting animated pictures...
bulletAn animated Moebius strip with orbiting sphere.
bulletAn interactive Java Moebius strip.
bulletAn animated Wormhole
bulletAn Alien Sunrise experimental Flash

Updated 07/01/2009