Below are my favorite links to space related sites with a brief description when possible and/or appropriate:
Commercial
Ventures
International
Space Station
NASA
Non-U.S.
Space Agencies
Space
Shuttle
Miscellaneous
This isn't science fiction any more, this is really happening.
 | Alaska Aerospace Development
Corporation - Their first launch is scheduled for September 1,
1998.
| Applied Space Resources
- Planning a lunar mission by the year 2000.
| Beal Aerospace
- Fully financed and scheduled to begin launching in late 1999.
| Boeing
Sea Launch - Check out the "New
- Sailing Toward Homeport" section. These guys are built and
sailing towards Long Beach, CA!
| Cerulean Freight
Forwarding Company - This is a start-up.
| Dynamica Research
- This is a start-up.
| General Astronautics
- This is a Canadian start-up.
| Harvest Moon, Inc.
| Kelly Space & Technology
- First scheduled launch in 1999.
| Kistler
Aerospace - Soon to become the "World’s first provider
of reusable launch vehicles." Test flights were due to begin in July
1998.
| LunaCorp
| Microgravity Corporation
- Working with Kelly Space & Technology above.
| Platforms International
Corporation - This is a start-up.
| Rotary Rocket Company
- They are planning to begin test flights of a fully reusable
single-stage-to-orbit vehicle in 1999 and begin commercial flights in the
year 2000.
| SpaceDev
| The SpaceLaunch Foundation
- Still another start-up. | |
I am looking for a web site for Robert Zubrin's Pioneer Astronautics. If you know where he's hiding it I would really like to know. I am also hoping to find Pete Conrad's company Universal Spacelines. -sigh
(First launch is now scheduled for November 20, 1998)
| Assembly
Sequence
| NASA's Space Station Page | |
| Aeronautics &
Space Transportation Technology
| Ames Research Center (ARC)
| Dryden Flight
Research Center (DFRC) - NASA's primary installation for flight
research.
| Goddard Institute for Space
Studies (GISS) - Studying atmospheric and climate changes.
| Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
- A major facility for developing and operating unmanned scientific
spacecraft.
| Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL)
- |  - JPL
coordinates and tracks all unmanned space probes. My ex works here on the
Deep Space Network (DSN), but they're pretty cool anyhow. I go to their Open
House every year.
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
- | - Design,
development, and testing of spacecraft for human flight. Selection and
training of astronauts. Planning and conducting human space flight missions.
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
- | - The
starting point for all U.S. human space flights.
Langley Research Center (LRC)
- Primarily aeronautics research.
| Lewis
Research Center (LeRC) - Development of new propulsion, power,
and communications technologies.
| Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
- Develops and maintains space transportation and propulsion systems and
conducts microgravity research.
| NASA Homepage
| NASA Select TV
- NASA's television channel on the web.
| Stennis Space Center (SSC)
- Not to be confused with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) below, Stennis
Space Center is responsible primarily for rocket propulsion testing.
| White Sands Test Facility (WSTF)
- Testing and evaluation of potentially hazardous materials, components, and
rocket propulsion systems. | |
| Austria -
| Belgium -
| Brazil - Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
| Canada - Canadian
Space Agency (CSA)
| China -
| Denmark - Danish
Space Research Institute (DSRI)
| Europe - European
Space Agency (ESA) - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Canada cooperates as well to a limited
extent.
| Finland -
| France - Centre
National D'etudes Spatiales (CNES)
| Germany - Deutsches
Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
| Ireland -
| Italy - Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
| Japan - National
Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
| Netherlands -
| Norway -
| Russia - Russian
Space Agency (PKA) - (I don't have a clue how to insert Cryllic
text here) This site is EXTREMELY SLOW and
entirely in Russian. It looks like they are trying to add an English
version. Hopefully they do soon because I am very interested in the Russian
space program. If you have a useful site I would love
to hear about it!
| Spain - Instituto
National de Téchica Aeroespacial (INTA)
| Sweden - Swedish
Space Corporation (SSC)
| Switzerland -
| United Kingdom - | |
I am obviously still looking for the "Official" sites for Austria, Belgium, China, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Have I missed any? Again, I could use your help.
| Space Shuttle Schedule |
I would LOVE to hear from you if you have an interesting site that I need to include here or if you're aware of any new developments that haven't hit the mass media yet. I seem to have pretty good luck staying current, but I don't hear everything in a timely manner.
e-mail me at cyrissia@hotmail.com