Space Sites

Space and Cryogenics Sites

Here are links to other space sites, both NASA and non-NASA.

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Link Categories

Here are the categories I've divided the sites into:

Moon Hoax!
Goddard
Headquarters and NASA General
Safety
Cryo Payloads (and other cryo info)
Look! Up in the Sky!
Organizations
Museums
Other Space
Old Astronomy Astrolabes and such
Not Necessarily Space
Useful General Info

Moon Hoax! Two Sites to Get Started

Badastronomy -- Moon Hoax and more! What's wrong with astonomy on TV and in the movies. (non-NASA)
RedZero Moon Hoax Site, many moon hoax claims debunked. (non-NASA)

Cryogenic Programs and Payloads (and Other Cryo Info)

Liquid Nitrogen Powered Car (non-NASA)
COBE, COsmic Background Explorer, measured the cosmic blackbody backgraound radiation.
Infrared Space Observatory Home Page, ESA satellite. (non-NASA)
Institute of Cryogenics and Energy Research of the University of Southampton, England, UK. (non-NASA)
Cryogenic Info at NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau of Standards). (non-NASA)

Look! Up in the Sky!

NOAA's Space Weather Now page, info for spotting auroras.(non-NASA)
Space Weather.Com, more info for aurora watchers. (non-NASA)
Spacecraft Map Shows a world map with satellite locations constantly updated. See the International Space Station, Etc.
Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page. (Non-NASA)
Heavens Above satellite observation predictions. (non-NASA)
Sky Watch satellite observing information from NASA.
Earth & Sky (non-NASA)
Observing Highlights from Sky & Telescope Magazine. (non-NASA)
Stardate Online, companion to the radio feature. Includes daily skywatching tips. (non-NASA)
Fred Espenak's Eclipse Page, run by Mr. Eclipse himself. Also info on transits of Venus.

Organizations

American Astronautical Society (non-NASA)
National Space Society Space advocacy group. (non-NASA)
The Planetary Society Sagan's Own. (non-NASA)
Space Frontier Foundation Another advocacy group. (non-NASA)
Satellite Industry Association Satellite industry trade organization. (non-NASA)
Space Transportation Association Launch vehicle industry trade organization. (non-NASA)

Museums

The Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. (non-NASA)
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. (non-NASA)
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, a museum with a large collection of US and Soviet Spacecraft. A member of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program (non-NASA)
Virginia Air & Space Center at Hampton. Includes the NASA Langley Visitor Center (non-NASA)

Other Space

Space.com News stories and more. (non-NASA)
NASA Watch Not an official NASA site, but good collection of links to news items and to NASA websites. (non-NASA)
Internet Aerospace Links (non-NASA) Links: Lots of them
Virtually Hawaii uses the Hawaiian Islands to demonstrate remote sensing. (non-NASA)

Old Astronomy: Astrolabes, Etc.

Timeshapes if you thought there was nothing new in the world of mechanical clocks. (non-NASA)
Renaissance and Medieval Scientific Instruments, pictures and desscriptions of several museum collections. (non-NASA)
Astrolabes.org a website devoted to this beautiful ancient astronomical instrument. (non-NASA)
Norman Greene Astrolabe Maker (non-NASA)
Hands-On Astrolabe Download files to make a simple astrolabe. (non-NASA)
Clocks & Calendars Web exhibits on time, calendars, and clocks. (non-NASA)

Not Necessarily Space

Big Blue An engineering project at the University of Kentucky to develop an inflatable airplane, suitable for Mars. (non-NASA)
Ringworld A series of computer visualisations of the Ringworld from Larry Niven's novel. (non-NASA)

Useful General Information

NOAA Geomagnetic Field Calculator calculates the Earth's magnetic field for any spot from 600 km above the Earth's surface to 1 km below. (non-NASA)
BBC Science & Technology Reports (non-NASA)
Political Activities by Government Employess as governed by the Hatch Act. Office of Special Counsel (not NASA).
NIST web clock (not NASA)