NPR Topics: Space

GeoEye-1 Will Be A High-Res Eye In The Sky
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:29:00 -0400
The GeoEye-1 satellite will be capable of making out details on Earth just 16 inches across. It will be the highest resolution satellite run by a private company; it's images will be marketed to a range of governments and private customers.
Europe Considers Joining Space-Faring Nations
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:35:00 -0400
Europe's space agency reached two milestones earlier this year. A European-built lab was installed at the International Space Station, and Europe launched a robotic cargo vehicle that successfully docked with the station. The European Space Agency is thinking about converting the vehicle so it could take astronauts into orbit.
Tensions With Russia May Hurt NASA Program
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:18:00 -0400
The conflict with Russia over Georgia might affect NASA's ability to get astronauts to the international space station after the space shuttle gets retired in 2010. Congress must pass a special waiver by Sept. 30 so NASA can buy Soyuz capsule flights.
What Makes Our Solar System Special?
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:02:00 -0400
Researchers say that if the conditions had been slightly different for our solar system, planets could have careened into the sun or been expelled into deep space. Also: A volunteer astronomer spots a strange gaseous object some are calling a "cosmic ghost."
Phoenix Finds A Salt Compound On Mars
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:07:00 -0400
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected a salt found on Earth on the surface of Mars. The salt, called perchlorate, is used in fireworks and rocket fuel. The news follows the recent confirmation of the presence of water on the Red Planet.
Space Company Hopes To Cut Cost Of Launches
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:00 -0400
A private company called SpaceX has failed three times to reach orbit with one of its rockets. But the company says it's learning from its failures and still hopes to radically decrease the cost of putting objects in space.

 

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7 Image Browser - Salvaging information from early NASA missions stored on now-obsolete media.
Meta Description: [ Software for Mariner 6&7 TV experiment ]

3D Mars Images - Collection of stereoscopic pictures [requires red/cyan 3D glasses for viewing].
Meta Description: [ Highest quality Mars pictures. 3D anagram stereo (red/cyan). ]

Archives of Images and Tables for Mars Thermospheres - Recent model results that illustrate the thermal, compositional and dynamical responses of the upper atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars to solar EUV-UV flux
Meta Description: [ Thermospheric models for Venus, Earth and Mars ]

Daily Martian Weather Report - Weather by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team.

Destination: MARS - Information, animations and a set of themes illustrating various facets of the red planet.

ESA's Mars Express - Latest updates, images, and videos of ESA's Mars Express mission, due for landing on Mars on December 25, 2003.
Meta Description: [ ESA's official Mars Express website features the latest news and status reports on Europe's spacecraft orbiting around Mars. See the latest images of Mars taken by Mars Express' instruments! ]

Explore Mars - Educational site with historical information, missions details and an online database for more than 1400 of the named features on Mars.
Meta Description: [ Explore Mars has articles about Mars and robotic and manned missions to the red planet as well as a database of martian features. ]

Haughton-Mars Project - NASA/Ames research project to explore Haughton Crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic, a Mars analogue.

Mariner Mars 1971 Data Viewer - Albatross - Downloadable computer program to interactively visualise and analyse the UltraViolet Spectrometer and Television Camera from the Mariner Mars (1971) spacecraft.
Meta Description: [ Mars Mariner Albatross ]

Mars - at NASA/JPL. Includes Mars' planetary profile and vital statistics.

Mars - Views of the Solar System, Calvin J. Hamilton.
Meta Description: [ Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet. The rocks, soil and sky have a red or pink hue. ]

Mars - From ORRERY, the Solar System in Action.
Meta Description: [ ORRERY: Mars. The red planet, and the one most likely to be colonised by mankind. ]

500 Mars - NASA's Windows to the Universe.

Mars - From The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.

Mars 2112, restaurant: - Promotional site for a Mars-themed Restaurant

404 Mars Base dot Net - Provides scientific data of various kinds such as the time on Mars, Sun and Earth rise/set, mission countdowns and news.
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Mars Data Conglomerator - Takes multiple non-homogenous data sets of Mars and combines them into meaningful views. MOLA, Viking, GEO, TES, 2D, 3D and more are provided.

Mars for Dummies - A beginner's account of Mars. Includes some technically-oriented information.
Meta Description: [ A beginner's account of Mars, martian meteorites, and research. ]

Mars in the Mind of Earth - Bibliographies of Terran literature concerning the planet Mars.

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404 Mars meteorite - The first picritic Martian shergottite meteorite discovered. Commercial site selling Meteorites.
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Mars24 - Time on Mars - Offers a program to display time on Mars, including local solar angles. [Requires Java]

Mars: Its History - Mars exploration and discovery from earliest times to the present.

500 MarsClock - A program to display local Mars time with a pocket computer. [Requires PalmOS]

MarsNews.com - NewsWire for the New Frontier. A comprehensive news information resource on Mars missions, technology, and the search for life on the red planet.
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MarsQuest Online - Interactive explorations of Mars: students can fly in 3D, launch a spacecraft, drive a rover, perform investigations.
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Martian Soil - Mars related news regarding scientific exploration and popular culture.
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MOLA Viewer - Offers a program to view the surface of Mars, based on data from the Global Surveyor radar altimeter. [Requires extensive Java downloads]

404 MSSS Mars Image Release Directory - From the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard Mars Global Surveyor.

NASA Goddard Institute: Time on Mars - Java applet showing time (sunside / nightside) at specified locations on Mars.

NASA's Mars Exploration Program - Resources for the planet, including facts, pictures, maps, information about specific exploration missions, and educational materials.

New Mars - A Journal of the Martian Frontier - a Journal of the Martian Frontier, offering news and perspectives.

NPR Science Friday : Surprising New Discoveries on Mars - Scientists studying the output of probes orbiting Mars have made impressive discoveries. [17:47 streaming audio broadcast]
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Mars - A collection of images, including global views and surface features of the planet.
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Red Colony.com - The Future of Mars Today - Learn about colonization and terraforming with the latest news, images, and chat.
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the Darian Defrost Calendar - An interactive space-time distortion that takes you to the 22nd century, in which Mars is fully terraformed.
Meta Description: [ Terraforming Calendar ]

The Mars Web Ring - No unique content but links to over 100 Mars sites - many are listed in the ODP but many aren't. Some good, some bad.
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The Mission To Mars - Collection of selected resources and information about the mission of man kind to explore the ever mysterious red planet.
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The Whole Mars Catalog - An online guide to Mars.

View from the Mars Polar Lander - A java applet showing the horizon view from the site of the Mars Polar Lander. The user can set the time and date and observe the position of the sun and the earth from the landing site, along with other information.
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