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National Space Society Links | Index

National Space Society (NSS)
- International Space Development Conference (ISDC)
  - ISDC 2010 -- Chicago, IL
  - ISDC 2011 -- Huntsville, AL
- Membership Information
- NSS Common Calendar of Events
- NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement
- Social Networking sites

U.S. Chapters with Web sites | Index
- AL -- Huntsville Alabama L5 Society
- AZ -- Phoenix Chapter of The National Space Society
- AZ -- Tucson L5 Space Society
- CA -- NSS Western Spaceport Chapter
- CA -- Orange County Space Society
- CA -- OASIS -- Los Angeles
- CA -- Sacramento L5 Society
- CO -- Front Range L5 Chapter of the NSS -- Denver
- DC -- DC-L5
- FL -- Florida Space Coast Chapter of the NSS
- GA -- NSS Atlanta
- IL -- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- IL -- Chicago Space Frontier L5 Society
- MA -- National Space Society, Boston Chapter
- MN -- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- MO -- Heart of America Chapter NSS -- Missouri
- NC -- Carolina Space Frontier Society
- NJ -- NSS-NJN Society for Space Education
- NY -- Long Island Space Society
- NY -- New Frontier Society of Greater Rochester
- NY -- New York Space Society
- OK -- Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- OR -- Oregon L5 Society, Inc.
- PA -- Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- TN -- Memphis Space Society
- TX -- Clear Lake Area NSS -- Houston
- TX -- NSS of North Texas -- Dallas/Fort Worth
- UT -- Utah Space Association
- WA -- NSS Seattle
- WI -- Lunar Reclamation Society, Inc. -- Milwaukee

Non-U.S. Chapters with Web sites
- National Space Society of Australia
  - Central Coast Space Frontier Society
  - Newcastle Space Frontier Society
- Calgary Space Frontier Society -- Canada
- National Space Society France
- Deutsche Raumfahrtgesellschaft e.V. -- Germany
- Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart -- The Netherlands

Special Interest Groups with Web sites
- NSS Space Elevator Cyber Chapter
- Space Nursing Society
- Suffolk Challengers for Space -- International Space Business
- The Odyssey Foundation -- Space Finance

NSS Affiliate Organizations with Web sites
- NSS Chapters Assembly
- The Moon Society
- United Societies in Space -- Space Governance

Space Activism and Space Law | Index

Archimedes Institute -- space law
International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
NASA Strategic Plan
Space Settlement Initiative
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
United Societies in Space -- international space law
United States National Space Policy

Space-Related Publications | Index

Magazines
- Ad Astra -- the quarterly magazine of the National Space Society, $45/year
- Aerospace America -- the monthly magazine of the AIAA, $85/year
- Artemis Magazine -- a quarterly magazine published by LRC Publications, $15/year -- (failed last check)
- Astronomy Magazine -- a bimonthly magazine published by Kalmbach, $42.95/year
- Aviation Week & Space Technology -- a weekly magazine published by McGraw-Hill, $103/year
- The Planetary Report -- the bimonthly magazine of The Planetary Society, $30/year
- Quest Magazine -- The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, $29.95/year
- Science Magazine -- the weekly journal of the AAAS, $99/year (and up)
- Scientific American -- a monthly magazine, $24.97/year
- Sky and Telescope -- a bimonthly magazine published by Sky Publishing, $42.95/year
- Spaceflight -- the monthly magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, $94/year

Newsletters and Journals
- Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS) -- a monthly journal, $94/year
- Moon Miners’ Manifesto -- the monthly newsletter of the Lunar Reclamation Society, $18/year

Electronic Magazines and Newsletters (free)
- The Cosmic Mirror -- a weekly electronic newsletter
- Marshall Star -- the weekly newsletter of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Private and Grassroots Space Organizations | Index

Yahoo! -- Listing of Space Organizations

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) -- $85/year
- AIAA Conferences
- AIAA Regions and Sections
British Interplanetary Society (BIS) -- $94/year
California Space Development Council (CSDC) -- archive
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
Canadian Space Society
International Astronomical Federation (IAF)
Living Universe Foundation -- (previously First Millennial Foundation)
The Mars Society -- $50/year
National Space Society (NSS) -- $45/year
The Planetary Society (TPS) -- $30/year
Space Foundation -- (previously U.S. Space Foundation)
Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) -- $25/year
Space Studies Institute (SSI)
Space Transportation Association (STA)
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
- SEDS chapters
Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA)
United Societies in Space
Verein zur Foederung der Raumfahrt -- Germany

Government Space Authorities | Index

California Space Authority (CSA) -- (previously California Space & Technology Alliance)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Commercial Space Transportation Office (AST)
- Commercial Space Transportation Development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Space and Aerospace Companies | Index

Space Careers
Space Jobs
U.S. Space Industry Consolidation
Yahoo! -- Listing of Aerospace Companies

U.S. Companies | Index
- Aerojet
  - Redmond Operations -- (previously PRIMEX)
- The Aerospace Corporation
- Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
  - ATK Rocket Motors -- (previously Thiokol)
  - ATK Space Systems
- Andrews Space
- The Boeing Company
  - Advanced Systems
  - Network & Space Systems
  - Rocketdyne Division -- (now part of Pratt & Whitney)
  - Satellite Development Center
- Ford Aerospace -- (now part of Lockheed Martin)
- General Dynamics Corporation
  - Aerospace Operations -- (now part of Aerojet)
  - Space Systems Division -- (now part of Lockheed Martin)
- Honeywell Aerospace
  - Honeywell Space Applications -- (previously AlliedSignal)
- Hughes Space and Communications -- (now part of Boeing)
- Kelly Space & Technology
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
  - Advanced Development Programs -- (previously Skunk Works)
  - Commercial Space Systems
  - Michoud Operations
  - Space Operations
  - Space Systems Company
- Martin Marietta Corporation -- (now part of Lockheed Martin)
- McDonnell Douglas Corporation -- (now part of Boeing)
- Microcosm
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
  - Space Technology Division -- (previously TRW)
- Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)
- PRIMEX Space Systems -- (now part of Aerojet)
- Rocketplane Kistler
- Rockwell International Corporation
  - Rockwell Aerospace Division -- (now part of Boeing)
  - Rocketdyne Division -- (now part of Pratt & Whitney)
- Space Systems Loral
- SpaceDev
- SpaceX
- Teledyne Brown Engineering
- TRW, Inc. -- (now part of Northrop-Grumman)
- United Space Alliance (USA)
- United Technologies Corporation
  - Pratt & Whitney
  - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
- Wyle Laboratories

Non-U.S. Companies | Index
- Aerospatiale Matra -- (now part of EADS)
- BAE Systems -- (previously British Aerospace)
- Bristol Aerospace
- Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. (CASA) -- (now part of EADS)
- DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) -- (now part of EADS)
- S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
- European Aeronautic Defense & Space Company (EADS)
  - EADS Space
- Khrunichev Space
- MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)
  - MDA Space Missions
- Spar Aerospace Limited
  - Space Robotics Division -- (now part of MDA)

Past Missions (except to Moon, Mars, or Asteroids)
- Deep Space One -- first use of ion propulsion (retired in 2001)
- Galileo -- mission to Jupiter ended 21-Sep-2003
- Magellan -- mission to Venus ended in 1994
- Pioneer 10 and 11
- Voyager I and II

Space Stations and Colonies | Index

International Space Station (ISS)

Space Station Mir -- deorbited 23-Mar-2001
- History of Shuttle/Mir

The Apollo Society
The Foundation Society
Living Universe Foundation -- (previously First Millennial Foundation)
NASA Ames: Space Settlements
NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement
NSS Space Settlement site
Space Settlement
Space Settlement Initiative

Moon Exploration and Settlement | Index

American Lunar Society -- (( NEW ))
Artemis Society International -- Project Artemis
The Lunar Institute of Technology
Lunar Photo of the Day
Lunar Stock Exchange
Lunar Underground Web Ring
Moon Miners’ Manifesto
The Moon Society
NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute
P.E.R.M.A.N.E.N.T.

Current Missions -- (see Probes)
Past Missions and Ventures

Mars Exploration and Settlement | Index

Current Missions -- (see Probes)
Past Missions and Ventures
- Mars Climate Orbiter -- lost 23-Sep-1999
- Mars Microprobe Project (Deep Space Two)
- Mars Pathfinder
- Mars Pathfinder Image Archive
- Mars Polar Lander -- lost 3-Dec-1999
- Red Rover Goes to Mars
- Viking: Mission to Mars
- Viking on Mars

Asteroids and Comets | Index

Past Missions
- Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) -- lost on Aug. 15, 2002
- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) -- mission to Eros ended 12-Feb-2001
- STARDUST -- returned to Earth 15-Jan-2006

Space Science and Technology | Index

AeroSpaceGuide
Astronautics and Spacecraft Design
Basics of Space Flight
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Solar System Dynamics
Tethers and Space Elevators

Astronomy

Space Science
Discovery Channel -- (not just space)
SciCentral -- Gateway to Science & Engineering Resources
Science Online -- (not just space)

Space-Related History and Research | Index

British Space Projects
Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica
Quest Magazine -- The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
Russian Space Web
Spacecraft Films
VideoCosmos -- Russian space history
NASA History and Research Sites

Space Museums
- Astronaut Hall of Fame at KSC, Florida
- Kansas Cosmosphere
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
- Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama

Space-Related Education | Index

AIAA Students & Educators
IMAX Educator Guides
Space Day -- May 4, 2007
Space Explorers, Inc.
World Space Week -- October 4-10
Young Astronauts
The Planets and Space Science from mobile-qr-codes.org

Book Publishers
- Krieger Publishing
- Space Age Publishing Company
- Univelt -- conference proceedings and more

NASA Education Sites

Space Places for Students and Teachers to Visit
- Challenger Center for Space Science Education
- NASA Educator Resource Center Network
- Space Foundation Education Programs
- Texas Aerospace Scholars Program
- U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama

Student Space Design Competitions

College-level Space Education

Space Art, Photography, and Music | Index

Space Art

Space Photography

Space Music
- Az-Tech Rising (Paul Marcano)
- GNP Crescendo
- MusicSpace
- Prometheus Music
- ZIA -- pro-space pop music

Space-Related Books & Merchandise | Index

Space Books (not Sci-Fi)
- Apogee Books
- Boggs SpaceBooks
- HobbySpace Space Books & Magazines
- Marianne Dyson -- space books for children
- NSS Reading Space

Space Merchandise
- All The Right Stuff
- The Boeing Store
- CollectSPACE -- space memorabilia
- Countdown Creations
- FarthestReaches.com -- space memorabilia
- IMAX Store
- Lunar Traders Catalog
- Major Matt Mason
- Space Models -- (171K)
- Space Shop
- The Space Store
- Space Toys
- Starship Modeler
- Rocketarium Space Models
- Star Trek Store
- Star Wars Shop

Space Videos and DVDs (not Sci-Fi)

Space-Related Science Fiction | Index

Television and Films
- Andromeda
- Babylon 5
- Blake’s 7
- Doctor Who
- Earth: Final Conflict
- LEXX
- Lost in Space
- Red Dwarf
- The Sci-Fi Channel
- SFTV.ORG
- Star Trek
  - The Guardian of Forever
  - Memory Alpha -- Star Trek Wiki
  - Vessels of Starfleet
- Star Wars
- Stargate Atlantis
- Stargate SG-1
- Thunderbirds
  - Thunderbirds Online
- UFO
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
  - 2001: Virtual Reality

Sci-Fi Books and Magazines

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