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American in Orbit 50, a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization whose mission is to:
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Orion Propulsion, Inc.. Founded by one of the original HAL5 Project HALO member Tim Pickens. It is a North Alabama aerospace company specializing in rocket propulsion design and fabrication, engine testing services, ground support equipment, and launch operations support. Orion propulsion designs, tests, and operates propulsion test facilities. |
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ChromAddic Designs<. A design services company founded by a good friend Carrie Alderfer. ChromAddict designs can help your company achieve a unified look and better brand recognition. Special attention to detail, a one-to-one relationship between client and artist, and dedication to customer satisfaction makes ChromAddict Designs the perfect choice for all your design needs. |
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Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS). VBAS is a non-profit volunteer organization of amateur and professional astronomers. In addition to operating our planetarium and observatories located in Monte Sano State Park just East of Huntsville, Alabama, we also conduct side walk astronomy events in conjunction with several local community events such as Concerts In The Park and we're working to establish a remote dark sky observatory near Huntsville. |
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. From the mighty roar of rocket engines to extraordinary scientific discoveries about our universe, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama is enabling the nation's exploration of space as it has since 1960. |
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Huntsville Association of Technical Societies (HATS). HATS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) association of Huntsville area technical and professional societies dedicated to the advancement of science and engineering. Founded on June 17, 1969, HATS has grown from seven charter societies to the current organizations representing more than 21,000 individuals. |
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U.S. Space Camp. The one and only. |
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is recognized as one of the most comprehensive U.S. manned space flight hardware museums in the world. Our facilities include Spacedome Theater, Rocket Park, the Education Training Center, which houses NASA's Educator Resource Center, and more. The Davidson Center for Space Exploration is like no other in the country. In its 476 foot long, 90 foot wide and 63 foot high structure, suspended 10 feet above the floor, is a national historic treasure, the mighty Saturn V, restored to its Apollo era readiness. |
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Huntsville Convention and Visitor Bureau. Visiting Huntsville? Check this place out first. |
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The North Alabama Science Fiction Association. The North Alabama Science Fiction Association. Founded in 1980, NASFA is a general-interest Science Fiction and Fantasy club headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. |
Links below may not be current.
Space Art, Photography, and Music
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Space Art
- Challenger Center Art
- Novagraphics Space Art Gallery
- Space Art on HobbySpace
- Space Colonization Art from the 1970s
- Space Studies Institute Space Art
- Az-Tech Rising (Paul Marcano)
- GNP Crescendo
- MusicSpace
- Prometheus Music
- ZIA -- pro-space pop music
Asteroids and Comets
- The American Meteor Society
- Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
- Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page
- Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
- STARDUST
- Near Earth Object Program
Past Missions
- Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) -- lost on Aug. 15, 2002
- Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) -- mission to Eros ended 12-Feb-2001
Space and Aerospace Companies
- Space Careers
- Space Jobs
- Yahoo! -- Listing of Aerospace Companies
- Aerojet
- The Aerospace Corporation
- Andrews Space
- ATK
- The Boeing Company -- (text only)
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Integrated Defense Systems -- (includes space)
- Honeywell Space Systems -- (previously AlliedSignal)
- Kistler Aerospace Corporation
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Microcosm
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Space Technology Division -- (previously TRW)
- Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)
- Space Systems Loral
- SpaceDev
- Teledyne Brown Engineering
- Transformational Space
- United Space Alliance (USA)
- United Technologies Corporation
- Pratt and Whitney.
- Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. Brought Rocketdyne in 2005. Subdivision of UTC PW. New website soon.
- Wyle Laboratories
Space-Related Education
- IMAX Educator Guides
- Space Day -- May 5, 2006 --
- Space Explorers, Inc.
- World Space Week -- October 4-10
- Young Astronauts
Book Publishers and Authors
- Collector's Guide Publishing, also Apogee Books Space Series.
- Krieger Publishing
- Space Age Publishing Company
- Univelt -- conference proceedings and more
- Marianne Dyson -- space books for children
- Student Space Design Competitions College-level Space Education
Government Space Programs
- California Space Authority
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- China National Space Administration News
- British National Space Centre (BNSC)
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- French Space - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. in French (CNES)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Italian Space Agency (ASI)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Formally, NASDA.
- Rosaviakosmos (Russian Space Agency)
Space-Related History and Research
- British Space Projects
- Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Russian Space Web
- Spacecraft Films
- VideoCosmos -- Russian space history
NASA History and Research Sites
- Augustine Commission Report
- NASA Act of 1958
- NASA Documents On-line
- NASA History Online
- NASA HQ Library
- Pioneering the Space Frontier (1986)
- 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
Launch Vehicles
- Launch Systems Summary
- 1994 Commercial Space Transportation Study (CSTS)
- 1999 Space Transportation Architecture Study (STAS) Expendable Launch Vehicles
- Arianespace
- Boeing Launch Services
- EADS Launch Vehicles
- Eurockot Launch Services
- Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)
- International Launch Services
- Japanese Launch Vehicles
- Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicles
- OSC Space Launch Vehicles
- SpaceX Reusable Launch Vehicles
- NASA Space Shuttle
Space Activism and Law Links
- ProSpace - The Citizens' Space Lobby
- Space Access Society
- SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- 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
- USENET sci.space.policy
- Yahoo! Space Exploration Advocacy Group
Mars Exploration and Settlement
- Case for Mars
- Mars Links
- Mars Meteorite Home Page
- Mars Mission Plans since 1950
- The Mars Society
- NASA Center for Mars Exploration (CMEX)
- NASA Haughton Mars Project
- NASA Mars Exploration Program
- Red Rover Goes to Mars
Past Missions
- 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
- Viking on Mars
Space-Related Merchandise
- All The Right Stuff
- Challenger Center Showroom
- CollectSPACE -- space memorabilia
- IMAX Store
- Lunar Traders Catalog
- Major Matt Mason
- Space Models -- (147K)
- Space Shop
- The Space Store
- Space Toys
- Star Trek Store
- Star Wars Market Space Videos (not Sci-Fi)
- Living and Working in Space
Moon Exploration and Settlement
- The Artemis Society -- Private Trips to the Moon
- The Lunar Institute of Technology
- Lunar Mission Plans since 1950
- The Lunar Resources Company
- The Lunar Society
- Lunar Underground Web Ring
- The Moon Society
- The Moonshot Web
- NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute
- NSS Center for Lunar Research
- P.E.R.M.A.N.E.N.T. Past Missions
Space News Links
- Aviation Week & Space Technology. Subscription maybe required.
- Brazilian Space Agency News In Portugese.
- Canadian Space Agency News
- CNN Space Technology News
- ESA Related News
- Florida Today Space Online
- Houston Space Chronicle
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) News
- Jonathan's Space Report
- NASA related News
- Liftoff to Space Exploration. No longer updated. Archival only.
- NASA Breaking News and Press Releases
- NASA Television
- NASA Watch
- Russian Federation Space Agency
- Space Calendar
- Space.Com News
- SpaceDaily
- Universe Today
- USENET sci.space.news
- Yahoo! -- Listing of Space Organizations
- Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) -- $80/year
- British Interplanetary Society (BIS) -- $80/year
- California Space Development Council (CSDC). Ceased operations. Archival information only.
- Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
- Canadian Space Society
- International Astronomical Federation (IAF)
- The Mars Society -- $50/year
- National Space Society (NSS) -- $38/year
- The Planetary Society (TPS) -- $30/year
- Space Foundation -- (previously United States Space Foundation) -- $49/year
- Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) -- $25/year
- Space Studies Institute (SSI)
- Space Transportation Association (STA) -- (failed last check)
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
- Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA)
- United Societies in Space
- National Space Society (NSS)
- International Space Development Conference (ISDC)
- L5 News Back Issues
- NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement
- NSS Chapters' Assembly
- Chapter Resource Library
- Space Chapter Hub
- NSS Chapters Common Calendar of Events
- NSS Chapters List
- U.S. Chapters with Web sites
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Chicago Space Frontier Society
- Clear Lake Area National Space Society
- DC L5
- Front Range L5 Society -- Denver
- Heart of America Chapter NSS -- Missouri
- Huntsville Alabama L5 Society (HAL5)
- Illini Space Development Society -- Urbana, IL -- (failed last check)
- Lunar Reclamation Society -- Milwaukee
- Memphis Space Society
- National Space Society, Boston chapter
- New Frontier Society of Greater Rochester -- NY
- New York City Chapter of NSS
- NSS of North Texas
- NSS Seattle
- NSS Western Spaceport Chapter -- Vandenberg, CA
- OASIS -- Los Angeles
- Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- Oregon L5 Society -- Portland
- Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Sacramento L5 Society
- Sheboygan Space Society
- Suffolk Challengers for Space -- NY
- Tuscon L5 Space Society
- Utah Space Association
- Non-U.S. Chapters with Web sites
- Special Interest Groups with Web sites
Space-Related Publications
- Magazines
- Ad Astra -- the bimonthly magazine of the National Space Society, $38/year
- Ad Astra Online
- Aerospace America -- the monthly magazine of the AIAA, $85/year
- Artemis Magazine -- a quarterly magazine published by LRC Publications, $15/year
- Astronomy Magazine -- a bimonthly magazine published by Kalmbach, $39.95/year
- Aviation Week & Space Technology -- a weekly magazine published by McGraw-Hill, $98/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, $95/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, $80/year
- Newsletters and Journals
- Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS) -- a monthly journal, $80/year
- Moon Miners' Manifesto -- the monthly newsletter of the Lunar Reclamation Society, $18/year
- How William Shatner (Captain Kirk) Changed the World
- AeroSpaceGuide
- Astronautics and Spacecraft Design
- Basics of Space Flight
- NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Tethers and Space Elevators Astronomy
- Space Science
- The Nine Planets
- NASA's Origins Program
- NASA Space Science News
- Online From Jupiter -- the latest information from Jupiter
- Planetary Image Atlas
- Space Science Interactive
- Views of the Solar System
- USENET sci.space.tech
- Discovery Channel -- (not just space)
- SciCentral -- Gateway to Science & Engineering Resources
- Science Online -- (not just space)
Space Tourism Links
- Virgin Galactic
- Space Adventures
- Affordable to the Individual Space Flight
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Interglobal Space Lines, Inc.
- Space Future
- The X Prize Foundation
- Your chance for a tour2space
- SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Space Elevator 2010
- Space Vehicles
- Bristol Spaceplanes
- Buran -- Russian Space Shuttle
- TransOrbital
- Vela Technology Space Cruiser
- AMSAT
- Cassini -- mission to orbit Saturn
- Deep Space One -- first use of ion propulsion
- Mars Exploration Rovers -- now roaming on Mars
- Mars Express -- now orbiting Mars
- Mars Express - ESA Website -- now orbiting Mars
- Mars Global Surveyor -- now orbiting Mars
- Mars Odyssey -- now orbiting Mars
- New Horizons -- now on its way toPluto
- Ulysses -- orbiting the Sun
- Past Missions (except to Moon, Mars, or Asteroids)
- Galileo -- mission to Jupiter ended 21-Sep-2003
- Magellan -- mission to Venus ended in 1994
- Pioneer 10 and 11
- 25 Years of Voyager
Space-Related Science Fiction
- Television and Films
- Andromeda
- Babylon 5 --- Official or Lurker's Guide to B5
- Blake's 7
- Doctor Who --- 2005's New Series at BBC or Classic Doctor Who
- Earth: Final Conflict
- Lost in Space
- Red Dwarf
- The Sci-Fi Channel
- SFTV.ORG
- Star Trek
- Star Wars
- Stargate SG-1
- Thunderbirds
- UFO
- 2001: A Space Odyssey Books and Magazines
- Amazon.Com Sci-Fi Section
- Baen Books
- Del Rey Books
- Pegasus Books
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- SFF Net
- Tor Books
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