Astronomy Sites Worth Watching

The National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Administration's Space Weather site provides constantly updated reports on solar activity and other info you'll want to have if you're planning any orbital excursions today.

The Artemis Project

Where we like to go on those rare occasions when we're allowed to leave the bunker:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marshall Space Flight Center History Office
Space Frontier Foundation
Grumman Historical Center

Encyclopedia Astronautica - Exactly what you think it is. And more.

Want to calculate your chances of seeing an Aurora tonight from wherever you're currently stuck on Earth? This satellite map is provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is updated every three hours. Amaze your friends, predict the future, and make your next aurora party a complete success with a little high-tech pre-planning.

Astronomer Phil Plait examines astronomy gone awry in movies and TV at Bad Astronomy. If you saw the fox special Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon, Dr. Plaitt debunks the show here.

Other sites you might want to check are Moonhoax, Ian Williams Goddard's Are Apollo Moon Photo's Fake? and The Truth is out there.

N.E.A.R.: Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission site. On Monday, 12 February 2001, the NEAR spacecraft touched down on asteroid Eros, after transmitting 69 close-up images of the surface during its final descent. To paraphrase the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "We're there! We've landed!"

Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images

Spacewatch from Space.com: Your invaluable daily space news and current events page.

The Chronology of Space Exploration page. Another well-inhabited research site for ROCKET SCIENCE.

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