Links to Planetary Science

The Planetary Society Australian Volunteers

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See also SETI links and Spaceguard/NEO links

 The Planetary Society

• UK - UK Events.
• USA - California.
• USA - Boston.
• South Africa.
• Ireland.
• Japan - in Japanese

• "Swapping Rocks"
• "Tracking Asteroids"

Australian Groups

• Australian Spaceguard Survey
• The Mars Society of Australia has a new website.
• Canberra Planetarium - drop in during your visit to Canberra!
• Grove Creek Observatory astronomy tours in central New South Wales - so clear the stars stop twinkling! (if you are planning a visit to Australia consider contacting them)
• Koolang Astronomical Observatory - about 90km North West of Sydney, near the Hunter Valley.
• Astronomical Society of Australia - many links
• Astronomical Society of Tasmania
• National Space Society of Australia
• Melbourne Space Frontier Society
• Star Class - learning astronomy
• Astrobiology Australasia
• Sydney Observatory - The Rocks.
• TelescopeMaking.com - resources for astronomers.
• Astronomy Online - comprehensive store with plenty of tips for amateurs.
• Starlore - Adelaide
• IceInSpace is a community website dedicated to amateur astronomers in Australia and New Zealand.
• Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.

International Groups

• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Planetary Sciences of Italy
• The Mars Society - its goal is Humans to Mars within a decade.
• Comprehensive lists of Astronomy Meetings compiled by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
• Journal of the International Academy of Astronautics how to get there! (contents listing)
• Space Frontier Foundation
• THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY
• The Space-settlers Society.
• StarSeeker.org
• Planetary Society India (not affiliated with TPS)

Space Agency Media Pages (courtesy of CNN)

• Canadian Space Agency
• European Space Agency
• Italian Space Agency
• NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
• NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• NASA's Johnson Space Center
• NASA's Kennedy Space Center
• NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
• NASA Headquarters
• National Space Development Agency of Japan
• Russian Space Agency

Research

• SUBARU Telescope - the world's largest infra-red telescope being built in Hawaii by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. One of its main purposes is to find planets near surrounding stars.
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries , Hawaii University - a smorgasbord of research items
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies Popular Science Contents - researchers present one page summaries of their findings on a range of topics.
• Brown University PLANETARY GEOSCIENCES GROUP - dozens of research papers on Mars, Venus, Europa, Earth and the Moon.
• Proceedings of the 30th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference are available in interactive PDF format from the Lunar & Planetary Institute. The LPI website has plenty of other information about planetary science.
• Astronomy links - Miami University
• NASA's planetary science abstract database - huge number of scientific papers, including full copies of older papers. Once you find an interesting article try the "related articles" search system.
• NASA HQ Library Topics of Interest - see what resources the NASA bosses have available.
• Planetary Science Research Institute - UK
• The Planetary Web - University College, London. Planetary Science Centre.
• Anthropology Resources.
• Astrobiology Journal.
• Sunheight.com - location of astronomical objects
  

Pictures and other resources

_{What a great sight for the lunar explorers returning}

_{to the Command Module (top left).}

_{(scene from a NASA movie).}

• NASA/JPL Photo Library - with a great searching system. See also NASA's image search engine
• Views of the Solar System - a superb library of images, animations and movies of the solar system. 


• Demonstration of hammer and feather dropped in vacuum > > > >


• Don Davis Space Art.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon links to lunar information
• NASA's "Earth observer" newsletter/magazine
• NASA's Science & Technology Information Program
• Ray Esper's The Final Frontier - information about space exploration, our Solar System, and the Universe beyond.
• eSpaceTickets - space tourism.
• Astronomy/Space web based magazine
• Nightskies - virtual tour of the Universe by AAO and NSW Dept Education & Training
• Information Universe - indexing of space related research
• Explorezone
• Universe Today list of astronomical societies.
• AstronomyLinks.com
• ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTRONAUTICA.
• Astronet (Holland)
• ThinkMars
• Frank Potter's Science Links.
• Deep Space Reality - Building a coalition to support a manned expedition to Mars.
• Popular Science - 5 year guide to space missions.
• The Solar System in Pictures - school resources with quizzes.
• Griffith Observatory Star Awards - sites promoting public awareness of astronomy.
• JPL: (Most) Images from Earth on the Voyager Record.
• Jon Lomberg - space artist
• Astronomy Photos & Images - fotosearch
• Giant Leap
• Online Education: Astronomy Resources + Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis Information (thanks The California Hiking Page)
  
• Sky Surveillance - A Trip Through the Solar System (thanks to students at Colonial Academy)
  
• Amazon Books:
• "Islands in the Sky : Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space (Wiley Popular Science)," Stanley Schmidt, Robert Zubrin
•  "The Millennial Project : Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps," Marshall T. Savage, Arthur Charles Clarke
•  "Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets : The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth," Duncan Steel, Arthur Charles Clarke
•  "Living in Space," G. Harry Stine
•  "The Case for Mars : The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must," Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner
• 2 Oct 11: Carl Sagan's wonderful books are now available from Kindle - but only for residents of the USA

Other sites

• Science conjecture - life on Mars or more...
• Rocks from space - bibliography to Michael Paine's Space.com articles.