Astronomy and Space Links

A Soyuz capsule at the National Space Centre, Leicester. My watercolour of the Eagle Nebula.
The moon through a 4" telescope. The Midland Spaceflight Society Logo.

You can take part in actual scientific research

Join the Einstein@home project and search for pulsars on your computer.
The Seti@home project lets you participate in the search for alien civilisations.
Rosetta@home project lets you participate in disease research.
Download the free BOINC screensaver and it will do all the work.
Go to the home page for information about more projects.

The Clickworkers count and measure craters on Mars and Eros.

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Cropped pictures of the ISS space station and Endeavour Space Shuttle as they passed overhead 11 August 2007.

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Deep Impact The mission to comet Tempel 1 has scored a bullseye, my name was on the CD carried by the Impactor. Using an Earth swingby, the spacecraft could be re-targeted to comet 85P/Boethin in late 2008.
The Hubble Space Telescope Main Page.
News from the International Space Station. Interactive online tour of the SPACE STATION.
Mars Express Orbiter - Mission information and latest photos, eastern scarp of Olympus Mons Volcano.
Mars Rovers information. Opportunity examines Victoria crater.
The Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter is in orbit and has snapped Opportunity Rover.
Messenger Spacecraft - Mission to Mercury. Earth flyby completed 2nd August.
New Horizons Spacecraft - Mission to Pluto and Charon, has just whizzed past Jupiter.
The Phoenix Mars Mission.
The Smart-1 Spacecraft- has now impacted the moon.
Spitzer Infra-Red Telescope discoveries.
Astro-E2 / Suzaku X-ray Telescope discoveries.
Voyager Spacecraft - The extended mission to beyond the solar system. The Cassini/ Huygens mission to Saturn home pages.

Astronaut Donald Lind, whom I met during his UK tour in 2003. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, during his speech at the National Space Centre
on 19th June 2005 to promote his latest book.Buzz with Science package and Lunar Module, "Eagle" in background.

Astronomy Magazine's Picture of the Day - AUTO UPDATES!
Virtual Planetary Laboratory
Online Astrobiology Course.
Astronomy Calendar Forthcoming events in space.
Astronaut and Cosmonaut Biographies
Constellations and Galaxies.
Countdown Creations for Space goodies.
Encyclopedia Astronautica Website for spaceflight information.
The European Space Agency.
Goddard Space Center Picture of the Day - AUTO UPDATES!
The Heavens Above website - for Spacecraft observation times or look up what is happening in the sky.
The Isle Of Man Astronomical Society, who made me very welcome on a visit in 2006.
The Japanese Space Agency.
I am a member of the Midland Spaceflight Society . We have a very nice bi-monthly magazine, "Capcom" and a forum that is great for posting messages, buying or selling items and finding out what is happening.
NASA Image Exchange A search engine for NASA images.
Northants Amateur Astronomers.
Northampton Astronomical Society.
Sky and Telescope`s Interactive Star Chart.
Stewart Aviation for Space patches.
Sea Level changes.
Space.com Another daily news service keeping you informed on spacey matters, includes links.
Space Daily Express. Another service keeping you informed on spacey matters, includes links.
Universe Today A daily Space Newssheet.
West Midland Federation of Astronomical Societies

My visit to the Deep Space Antenna at Jodrel Bank 20th June 2005.

Control room and equipment.

Jodrel Bank Dish.

Main Dish.

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Manual update on 17th May 2009.