Space Studies

From the Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations office at Vienna.

Main web page for International Space Law.

Specific web page for International Space Law.

Provides news, case studies, links to space law institutions and journals, and more.

1st floor Government Documents S 9.14:year. Available for 1992-present.

1st floor Government Documents S 9.12: vols.

1st floor Government Documents Y4.F76/2:S.PRT.106-71 (microfiche & electronic format--PDF)

Lists NASA legal policies and other directives and regulations.

NASA Developing New Technologies for Deep Space Travel

Space Policy signed by President Trump, Back to the Moon & then Mars 12/11/2017

Includes National Space Policy of the United States of America (June 28, 2010 pdf document). Search office for updates.

Links to web sites on space law and policy. Provides an index for the Journal of Space Law. Produced by the University of Mississippi School of Law.

The U.S. Constitution requires the Senate to give its advice and consent to all treaties negotiated by the President. Can search by Type of Treaty.

A-Z. U.S., Soviet, Chinese, Japanese and European space programs. Rockets, spacecraft, astronauts. Chronology of significant events. Numerous graphics.

Created by Nexterra, a nonprofit company formed by design members of the Mars Society's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station. Requires Flash player. Simulation and Mars facts (March 2003).

Extrasolar planets catalog lists every known or suspected extrasolar planet, with data and links to relevant research papers. Detection methods, tutorials, extrasolar planet search programs, bibliography, meetings.

Provides access to well over 3 million government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related publications covering over 350 subject areas.

Joint U.S.-German-Italian project with space radar images on : archaeology; cities, ecology and agriculture, geology, interferometry, ocean, rivers, snow, ice, glaciers. and, volcanoes.

Virtual Observatory from NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center.

Dave Akin's Web Site, Space Systems Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland. Includes reference library of PDF documents.

Provides company profiles, product catalogs, and CAD drawings for mechanical, electrical, architectural, and building parts.

Deals with how well a UND-designed space suit can withstand Martian dust storms

Timelines, Histories, Chronologies of U.S. Human Spaceflight for Johnson Space Center & NASA

Fred T. Davies, Jr., Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University. Davies' research, supported in part by NASA grants, with low pressure plant physiology & applications for space.

From Space Telescope Science Institute. Office of Public Outreach.

Image of the day Gallery and other Multimedia

Research opportunities, job opportunities, launch schedule, more.

NASA funded project with four databases of approximately four million records. Provides citations & abstracts. Check the Chester Fritz Library web page for library holdings.

Has a link for the NASA Cost Estimating Handbook 4.0. Includes inflation indexes & updates. NOTICE also: ThomasNet (a.k.a. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers catalog) (online below), AS WELL AS World Aerospace Database--shelved in paper in the REFERENCE Department--for manufacturers--REF TL 512 .W67 & TL 512 .A63 latest editions.

Includes photographs, maps, satellite imagery, fact sheets, data sets, and interactive tools. Has a simple keyword search or hyperlinked Glossary.

NASA's entire media library is publicly accessible and copyright free.

Information and links concerning asteroids and comets that approach Earth's orbit. Includes news, images of comets and asteroids, orbit diagrams, search programs, and more.

Mitigation Guidelines, Modeling, Measurements, News, and Research.

Unified interface to many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), the predecessor of NASA, covers 1917-1958. NASA covers 1958-present.

This site is a continually growing catalog of publicly available NASA Datasets, APIs, Visualizations, and More.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Earth Science Enterprise web site. Includes "Looking at Earth from Space".

Operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Covers Objects, Data, Literature, Tools and other Info on more than 6 million galaxies.

Probabilistic Risk Assessment The basis for recognizing emerging operational risks. Prepared by
Roger L. Boyer, CRE Chief, Analysis Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center, Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA). Prepared for Operational Excellence & Risk Management, February 7, 2017

SPEECH--REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON SPACE EXPLORATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY. April 15, 2010. Search web to find updates.

International non-profit organization of variable star observers. Under the Data tab is the AAVSO International Database (AID), which has over 18 million variable star observations. Also has information on Community, Variable Stars, Observing, Education and Outreach.

AIAA is the world’s largest professional society devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. Under the Publications & Papers tab, find Journal table of contents. Under the Students & Educators tab, find Scholarship & Design Competition opportunities. Also provides Industry News & Resources and Public Policy information.

Click on "News & Advocacy" tab for a 10-Year Industry Forecast, Standards, and Satellite Information. Click on "Publications" tab for an archive of past PE&RS Journal issues, plus more.

Information on CCRS, Canadian companies, and universities involved in remote sensing and remotely sensed image of Canada.

News & More

Information on research with long-term health issues connected with space flight.

Provides a list of internet links relevent to Astronomy. Also, Publications, Education, Observing, and more.

Mission: "To advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." Click under the "Programs" tab, then click "Research & Analysis" or "Public Policy & Government Affairs" to find "White papers, reports and analysis." Provides BUDGET comparisons, SPACE POLICY comparisons, global space reports, and more.

Information and links concerning asteroids and comets that approach Earth's orbit. Includes news, images of comets and asteroids, orbit diagrams, search programs, and more.

PRODUCT OF THE INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP FOR DETECTING AND MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF EARTH-BOUND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS (NEOS) (DAMIEN) OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

Near Earth Objects now in U.S. Code in Title 51, Subtitle VII, Chapter 711.

Parts repealed or omitted from Title 42 Chapter 155 Subchapter 7 (was from Oct 15, 2008) after enacted in Title 51 Subtitle VII Chapter 711

National Aeronatics & Space Act -- Dec. 18, 2010