REMOTE SENSING LINKS

 

Remote Sensing Resources

NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial
NASA Earth Science Enterprise
JPL Imaging Radar Home Page
Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing
Center for Earth Observation at Yale University
Laboratory for Earth Resources Information Systems (UConn)
Alaska SAR Facility
Tropical Rainfoest Information Center (TRFIC)
 

Selected Active Remote Sensing Systems

 
Airborne Visible/Infrared imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS)
GOES-8 - this is how you get your weather
Landsat 7
SeaWiFS
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra - The EOS Flagship
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
TOPEX/Poseidon - this measures the el Niño
QuickScat
 

Data Sources

USGS Maps and Other Products
EROS Data Center
Earth Observing System (EOS) Data Gateway
RADAR Data at Alaska SAR Facility
 

GIS

National Atlas if the United States
The Digital Earth
Map and Geographic Information Center at the Univ. of Connecticut
Alexandria Digital Library at UCSB
GIS Web
Canadian Geospatial Data
The Map Projection Homepage

Planetary Images and Data

NASA's Planetary Photojournal
USGS Browse the Solar System
Views of the Solar System
Planetary Data System
National Space Science Data Center
Planetary Image Atlas

Planetary Missions

Active

Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Odyssey
Galileo mission to Jupiter
Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan
Ulysses mission exploring the Sun
Stardust will return cometary particles to Earth
Deep Space 1 asteroid flyby
Voyager - still kicking after 24 years!
International Space Station
NASA Shuttle Web
NASA Launch Schedule
 

Inactive

Clementine Mission
Apollo Missions
Mars Pathfinder
 

 
The Space Calendar
covers space-related daily activities and anniversaries for the coming year with over 500 links. Very highly recommended.

Test your geographic knowledge using satellite imagery, as well as Space Shuttle and aerial photographs with the
 Geography from Space Quiz

Extensive Earth and Space Science information with beautiful graphics and cultural context can be found by entering the
 Windows to the Universe
 
How do you get there?
The Basics of Spaceflight
NASA HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT

NASA
 
NASA Solar System Exploration Home Page
NASA Astrobiology Program
NASA Headquarters
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ames Research Center
Other NASA Centers
 
Canadian Space Agency
European Space Agency
National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)

Planetary Associations and Institutions

Lunar and Planetary Institute
AAS Division of Planetary Sciences
The Meteoritical Society
The Planetary Society
American Geophysical Union - Planetary Sciences Section
Center for Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian Institution
COMmittee on Planetary and Lunar EXploration
US Geological Survey - Astrogeology Branch
International Space University
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Geological Society of America - Planetary Geology Division
Center for Mars Exploration
The Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)

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