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Chandra
Hubble Space Telescope
Infrared Space Observatory
Integral
International Ultraviolet Explorer
Next Generation Space Telescope
XMM-Newton
X-ray Timing Explorer
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Links

Nasa fact on line

Some quite clear and easy to understand information that tells us how the solarwinds affect us; disabling satalites and causing power cuts etc. It then tells us how cluster 2 will enable us to better understand how and why things like this happen.

Darwin mission overview

Darwin is a future project who's mission is to search for other planets like earth and maybe even discover life in other parts of our gallaxy.This could answer the question if we are alone or not?

Nasa Fact sheets.

Each NASA center creates and updates Fact Sheets covering its mission, facilities and projects. The link above will take you to a page with links to all center's fact sheets.

Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope (FIRST)

ESA's "FIRST" will hopefully solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born.

The X-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission (XEUS)

XEUS is a future mission due to launch later this year. If sucessful it will help us to understand the history of the universe.

Nasa human spaceflight

A lot of very good information about the international space station, space shuttles, mars exploration, space history etc. This page is always has the latest news on many missions, including countdowns for important missions.


28th July 2000
Emma Button
Sarah Amandusson
www_astro@mssl.ucl.ac.uk