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These are by no means complete lists. Visibility ignores weather.
Preference is given to those of UK interest.
- Sunrise, Sunset, other Almanac -
HMNAO Websurf
- Astronomy Weather
Forecasts for the British Isles.
- Seasons :-
- 2011-09-23 Fri - 09:04 UT, Equinox
- 2011-12-22 Thu - 05:30 UT, Solstice
- 2012-03-20 Tue - 05:14 UT, Equinox
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- 2012-06-20 Wed - 23:09 UT, Solstice
- 2012-09-22 Sat - 14:29 UT, Equinox
- 2012-12-21 Fri - 11:38 UT, Solstice
- 2013-03-20 Wed - 11:02 UT, Equinox
- 2013-06-21 Fri - 05:04 UT, Solstice
- See also
Earth's Seasons / Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion,
2000-2020 at USNO.
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- Summer Time
- Leap Seconds :
previous 2008-12-31 23:59:60 UTC, next 2013-06-30 23:59:60 UTC
Dates and times are not all necessarily UK or GMT/UTC; and may be
Earth-received times - popular US sources are often ambiguous at
best.
If a date is shown with a background colour, test
2012-05-1503:01 GMT, then mouseover
should show the date and time in both GMT and your local form.
- 1908/06/17 Tue - Tunguska, Central Siberia (Julian date)
- 1919-05-29 Thu - Solar Eclipse, Principe (Eddington)
- 1927-06-29 Wed - Solar Eclipse, Northern UK
- 1999-08-11 Wed - Cornish Solar Eclipse -
"Official" page via
Eclipses Online at HMNAO.
Next in UK : 2090
- 2005-10-30 Sun - Mars nearest to Earth until 2018
- 2005-12-15 Thu - Moon Northernmost in 18 years about now
- 2006-03-22 Wed - Moon Southernmost in 18 years about now
- 2006-04-05 Wed - 05:11:36 GMT : Moon's limb nearly
visible in the North from northernmost UK land,
see Astronomy / Astronautics 2
- 2007-03-02 Fri - Moon occulted Saturn (from parts of UK),
part of a series
- 2008-06-30 Mon - Tunguska, Russia, 100th anniversary
- 2008-08-01 Fri - Total Eclipse, Greenland, Mid Russia,
China. UK 20-40%, 10:15, observed
- 2008-10-07 Tue - Aten asteroid 2008 TC3 hit over N Sudan,
02:46 GMT; ~ 1kT airburst, harmless. First ever predicted impact.
Wikipedia.
- 2009-09-04 Fri - Earth crossed Saturn ring-plane
- 2011-06-15 Wed - Total Lunar Eclipse at UK moonrise; cloudy
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- 2012-06-05/6 . -
Solar
Transit of Venus : Pacific (partly: UK sunrise). Previous, 2004-06-08.
Next: 2012-06-05/06; then 2117-12-10/11, 2125-12-08; 2247 2255; ...
- 2012-07-15 Sun - Moon occults Jupiter, SE UK
- 2013-01-09 Wed - NEA 99942 Apophis distant Earth pass, 0.1AU
- 2013-03-09 Sat - Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) perihelion; visible near sunset about now?
- 2015-03-20 Fri - Solar eclipse, partial in and near Europe,
total in N Atlantic (+ part of Iceland?), UK ~09:30 GMT
- 2015-09-28 Mon - Next UK complete total Lunar eclipse
- 2029-04-13 Fri - NEA 99942 Apophis visible Earth
encounter, Mag 3.3, >29Mm over mid-Atlantic. See 2036.
- 2030-09-23 Mon - NEA 2000 SG344 (possibly Apollo or
Luna 16 relic), expected to miss Earth by 5 Gm;
next visit 2071-09-16, impact 1:1000.
- 2034-11-21 Tue - Moon occults Jupiter, UK, late evening
- 2036-04-13 Sun - Easter Sunday. NEA 99942 Apophis,
Torino ≤1, impact 1:250000, size 300 m <100 Tg,
altitude ~32Mm. Probable distant pass. Also 2068.
- 2040-02-05 Sun - NEA 2011 AG5, probable near miss of Earth
- 2061-07-28 Thu - Halley's Comet next perihelion (predicted)
- 2081-09-03 Wed - Total Eclipse, Channel Islands
- 2084-11-10 Fri - Solar Transit of Earth, visible from Mars
- 2090-09-23 Sat - Total Eclipse, SW England
- 2102-??-?? ??? - Polaris closest to Pole for ~25570 years
- 2102-05-04 Thu - NEA 2004 VD17, Torino 2, 1:1000,
500 m <1000 Tg.
- 2134-05-07 Fri - Halley's Comet perihelion (predicted; bright)
- 2135-10-07 Fri - Total Eclipse, UK
- 2182-09-24 Tue - NEA 101955 1999 RQ36,
about 0.1% chance of Earth impact, ~23 GMT
- 2292-07-?? ??? - Next Cruithne closest pass, 0.08 AU
(previous, 1902)
Most future dates/times may change. "A" is used for "Arrive", "B" for
Berth, D for "Dock", "H" for "History", "L" for "Launch", "P" for
"Pass", R for "Re-entry", * for others, NET for No Earlier Than.
- 2003-10-15 Wed - L Shenzhou 5, China, LEO, one crew; landed 16th
- 2005-10-12 Wed - L Shenzhou 6, China, LEO, two crew; landed 16th
- 2007-01-01 Mon -
International Lunar Decade began
- 2008-03-09 Sun - L ATV-001 Jules Verne, ESA, ISS supply
- 2008-09-25 Thu - L Shenzhou 7, China, LEO, three crew, one walk
- 2008-09-28 Sun - L Falcon 1 #4, SpaceX, Demo flight, first SpaceX orbited
- 2008-11-20 Thu - H 10th Anniversary, ISS first launch, Zarya on Proton
- 2009-07-14 Tue - L Falcon 1 #5, SpaceX, RazakSAT
- 2009-07-20 Mon - H 40th anniversary, first moon landing, NASA, 20:17:40 GMT
- 2009-10-28 Wed - L Ares I-X, NASA, flight test #1, suborbital, unmanned
- 2010-01-07 Thu - H 400th anniversary, approx., Galileo saw Jovian Moons
- 2010-04-15 Thu - L GSLV-D3, ISRO, Sriharikota, GSAT-4, new 3rd stage failed
- 2010-06-04 Fri - L Falcon 9 #1, SpaceX US, Dragon, OK. Re-entered late June
- 2010-06-10 Thu - L KSLV-1 #2, (South) Korea Space Launch Vehicle, STSAT-2B, failed
- 2010-10-01 Fri - L Chang'e-2, China, Moon Orbiter; now at S-E L2
- 2010-10-10 Sun - * SpaceShipTwo, first drop test
- 2010-11-02 Tue - H 10th Anniversary, ISS Expedition 1 docking, Soyuz
- 2010-12-06 Mon - P A Venus Climate Orbiter, JAXA, "AKATSUKI", VOI failed, in solar orbit and talking
- 2010-12-08 Wed - L Falcon 9 #2 + Dragon #1, SpaceX : COTS-1 demo, Falcon launched, Dragon separated, two orbits, splashdown, recovery
- 2010-12-25 Sat - L GSLV, ISRO, GSAT-5P comsat, failed
- 2011-01-22 Sat - L HTV-2 Kounotori-2, Japan : ISS supply, berthed 27th
- 2011-02-16 Wed - L ATV-002 Johannes Kepler, ESA, Ariane, ISS supply, re-entry 21 June
- 2011-03-05 Sat - L X-37B OTV FLT-2, spaceplane, USAF, Atlas 5, CCAFS - VTOHL, orbit, eventually land VAFB?
- 2011-04-12 Tue - H Yuri Gagarin, USSR, first Earth orbit, 50th anniversary
- 2011-05-05 Thu - H Alan Shepard, USA, sun-orbital hop, 50th anniversary
- 2011-05-25 Wed - H JFK Moon speech, Congress, 50th anniversary
- 2011-06-03 Fri - L HEAT 1-X, Copenhagen Suborbitals, Baltic, unmanned.
- 2011-06-15 Wed - L Rasad-1, Iran, recon/meteo
- 2011-07-08 Fri - L THE LAST SHUTTLE STS-135, Atlantis, NASA, ISS, Raffaello MPLM
- 2011-07-16 Sat - A Dawn, NASA, entered orbit round Vesta. Depart 2012-05 for Ceres 2015
- 2011-08-05 Fri - L Juno, NASA, Jupiter Polar Orbiter, arrive 2016-07
- 2011-09-29 Thu - L Tiangong 1, China, LEO, lab module for mini-station
- 2011-10-21 Fri - L Soyuz-ST VS01, Sinnamary (Kourou) #1, Galileo In-Orbit Validation (2)
- 2011-10-31 Mon - L Shenzhou 8, China, LEO, unmanned, docked to Tiangong 1 2011-11-02, redocked 2011-11-14, landed 2011-11-17
- 2011-11-08 Tue - L Fobos-Grunt, Russia with China, Phobos sample return, Yinghuo-1 orbiter, FAILED IN LEO
- 2011-11-26 Sat - L Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Atlas 5, rover Curiosity
- 2011-12-17 Sat - L Soyuz, Sinnamary (Kourou) #2, Pleiades, 4 Elisa, SSoT
- 2011-12-21 Wed - L Soyuz, Russia, Baikonur : ISS taxi, Kononenko Kuipers Pettit
- 2012-02-03 Fri - L Iran, Navid-e Elm-o Sanat, observation satellite
- 2012-02-13 Mon - L Vega VV01, ESA Kourou, #1, LARES, 9 CubeSats
- 2012-02-20 Mon - H John Glenn, USA, Earth orbits, 50th anniversary
- 2012-03-23 Fri - L ATV-003 Edoardo Amaldi, Ariane VA205, ESA, Kourou, ISS supply. Docked -03-28.
- 2012-04-12 Thu - L North Korea, Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, Unha-3 rocket, Sohae, Cholsan County : FAILED IN ASCENT
- 2012-04-26 Thu - L RISAT-1, ISRO, PSLV, Microwave Radar imaging satellite
- 2012-04-26 Thu - H 50th anniversary, UK-built satellite, Ariel 1
- 2012-05-15 Tue - L Soyuz, Russia, Baikonur : ISS taxi, Acaba Padalka Revin
- 2012-05-15 Tue - L Ariane VA206 : JCSAT 13, Vinasat 2, comms
- ==========
- 2012-05-1717:39 GMT - L? JAXA H-IIA, GCOM W1 (Shizuku, JAXA), Kompsat-3 (S Korea)
- 2012-05-1904:55 EDT - L? Falcon 9, SpaceX, Dragon C2+; COTS2 ISS approach;
maybe COTS3 ISS berthing and cargo delivery
- 2012-06-1315:30 GMT - L? NuSTAR, X-ray space telescope, NASA. Pegasus, Kwajalein
- 2012-06-1922:33 GMT - L? Ariane VA207 : EchoStar 17 & MSG 3 (comms, meteo)
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L? Shenzhou 9, China, LEO, (wo?)manned docking to Tiangong 1
- 2012-07-?? ??? - L? Swarm, ESA, Rockot, Plesetsk; 3 sats, magnetic field mission
- 2012-07-2102:18 GMT - L? HTV-3, H-IIB, JAXA, Kounotori-3 : ISS supply
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L? ESA/EuMetSat, MetOp-B, Soyuz/Fregat, Baikonur, weather/climate
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L??? New Shepard, Blue Origin US, unmanned suborbital research
- 2012-08-0605:30:13 GMT - A? Curiosity, NASA, Mars landing, Gale Crater
- 2012-08-?? ??? - L? Antares, Orbital, Cygnus, Wallops VA US (WFF), no payload.
- 2012-08-?? ??? - L? ISRO, PSLV, Spot 6 satellite for Astrium
- 2012-08-16 Thu - L? Dawn, NASA, depart Vesta for Ceres Feb 2015
- 2012-08-18 Sat - L? Falcon 9, SpaceX, Dragon C3; ISS supply
- 2012-3Q-?? ??? - L? KSLV-1 #3, (South) Korea Space Launch Vehicle
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L?? X-37B OTV FLT-3, spaceplane, USAF, Atlas 5, CCAFS - VTOHL, orbit, eventually land VAFB?
- 2012-09-?? ??? - L? GSLV-D5, ISRO, indigenous cryogenic upper stage, GSAT 14 comsat
- 2012-09-28 Fri - L? Soyuz-ST VS03, CSG Kourou, Galileo (2)
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L?? NET, Antares, Orbital, Cygnus, WFF, COTS demo, token cargo to ISS
- 2012-10-?? ??? - L? ISRO, PSLV, SARAL, sea altimetry, France/India
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L?? Multipurpose Lab for ISS, Russia
- 2012-12-14 Fri - H Eugene Cernan, USA, last man on Moon, 40th anniversary
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L?? Antares, Orbital, Cygnus, WFF, cargo to ISS
- 2012-??-?? ??? - L??? New Shepard, Blue Origin US, manned suborbital research
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? GSLV Mk 3, ISRO, indigenous cryogenic upper stage
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? ISRO, PSLV, navigation satellite
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? Shenzhou 10, China, LEO, manned docking to Tiangong 1
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? Proba-V remote sensing satellite, ESA, Kourou, Vega
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? Falcon Heavy #1, VAFB, USA
- 2013-02-?? ??? - L? ATV-004 Albert Einstein, ESA, ISS supply
- 2013-1H-?? ??? - L? Angara 1 #1, Plesetsk, Russia
- 2013-06-?? ??? - L? Gaia, ESA, star/asteroid mapper to L2, Soyuz-Fregat, Sinnamary
- 2013-06-23 Sun - H Valentina Tereshkova, USSR, Earth orbits, 50th anniversary
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? Chang'e-3, China, Moon Rover, Sinus Iridium
- 2013-06-?? ??? - L? Nauka, Proton, Russia, to replace Pirs on ISS
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L?? UKube-1, UKSA, Scotland, 3U CubeSat, tech test
- 2013-2H-?? ??? - L? Angara 5 #1, Plesetsk, Russia
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L?? ISRO, PSLV, unmanned test of crew module
- 2013-10-09 Wed - P? Juno, NASA, Earth fly-by
- 2013-11-?? ??? - L? MAVEN, Atlas 5, NASA, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution
- 2013-11-?? ??? - L?? ISRO, PSLV, proposed Mars orbiter - or 2016, 2018
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? China, Mars orbiter, probably
- 2013-??-?? ??? - L? ADM-Aeolus, global winds, ESA, Kourou, Vega
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L? LISA Pathfinder, ESA, Vega, Interferometry demonstration
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L? IXV, Vega, ESA, re-entry test
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L? Chandrayaan-2, ISRO & Russia, GSLV, Lunar orbiter, lander, rover (Luna-Glob 2)
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L? Tiangong 2, China, LEO, Space Lab ?
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L? Hayabusa-2, JAXA/NEC, asteroid 1999 JU3 sample return
- 2014-01-2010:00 GMT - *? Rosetta, ESA, wake from hibernation
- 2014-2Q-?? ??? - L? Orion/MPCV Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), USA, D4H, CCAFS
- 2014-05-22 Thu - A? Rosetta, ESA, to arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L?? Liberty (SRB+Ariane+capsule), ATK, abort tests
- 2014-11-10 Mon - A? Rosetta, ESA, Philae to land on 67P/C-G
- 2014-??-?? ??? - L?? Luna-Glob; Russia, Orbiter + 4 Japanese penetrators
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L?? Liberty (SRB+Ariane+capsule), unmanned, ATK, KSC
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L? Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Region, Russia, first launch
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L?? India + Russia, space mission
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L? Chang'e-4, China, Moon Lander
- 2015-05-20 Wed - L??? Venus radar orbiter, ISRO
- 2015-07-1423:49 GMT - A New Horizons, NASA, to pass Pluto
- 2015-08-15 Sat - L? BepiColombo, Ariane 5, ESA/JAXA, Mercury orbiters, arrive 2022-01
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L? Tiangong 3, China, LEO, Space Lab ?
- 2015-11-?? ??? - A?? Akatsuki, JAXA, back at Venus, VOI?
- 2015-??-?? ??? - L?? Liberty (SRB+Ariane+capsule), manned, ATK, KSC
- 2016-??-?? ??? - L?? Russia, Orbital Technologies space hotel
- 2016-01-?? ??? - L? ExoMars 2016, Trace Gas Orbiter & demo lander, ESA (+ NASA Russia)
- 2016-07-?? ??? - A? Juno, Jupiter Polar Orbiter, arrives
- 2016-09-?? ??? - L? OSIRIS-REx, NASA, to NEO 1999RQ36 in 2019/20, to Utah 2023
- 2017-01-?? ??? - L? SolO, Solar Orbiter, ESA+NASA; Atlas 5, CCAFS
- 2017-??-?? ??? - L? Chang'e-5, China, Moon sample return
- 2017-12-17 Sun - L?? (Space Launch System) SLS-1, NASA, unmanned circumlunar
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L Fobos-Grunt 2, Russia, Phobos sample return
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L? Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Region, Russia, first manned launch
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L? ExoMars 2018, Rover, ESA (+ NASA Russia)
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L? ESA, Laplace (Jupiter) OR Tandem (Saturn)
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L?? ISRO, India, first manned flight
- 2018-07-30 Mon - L? NASA, Solar Probe+
- 2018-10-?? ??? - L??? James Webb Space Telescope, NASA (Ariane 5)
- 2018-??-?? ??? - L?? Possible ESA lunar S pole lander + small rover
- 2019-??-?? ??? - L?? Euclid, ESA telescope, S-E L2; Soyuz, Sinnamary
- 2020-01-?? ??? - P? Deep Impact, NASA, may pass asteroid 2002 GT
- 2021-??-?? ??? - L?? SLS-2, NASA, manned lunar orbit
- 2021-10-28 Thu - H 50th anniversary, UK satellite, Prospero
- 2022-08-?? ??? - L??? SLS-3, NASA
- 2022-06-?? ??? - L? JUICE, ESA, Ariane 5, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
- 2023-08-?? ??? - L??? SLS-4, NASA
- 2024-08-?? ??? - L??? SLS-5, NASA, Cargo
- 2025-08-?? ??? - L??? SLS-6, NASA, manned. NEO?
- 2026-08-?? ??? - L??? SLS-7, NASA, Cargo
Proposed :
- 2020 - Chinese Space Station
- 2020 - Mars mission : ESA+NASA
- 2020 - Japanese robotic Moon base
- 2025 - Moon Landings : India, China
- 2035 - Mars Landing : India
- Usenet discussion newsgroups :-
- Links to recent news articles :-
- FAQs :-
- Measurements and Units - see in
Kaye & Laby Online
- Some British Isles Web Sites :-
- Royal Astronomical Society
- The Solar System :-
- Tutorial :-
- International :-
- IAU - The International Astronomical Union
- Various :-
There are many other sites.
The following lists of links are by no means exhaustive.
- Links :-
- Satellite Visibility :-
- Astronautics :-
- General :-
- What may be or was launched soon or recently, and when :-
- What is the UK doing :-
- What is Europe doing :-
- Arianespace,
launching from French Guiana :-
- ESA Ariane 5, Kourou
- Some Starsem
Soyuz, Sinnamary, from 2011
- ESA Vega, Kourou, from 2011
- Denmark (private) -
Copenhagen Suborbitals
- EADS -
European Aeronautics Defense and Space Company :-
- Astrium
Satellite Builder, etc. (UK, FR, DE, ES) :-
- Skynet - UK military comms
- SSTL
- Thales Alenia
- ESA :-
- YouTube Channel
- Programmes :-
- Aurora -
Solar System exploration programme
- Galileo -
global position system (EU/ESA)
- Kopernikus -
GMES Programme (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) (EU/ESA)
- Launchers
- Some Recent and Current Missions :-
- ATV
- Jules Verne, 2008; Johannes Kepler, 2011
- Cluster
- magnetics, launched summer 2000, operating 2007
- Columbus
- ISS lab, launched Feb 2008
- GIOVE - Galileo test - A, B launched
- GOCE
- Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer, launch 2009
- Herschel
- Sun-Earth L2 halo IR observatory, launch 2009
- Integral
- gamma-ray observation - operating 2007, funded to 2010-12-16
- Mars Express (orbiting)
http://mars.esa.int/
- Planck
- cosmic microwave background polarisation, launch 2009
- Rosetta
- via asteroids 2867 Steins 2008-09-05 &
21 Lutetia 2010-07-10), to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ("Chury")
- dep. 2004-03-02, arr. May 2014, lander "Philae" Nov 2014?
- Smart-1 - moon
orbiter - Launch 2003-09-27, arr. Feb 2005, hard-landed 2006-09-03
- SOHO
- operating, S-E L1, 2007
- Ulysses
- solar polar orbiter - terminated, 2009-06-30
- Venus
Express - launched 2005, final orbit reached 2006
- XMM-Newton
- X-rays - operating 2007, funded to 2010-03-31
- Some Future Missions :-
- ATV 3-5
- BepiColombo
- Mercury orbiters, launch Soyuz Sinnamary (Kourou) Aug 2013 arr 2019
-
ExoMars - Trace Gas Orbiter (2016?)
- Gaia
- star/asteroid mapper, at L2 (launch 2013-03, Soyuz-Fregat, Sinnamary)
- Solar Orbiter -
elliptical orbit, tilting by Venus (2017?)
- ESO -
European Southern Observatory (Observatories: Chile; HQ: Germany)
- EU -
Galileo
- Norway - Andøya
Rocket Range
- Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) -
Esrange Space Center,
Kiruna, N Sweden
- Other European space vehicles :-
- France : CNES : CoRoT
(Space observatory, stellar seismology, exoplanet search)
(ESA overview)
- Italy : Three MPLM, cargo-carrier by Shuttle to ISS -
Leonardo, Raffaello and Donatello
- Isle of Man - Excalibur
Almaz - Tourist orbiter
- There is also activity by some other European countries,
individually or grouped - Pleiades, ... .
- Other European space agences :-
- What are others doing :-
- List
of space agencies - Wikipedia
- Multinational :-
- Canada, ESA, Japan, Russia, USA - ISS
- Russia etc. - Starsem -
Soyuz
- Russia etc. (Russian owned, HQ Switzerland):-
- Russia/EADS - Eurockot
- Brazil - developing a launcher
- Canada - CSA
- China - CNSA :-
- Launchers, satellites
-
Chang'e, Moon probes
- Shenzhou, manned orbiters
- etc.
- India - ISRO
SDSC - satellites
(INSAT, IRS), launchers (GSLV, PSLV, Agni), Gagan GNSS, Moon plans, etc.
- Iran - ISA - Launcher, etc.
- Israel -
ISA
- Shavit launcher, satellites
- Japan - JAXA :-
- H2A launcher
- HTV, to ISS
- Hayabusa asteroid probe (launched 2003)
- Kibo, ISS lab
- Satellites
- Selene/Kaguya
lunar orbiter, launched
- etc.
- South Korea - developing a launcher
- Russia :-
- Ukraine - Tsyklon from Brazil
- USA :-
- NASA (more or less) :-
- General
(Home/Index) :-
- Missions
(Index) :-
- Cassini - Saturn system
-
Constellation - Shuttle successor - Ares launchers, Orion capsule
- Dawn - launched, passed Mars 2009,
orbit Vesta 2011/12, pass Ceres 2015 : at
JPL,
NASA,
UCLA.
- HubbleSite,
Space Telescope Science
Institute, ...
- Juno, Jupiter polar orbiter, launch 2011, arrive 2016
- Kepler, launched
exo-planet transit photometry telescope
- Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter - orbiting Moon
- Mars Exploration Program
- Messenger -
Launched; Mercury polar orbit March 2011
- Phoenix -
Mars lander/digger, 2007/8 (NASA)
- etc.
- SpaceX - Falcon 1e, Falcon 9,
Falcon 9 Heavy; Dragon, ISS supply; future manned Dragon; Grasshopper
- Blue Origin
- Bigelow -
expanded orbiters - Genesis I, II, Sundancer, ...
- PlanetSpace - OTV, COTS
- Orbital Sciences Corporation -
Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur; Cygnus
- XCOR - Lynx sub-orbital
- LockMart/ATK - Athena I & II, small lauchers, revived
- Ad Astra Rocket - VASIMR propulsion
- Stratolaunch - air-launched F9
- Planetary Resources, Inc.
- etc.
- etc.
- Peter Duffett-Smith of Cambridge :-
- I have :-
- "Practical Astronomy with your Calculator", CUP 1981
- "Easy PC Astronomy", CUP 1997
- "Astronomy with your Personal Computer", for
programmers, CUP 1990
- I have repeatedly read that
"Astronomical
Algorithms" (2nd ed, Dec '98) by Jean Meeus, Willmann-Bell
Publishers, ISBN 0-943396-61-1, is a good reference (EFG, etc.).
Also "Astronomische Algorithmen" ISBN 3-335-00400-0.
- Jean Meeus: Astronomical morsels; ISBN 978-0-943396-51-4 ?
- Whitaker's Almanac is a useful reference.
- "On the Shoulders of Giants", Ed. Stephen Hawking, Running Press, ISBN
0-7624-1348-4 - Writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton,
Einstein. Massive.
- Newton
Papers, Cambridge Digital Library
- My Date/Time Links include some.
- Try a search via the book suppliers' links on my
General Links; Abuse of the Net page!
Others may be mentioned in specific sections.
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