SPACE MISSIONS

Observing the Universe Visiting the sun

Exploring the planets and further.

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Observing the Universe
http://lisa.jpl.nasa.gov/ LISA: Gravitational wave detection by space interferometry (project).
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/... JWST: The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, and it will be almost three times the size of Hubble + links to all other ESA missions
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/... LISA Pathfinder: A mission that will test the general concepts and technologies needed for highly accurate formation flying and precise measurement of the separation between two very distant spacecraft.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/...l GAIA:A mission that will conduct a census of one thousand million stars in our Galaxy.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/... DARWIN: A flotilla of four free-flying spacecraft that will search for Earth-like planets around other stars and analyse their atmospheres for the chemical signature of life.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/... XEUS: This mission will be an enormous free-flying X-ray observatory, consisting of two spacecraft.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/ CHANDRA: Discover the universe as seen with Xrays.
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/galex/

GALEX: Exploration of the evolution of galaxies during the 80 last % of life of our universe (0 < z < 2). UV and spectroscopy (project).
http://sim.jpl.nasa.gov/ SIM: Determination of interstellar distances. Detection by space interferometry: space interferometry mission (2006).
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/... TPF (terrestrial planet finder): Detect, observe and study terrestrial exoplanets (project).
http://hubble.stsci.edu/ HUBBLE: The well known space telescope...
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/ SPTIZER: Space telescope facility (infrared).
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/ IPAC: Infrared processing and analysis center. (Analysis of data from SIRT, ISO, GALEX etc..).
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/ The ORIGIN program: Why these space missions? Is today's technology capable of giving us answers to some BIG questions (Where do we come from? are we alone?).
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Visiting the sun

http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/ The GENESIS mission: 2 years at only 1 million Km from the sun collecting samples of the solar wind.
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spartan/ SPARTAN 201: Study of the sun's corona.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory). Continuous observation of our sun.
http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov/ ULYSSE mission: Exploring space over the orbital plane of planets (NASA site).
http://helio.estec.esa.nl/ulysses/ ULYSSE mission: Exploring space over the orbital plane of planets (ESA site).
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Exploring the planets and further

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/... Consisting of two orbiters, BepiColombo will provide the most complete exploration yet of Mercury, the innermost planet. Mercury
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/... Venus Express is a follow on from the Mars Express mission. After a 153 day cruise to Venus the spacecraft will enter Venusian orbit in April 2006. Venus
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus... Another ESA link to a VENUS EXPRESS: The sister mission of Mars Express Venus
http://cnn.com/TECH/9706/pathfinder/index.html Mars exploration seen by the media (here CNN). Mars
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/ MGS The return: MARS SURVEYOR 2001. Mars
http://marsnet.jpl.nasa.gov/ Starting colonization... Creation of a communication network on Mars (Project). Mars
http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/ Exploration of Jupiter by GALILEO. Jovian System
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm The CASSINI-HUYGENS probe. Saturnian System
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pn10-11.htm Interstellar exploration beyond our Solar system: PIONEER 10 et 11 Jupiter, Saturn and between the stars
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html A good platform to get info on these two incredible still running missions. Beyond our solar system
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ Voyager, the interstellar missions... Beyond our solar system
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Other

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/

Bringing back a piece of comet : Meeting with the WIld2 comet in 01/2004. Also bringing back some samples coming from the dust flow coming from the Sagitarius. These are the goals of the STARDUST space mission.
http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/ DEEP SPACE 1: Technological Mission.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mikael.mechoulam This web site has a 'space probe' section: Everything you want to kow on these little pieces of human technology floating in space !!! (in French)
http://www.chez.com/exploris/ A web site listing the various space missions (pas, present and future). Choose your destination. Needs a fast internet connection.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ The NASA missions.
http://www.esa.int/ The ESA web page to be up to dated with all European space activities, day by day..
http://www.nasa.gov/ The NASA web page to be up to dated with all European space activities, day by day..
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