| The Origins of Life |
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) in Exobiology
NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) program in Origin of Life research
http://exobio.ucsd.edu/NSCORT.htm |
Origins of Life
Another NSCORT program on the Origins of Life
http://www.origins.rpi.edu |
Exobiology at NASA Ames Research Center
Research on cosmic evolution of biogenic compounds, prebiotic evolution, and early evolution of life on Earth
http://exobiology.nasa.gov/ |
From Primordial Soup to the Prebiotic Beach
1996 interview with exobiology pioneer, Dr. Stanley L. Miller
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/miller.html |
Wikipedia: Origin of Life
The free encyclopedia, entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Life |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A comprehensive overview of NASA's Origins Theme
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/index1.html |
| Panspermia |
Transpermia
Swapping Rocks' paper by H. Jay Melosh, University of Arizona
http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/swaprock.html |
Wikipedia: Panspermia
The free encyclopedia, entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia |
| Planets |
Moons and Planets of the Solar System
NASA's home page on planets
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm |
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
A vast amount of information about Mars for the general public
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html |
| Mars |
Mars Exploration
NASA's Mars Exploration Program
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html |
National Space Science Data Center
NASA's permanent archive for space science missions data
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
A vast amount of information about Mars for the general public
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html |
Views of the Solar System
An archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos
http://solarviews.com/eng/mars.htm |
MSSS Viking Image Archive
Images: Malin Space Science Systems
http://barsoom.msss.com/http/vikingdb.html |
Wikipedia: Mars
The free encyclopedia, entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars |
Center for Mars Exploration
NASA's Center for Mars Exploration has extensive list of concept maps relating to Mars
http://cmex.ihmc.us/CMEX/index.html |
| Europa |
Europa, a Continuing Story of Discovery
An overview, scientific findings and images
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/europa/ |
Europa
Introduction and links
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/europa.html |
Wikipedia: Europa
Wikipedia entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon) |
| Exoplanets |
California & Carnegie Planet Search
Catalog of nearby exoplanets, research, news and links
http://exoplanets.org/ |
PlanetQuest
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: mission oriented
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm |
Kepler Mission
NASA's first mission to find Earth-size planets
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ |
Wikipedia: Extrasolar planet
Wikipedia entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanets |
| Extremophiles |
Introduction to the Archaea
Archael information on fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html |
Wikipedia: Extremophile
Wikipedia entry can be edited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophiles |
Yellowstone Resources and Issues 2006
Information on thermophile research at Yellowstone National Park
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/yellowstone-resources-and-issues-handbook.htm |
| Planetary Protection |
Planetary Protection at NASA
NASA's website
http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/pp/ |
COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy
Committee on Space Research's policy for planetary protection
http://cosparhq.cnes.fr/Scistr/Pppolicy.htm |
Examining the Evidence for Life on Mars
A report from the National Research Council on returning Mars samples to Earth
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/mars |
| Pluto |
New Horizons
New Horizons - the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html |
New Horizons Program at JHU/APL
John Hopkins/Applied Physics Laboratory project information
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ |
| Asteroids and Comets |
Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards
NASA's programs and links to others found at this site
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/ |
Hayabusa (Muses-C)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent Muses-C to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/index.shtml |
NEAR
NASA's successful mission to visit two asteroids - Mathilde and Eros - known as the Near Earth Asteroid Mission
http://near.jhuapl.edu/ |
Deep Impact
A NASA Discovery mission
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html |
Stardust
NASA's comet sample return mission, launched in 1999
http://www.nasa.gov/stardust and
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/ |
Giotto
ESA's first deep space mission to Halley's comet
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=15 |
Spacewatch Project
University of Arizona astronomers study the statistics of comets and asteroids in order to investigate the dynamical evolution of the solar system
http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/ |
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
NASA JPL program to search for Earth asteroids
http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov |
LONEOS
The Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search, a system designed to find Earth-crossing asteroids and comets
http://www.lowell.edu/users/elgb/loneos_disc.html |
Near-Live Comet Watching System
A NASA database of images of comet Hale-Bopp
http://comet.hq.nasa.gov/comet/ |
| Missions |
NASA Missions
NASA's mission portal.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/index.html |
Kepler Mission
NASA's first mission to find Earth-size planets
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's home page links to planetary missions
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov |
ESA - Space Science
European Space Agency's science missions
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/index.html |
