As a tribute to the Mars Global Surveyor and PathFinder Missions:

The Baby is Dancing on Mars!  (at least those were successful!)

(Yeah, I know...it takes about 3 minutes to load and start really dancing...but I couldn't resist..!)

I've been interested in Astronomy since I received my first telescope (a 3" reflector from Edmund Scientific - a great NJ company!) as a Christmas present when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Even with this small telescope you could easily see the Galilean Moons of Jupiter and the fabulous Rings of Saturn.

We now have a 6" Meade Newtonian Reflector on a German Equatorial mount in the backyard.

We use a shareware program called "SkyGlobe" to keep track of what is happening in the sky. Here are some places were you can check out this great program and download it if you wish:

Villanova University Astronomy & Astrophysics: SKYGLOBE

DOS Skyglobe 3.6 Shareware

SkyGlobe

Telescope Equipment Sites

Meade Instruments Corporation - ETX-90EC Astro Telescope

Celestron International

Space Exploration Links

International Space Station

Get the latest info on the International Space Station!

Where is the Space Station right now?

Check this link to see exactly where the International Space Station is right this minute!

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Good links to JPL related projects

Hubble Space Telescope Pictures

Hubble Space Telescope Images

(The Hubble was repaired and upgraded as of March 10, 2002)

The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Good links to SETI related topics, and SETI@Home. A new program to harness the world's home computers to help solve the biggest scientific puzzle ever attempted. Want to get involved? Click here: SETI@Home

  SkyView

The Internet's Virtual Telescope

Some other cool sites

SpaceNews

The latest edition of SpaceNews, a weekly newsletter about Amateur Radio in Space

Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)

SAREX is The Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. It involves linking students and Ham's to the Space Shuttle through Amateur Radio. For more info click above.........

GOOD-BYE, MIR!!

Check this link for memories of a great 15 year flight!

Live Space Shuttle Video, Audio, & Tracking Data

This link contains Live Video and Audio for your desktop and a Java Space Shuttle Tracker, Neat stuff! It is only active during Space Shuttle missions.

Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page Information on Space Shuttle missions, Sightings of the Space Shuttle, and Keplarian Elements for current missions.

Solar activity, Magnetic Storm, and Ionospheric Propogation Predictions

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Get the latest solar observations from SOHO

Link to the latest Solar imagery from SOHO

Space Weather at Rice University

Understanding the Earth's Magnetosphere and interaction with solar activity (Northern Lights, etc.)

Wave Propogation Information

Space Environment Laboratory

Near RealTime MUF World Map

Get the latest Maximum Usable Frequency MUF worldwide prediction updated hourly.