- Hubble Space Telescope (31)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Space_Based/Hubble_Space_Telescope
- NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellites__GOES_
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory@
dir.yahoo.com/.../X_Ray/Chandra_X_Ray_Observatory
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Telescope launched by a rocket in 2003 which uses ultraviolet light to observe galaxies. Site provides image gallery as well as updates of the sky regions observed.
www.galex.caltech.edu
- James Webb Space Telescope@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Telescopes/James_Webb_Space_Telescope
- Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
Operates at wavelengths from 2.5 - 240 microns. A project of the European Space Agency.
isowww.estec.esa.nl
- Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)@
Learn about STEREO, NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory that is designed help us understand coronal mass ejections and the flow of energy from the Sun to the Earth.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Solar_Observatories/Solar_Terrestrial_Relations_Observatory__STEREO_
- Spitzer Space Telescope@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Telescopes/Spitzer_Space_Telescope
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Learn about NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Constellation-X
An X-ray observatory that will study supermassive black holes and the life cycles of matter throughout the Universe.
constellation.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Solar-B@
Learn about the Solar-B mission, an international effort between Japan, the U.S. and the U.K. to better understand the mechanisms for solar variability. Find sites from NASA, JAXA, PPARC, and other mission contributors describing Solar-B's telescopes and imaging instrumentation.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Solar_Observatories/Solar_B
- ROSAT: The ROentgen SATellite@
dir.yahoo.com/.../X_Ray/ROSAT__The_ROentgen_SATellite
- Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT)
The telescope has flown twice aboard the Space Shuttle as part of a package of instruments called the Astro Observatory.
praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html
- Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)
Satellite-based observatory studying the very hot, very low-density gas of the Interstellar Medium surrounding the Solar System.
chips.ssl.berkeley.edu
- ESA Science & Technology: Darwin
Utilizing a flotilla of six space telescopes, to scan the nearby Universe, looking for signs of life on Earth-like planets.
darwin.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=28
- ASCA: Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
X-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical plasmas, especially the analysis of discrete features such as emission lines and absorption edges.
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca
- ESA - Planck
ESA's Planck mission will be the first European space observatory whose main goal is the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background -- the relic radiation from the Big Bang.
www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Planck
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