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Sites of the Week for August 1997

Week of August 4, 1997

Life in Space Covers

Much of the history of the space age, particularly the heady days of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, was told through the cover and pages of Life magazine. Time Warner has collected the Life magazine covers from the 1950s through the 1990s about space into this part of their Pathfinder site. The articles aren't available, but the cover images alone tell the story of America's growth into space.

http://www.pathfinder.com/@@IP*TFgcAsPISN17S/Life/space/covers/coversspace.html

Voyager Golden Record

The two Voyager spacecraft each carried a golden record which stores some of the sights and sounds of planet Earth, should it ever fall into the hands of an extraterrestrial civilization. This Web site provides some background on the record, and also has a number of images and greetings (in dozens of languages) that were included on the record.

http://vraptor.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/record.html

Week of August 11, 1997

There were no selections this week as the editor is on vacation and away from the Web!

Week of August 18, 1997

Space Future

Space Future is a new Web site which promises to provide a great deal of information about new developments in fields like space tourism, space power, and space habitats. While much of the site is still under construction, there is already an impressive array of information on many topics. If you're interested in finding out where we may be going in space a few years down the road, be sure to vist and bookmark this site!

http://www.spacefuture.com/

Clyde W. Tombaugh Memorial Window

This site details the efforts to install a stained glass window in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, New Mexico, commemorating the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. Tombaugh lived in Las Cruces from the mid-1950s until his death earlier this year and his many accomplishments include founding the church. They are currently working on a design and seeking donations; ways to contribute to the fund are listed on the site. A fitting tribute for one of the century's great astronomers.

http://www.zianet.com/silvern/clyde.htm

Week of August 25, 1997

J.R.W. Satellite Page

The J.R.W Satellite Page features a variety of resources designed especially for those with an interest in observing satellites. There is a wide range of links to online information about satellite tracking and general space information. There's also a very detailed list of classified American satellite launches that are otherwise not well known.

http://www.foxberry.net/jrwsat/

SpaceDev, LLC

SpaceDev is a new corporation involved in space exploration and development. SpaceDev's current major project is the Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP), a spacecraft mission to explore and land on a nearby asteroid. SpaceDev's Web site includes information about the corporation and NEAP as well as the Benson Prize, a fund to award amateur astronomers who discover near-Earth asteroids, and the Space Development Institute, a new organization to study the problems and solutions of space development and commercialization.

http://SpaceDev.Com/