PROPELLER POWERED BIG BRAIN
BIG BRAIN'S RESOURCES TO NASA MISSIONS PAST AND FUTURE
This is a supplement to NASA Resources currently active:
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/2012/02/nasa-resources-available.html
Working from this list
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html
Other NASA Resources
http://science.nasa.gov/about-us/smd-programs/
Consult this list for more nasa missions
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/
Working from this list
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/index.html
Other NASA Resources
http://science.nasa.gov/about-us/smd-programs/
Consult this list for more nasa missions
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/
PAST MISSION RESOURCES
Apollo
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html
Apollo-Soyuz
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo-soyuz/index.html
Astro-1
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=ASTRO-1
Astro-2
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=ASTRO-2
CHAMP
CLEMENTINE
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/clementine.html
CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cossc/
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1989-089A
Deep Impact
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/erbs/
Explorer (America’s 1st Spacecraft)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/index.html
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/euve/
FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/
FUSE
http://archive.stsci.edu/fuse/
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/
Galileo
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/
Gemini
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gemini/index.html
Genesis
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/main/index.html
GLAST
FERMI Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html
GLORY
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
HETE-2 High Energy Transient Explorer Satellite
http://space.mit.edu/HETE/
LAGEOS-1, -2
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/lag1_general.html
LAser GEOdynamics Satellite-1 (LAGEOS) was designed by NASA and launched in 1976. It was the first spacecraft dedicated exclusively to high-precision laser ranging and provided the first opportunity to acquire laser-ranging data that were not degraded by errors originating in the satellite orbit or satellite array. LAGEOS-2, based on the LAGEOS-1 design, was built by the Italian Space Agency and was launched in 1992. There are plans for the launch of LAGEOS-3, which is a joint multinational program with collaboration from France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and the United States. Data from LAGEOS-3 would be used to measure, for the first time, a quasi-stationary property of the Earth - its gravitational magnetic dipole moment as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html
Apollo-Soyuz
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo-soyuz/index.html
Astro-1
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=ASTRO-1
Astro-2
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=ASTRO-2
CHAMP
CLEMENTINE
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/clementine.html
CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/cossc/
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1989-089A
Deep Impact
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/erbs/
Explorer (America’s 1st Spacecraft)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/index.html
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/euve/
FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/
FUSE
http://archive.stsci.edu/fuse/
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/
Galileo
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/
Gemini
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gemini/index.html
Genesis
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/main/index.html
GLAST
FERMI Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/index.html
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html
GLORY
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
HETE-2 High Energy Transient Explorer Satellite
http://space.mit.edu/HETE/
LAGEOS-1, -2
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/lag1_general.html
LAser GEOdynamics Satellite-1 (LAGEOS) was designed by NASA and launched in 1976. It was the first spacecraft dedicated exclusively to high-precision laser ranging and provided the first opportunity to acquire laser-ranging data that were not degraded by errors originating in the satellite orbit or satellite array. LAGEOS-2, based on the LAGEOS-1 design, was built by the Italian Space Agency and was launched in 1992. There are plans for the launch of LAGEOS-3, which is a joint multinational program with collaboration from France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and the United States. Data from LAGEOS-3 would be used to measure, for the first time, a quasi-stationary property of the Earth - its gravitational magnetic dipole moment as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.
FUTURE MISSIONS
ISS New Mission
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/index.html
Hubble Future Missions
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html
James Webb Space Telescope
under construction2018 launch
http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
LADEE Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
LADEE Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
2013 mission to the moon, under construction
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/main/
LCDM Landsat Data Continuity Mission
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/main/index.html
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (future, for 2013)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html
OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory (future)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/main/index.html
Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) future
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/main/index.html
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Magellan
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/missiondetails.cfm?mission=Magellan
Carried into Earth orbit in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle Atlantis in a launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 4, 1989, Magellan was propelled toward Venus by a solid-fuel motor called an Inertial Upper Stage. After a 15-month trip, Magellan went into orbit around Venus on August 10, 1990. Over the next four years it mapped 99 percent of the surface of Venus.
MGS Mars Global Surveyor
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mgs/index.html
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor operated in orbit around Mars for nine years, longer than any other spacecraft to Mars and long enough to complete three extensions of its original two-year mission. The spacecraft last communicated with Earth on Nov. 2, 2006.
Mars Pathfinder
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars-pathfinder/index.html
designed to be a demonstration of the technology necessary to deliver a lander and a free-ranging robotic rover to the surface of Mars in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Pathfinder not only accomplished this goal but also returned an unprecedented amount of data and outlived its primary design life.
Mercury program
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/index.html
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
http://near.jhuapl.edu/
On Monday, 12 February 2001, the NEAR spacecraft touched down on asteroid Eros, after transmitting 69 close-up images of the surface during its final descent.
NMP EO-1
Phoenix Mars Lander
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
After a picture-perfect landing, the Phoenix Mars Lander returned unprecedented views and new findings from Mars’ north polar region.
Pioneer
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/Programs/pioneer.html
The Pioneer series of spacecraft performed first-of-their-kind explorations of the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. The different missions had little in common except that they all paved the way for later in-depth investigations, and were all spin stabilized. Pioneer 0, 1, and 2 were the United States' first lunar attempts. These identical spacecraft, which all failed to meet their lunar objectives, were followed by Pioneer 3 and 4, which succeeded in becoming America's first successful lunar missions. Pioneer 5 provided the first maps of the interplanetary magnetic field. Pioneers 6,7,8, and 9 were the world's first solar monitoring network and provided warnings of increased solar activity which could affect Earth orbiting satellites and ground systems. The twin Pioneer 10 and 11 vehicles were the first spacecraft to ever visit Jupiter and Saturn. The craft performed a wide variety of scientific observations of the two planets and returned environmental data that was used during the design of the more sophisticated Voyager probes. The Pioneer Venus mission, consisting of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (Pioneer 12) and Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (Pioneer 13), was the United States' first long-term mission to observe Venus and studied the structure and composition of the Venusian atmosphere. The mission also provided the first radar map of the planet's surface.
POLAR
http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/
Unlocking the Secrets of Earth's Magnetosphere. The Polar satellite, launched on February 24, 1996, is in a highly elliptical, 86 deg inclination orbit with a period of about 17.5 hours. Within the Sun-Earth Connections fleet, Polar has the responsibility for multi-wavelength imaging of the aurora, measuring the entry of plasma into the polar magentosphere and the geomagnetic tail, the flow of plasma to and from the ionosphere, and the deposition of particle energy in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere. Polar was launched to observe the polar magnetosphere and, as its orbit has precessed with time, has observed the equatorial inner magnetosphere and is now progressing toward an extended southern hemisphere campaign.
Ranger
Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT)
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosgof.html
ROSAT, the Röntgen Satellite, was an X-ray observatory developed through a cooperative program between Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The satellite was proposed by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) and designed, built and operated in Germany. It was launched by the United States on June 1, 1990. The mission ended after almost nine years, on February 12, 1999.
LCDM Landsat Data Continuity Mission
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/main/index.html
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (future, for 2013)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html
OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory (future)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/oco/main/index.html
Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) future
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/main/index.html
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Magellan
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/missiondetails.cfm?mission=Magellan
Carried into Earth orbit in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle Atlantis in a launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 4, 1989, Magellan was propelled toward Venus by a solid-fuel motor called an Inertial Upper Stage. After a 15-month trip, Magellan went into orbit around Venus on August 10, 1990. Over the next four years it mapped 99 percent of the surface of Venus.
MGS Mars Global Surveyor
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mgs/index.html
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor operated in orbit around Mars for nine years, longer than any other spacecraft to Mars and long enough to complete three extensions of its original two-year mission. The spacecraft last communicated with Earth on Nov. 2, 2006.
Mars Pathfinder
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars-pathfinder/index.html
designed to be a demonstration of the technology necessary to deliver a lander and a free-ranging robotic rover to the surface of Mars in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Pathfinder not only accomplished this goal but also returned an unprecedented amount of data and outlived its primary design life.
Mercury program
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/index.html
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
http://near.jhuapl.edu/
On Monday, 12 February 2001, the NEAR spacecraft touched down on asteroid Eros, after transmitting 69 close-up images of the surface during its final descent.
NMP EO-1
Phoenix Mars Lander
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
After a picture-perfect landing, the Phoenix Mars Lander returned unprecedented views and new findings from Mars’ north polar region.
Pioneer
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/Programs/pioneer.html
The Pioneer series of spacecraft performed first-of-their-kind explorations of the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. The different missions had little in common except that they all paved the way for later in-depth investigations, and were all spin stabilized. Pioneer 0, 1, and 2 were the United States' first lunar attempts. These identical spacecraft, which all failed to meet their lunar objectives, were followed by Pioneer 3 and 4, which succeeded in becoming America's first successful lunar missions. Pioneer 5 provided the first maps of the interplanetary magnetic field. Pioneers 6,7,8, and 9 were the world's first solar monitoring network and provided warnings of increased solar activity which could affect Earth orbiting satellites and ground systems. The twin Pioneer 10 and 11 vehicles were the first spacecraft to ever visit Jupiter and Saturn. The craft performed a wide variety of scientific observations of the two planets and returned environmental data that was used during the design of the more sophisticated Voyager probes. The Pioneer Venus mission, consisting of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (Pioneer 12) and Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (Pioneer 13), was the United States' first long-term mission to observe Venus and studied the structure and composition of the Venusian atmosphere. The mission also provided the first radar map of the planet's surface.
POLAR
http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/
Unlocking the Secrets of Earth's Magnetosphere. The Polar satellite, launched on February 24, 1996, is in a highly elliptical, 86 deg inclination orbit with a period of about 17.5 hours. Within the Sun-Earth Connections fleet, Polar has the responsibility for multi-wavelength imaging of the aurora, measuring the entry of plasma into the polar magentosphere and the geomagnetic tail, the flow of plasma to and from the ionosphere, and the deposition of particle energy in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere. Polar was launched to observe the polar magnetosphere and, as its orbit has precessed with time, has observed the equatorial inner magnetosphere and is now progressing toward an extended southern hemisphere campaign.
Ranger
Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT)
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosgof.html
ROSAT, the Röntgen Satellite, was an X-ray observatory developed through a cooperative program between Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The satellite was proposed by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) and designed, built and operated in Germany. It was launched by the United States on June 1, 1990. The mission ended after almost nine years, on February 12, 1999.