Astronomy 308: Into the Final Frontier

(10:20 to 11:35, Hardman 101)

Syllabus

Class Notes and Homework assignments

Rocketry Pioneers

Konstatin Tsiolkovsky

Hermann Oberth

Robert Goddard

Werner von Braun

Project Mercury

Project Gemini

Project Apollo

Mir

Vi ewing times for the Mir in Las Cruces

The Space Shuttle

The International Space Station (ISS)

Viewing times for the ISS in Las Cruces

Tracking info (including sky maps) for any orbiting space craft! (Note that you have to know the longitude and latitude of your location to use this site. For Las Cruces, the data is Lat=+32.293, Long= -106.699, Elev=4,000 ft, and hrs from Greenwich = -7.)

Missions to Mars:

  • Mars Pathfinder
  • Mars Global Surveyor
  • Mars Polar Lander
  • Mars 2001
  • Mars Sample Return

    Student Employment and Research Opportunities

  • Coop and Intern positions at various NASA centers: click here.
  • New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
  • Ronald E. McNair program.
  • New Mexico AMP scholarship program.

    Contacting Your Senators and Representatives

    Delegations by state.
    Communication Protocol.

    NASA Details

    Useful Links

    Balloons
    Encyclopedia Astronautica
    From Stargazers to Starships (a tutorial on basic astronomy and physics)
    John Glenn's Galaxy of Space Links
    KSC Fact Sheet: NASA Launch Vehicles and Facilities
    "Lecture #28: Spacecraft Trajectories"
    NASM Gallery--Apollo to the Moon
    NASA History Homepage
    Rocket Simulations
    Russian Space Program Links
    Russian Aerospace Guide - Top
    Soviet and Russian Space Programmes
    Soviet Space Hardware for Sale
    Space Link (educational material)