Useful microgravity links
UK links
- British National Space Centre (BNSC)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
- Space Science and Technology Department at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (CCLRC)
European Links
Introductory information
- General ESA information for media and public use
- European Space Agency Research in Space
- Galacticsurf.net: Internet space resource that searches more than 700 websites worldwide for specific queries
- ESA Topical Team in Fundamental Physics (some UK involvement)
- The ESA microgravity database
- An ESA microgravity website
More detailed information
- ESA information for researchers interested in using microgravity facilites
- International workshop on short-term experiments under strongly reduced gravity conditions: 7th Drop Tower Days and Catapult Inauguration, September 12-25, 2004, Bremen, Germany
U.S links
Introductory information
- A 'city in space' from CNN
- Discovery Channel 'Inside the International Space Station'
- SKYWATCH from NASA: find out when the ISS will be visible over your city
- NASA educational resources
- How stuff works: Space Station
- How stuff works: Weightlessness
- 'Understanding Microgravity ' useful information about research in microgravity from NASA
More detailed Information
- Latest on the International Space Station from NASA
- NASA reports archive (1960's-present day)
- 'Earth Benefits of microgravity research' NSBRI information looking at many areas of terrestrial healthcare.
- NASA's microgravity programme (at Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Boeing's International Space Station website
- The National Academies space website
- List of general science and technical information from NASA projects
- Link to NASA HQ webpage, with useful links to other NASA sites
- MISSE (Materials International Space Station Experiment)
- Shuttle Information from NASA
- NASAs main microgravity
wepage with links to all areas of microgravity research
Images
- Access to ALL NASA photographs taken since 1961
- Photographs from Johnson Space Centre
Other
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Space Systems Sector
- Basic introduction to Microgravity from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- NASA's Russian Space Agency page
- National Space Agency of Japan (NASDA)
- A look at the use of microgravity in the arts
- Topical space and microgravity news stories
Jeremy
Curtis, UK Microgravity Co-ordinator
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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