Web links in Astrobiology

• The Astrobiology Web: http://www.astrobiology.com/, see also http://www.astrobiology.it/ ( version of this site: http://www.bioastronomia.it/).


• The "Origins" program of NASA is a group of spatial missions, of Earth observations and of research programs that focusses on: 1) the observation of the first stars and galaxies, 2) the search of planets around other stars than the Sun, 3) the search for life in the universe. http://origins.stsci.edu/


• The astrobiology institute of NASA (NAI) is a virtual organization that promotes, conducts and leads multi-disciplinary research in astrobiology. It contains also outreach material, including "Ask an astrobiologist". http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/


• Planet Quest: this site follows the NASA missions that look for planets outside our Solar System. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/


• This is a one-year interdisciplinary class for high-school students that uses astrobiology as a unifying theme, developed by TERC and NASA. http://astrobio.terc.edu


• NASA - Astrobiology - Outreach and education http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm


• SETI (Search for Extra--Terrestrial Intelligence) is an organization dedicated to scientific research and outreach. Its mission is to explore, understand and explain the origins and the nature of life in the universe. http://www.seti.org


• List of websites in astrobiology. http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/Education/Websites/ AstrobiologyEducation/resources.htm

Planets of our Solar system

• Planetary Photojournal: Access webpage of NASA for images of Galileo, Cassini-Huygens, HST, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Global Surveyor, etc. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

Recent missions on Mars

1. MGS:      http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/
2. Rovers:   http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
3. MRO:      http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
4. Odyssey: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/
5. Express:  http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/express/

• Multimedia http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/mer-yr2/


• 360^o panorama of Mars http://www.panoramas.dk/mars.html


• Mars Odyssey - Thermal Emission Imaging Systerm (THEMIS) http://themis.asu.edu/


• Mars High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/


• The best way to view HiRISE images with "Zoomify" http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/hirise_images/


• Virtual flight over Mariner Valley http://themis.asu.edu/valles_video


• Mariner Valley on Mars http://themis.asu.edu/features/vallesmosaic


• Fly on Mars and guide the rovers http://www.marsquestonline.org/index.html

The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan

• http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMVOZ1VQUD_0.html


• http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=12


• Cassini-Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan, JPL NASA http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm


• Saturn:
1. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn
2. http://www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm
3. http://huygens.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=35131


• The satellites of Saturn (at the moment, Saturn has 60 known satellites) http://huygens.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=35229


• Cassini and Saturn http://www.solarviews.com/eng/cassiniatsaturn.htm


• Enceladus, one of Saturn's moon http://www.solarviews.com/eng/enceladu.htm