Space: Beautiful Sites

Space: Beautiful Sites

A possible future city on another world?

Not all need to be rocket scientists to appreciate the great beauty of the beyond. Take a look at some of these wondrous sites:

Stuff in Space
http://stuffin.space/
See everything that's around the Earth man-made and what-not.

Asterank
http://www.asterank.com/3d/
Truly beautiful asteroid visualizer.

Deep Space Network
https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html
NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) updated every 5 seconds. DSN is used by all NASA interplanetary spacecrafts.
 
ISS Interactive 3D Visualization
https://heavens-above.com/ISS_3D.aspx
See the International Space Station at any time and fully zoomable & rotatable.

Ofrohn's Celestial Map Github Project
https://ofrohn.github.io/
Adapatable celestial map done with the D3.js visualization library. Check it out! For instance, the celestial sky viewer: https://ofrohn.github.io/celestial-demo/viewer.html

Milky Way Halo
https://armchairastronautics.blogspot.com/p/milky-way-halo.html
With this site, you can see the whole universe in terms of galaxies, clusters, halos, etc.

Space Engine
https://lucas.bourneuf.net/blog/uess.html

This isn't the website for Space Engine but rather what can be done with the software. For the actual software and other tips, check this out:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/314650/SpaceEngine/
https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengine/

Apollo Lunar Conversations
https://www.c82.net/work/?id=368

For history buffs, this site has a timeline of conversations between Earth and the Apollo 11 spacecraft from liftoff to splashdown. For another perspective with sounds, take a look at this one: https://www.firstmenonthemoon.com/

Apollo Landing Sites
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/sites.cfm 

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has photos and facts on Apollo missions and spacecrafts in general.

Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination
https://csi.asu.edu/books/vvev/

This school has a collection of amazing graphics and stories of the future of humanity's role in space. Free downloadable book called Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures in a variety of digital formats. EPUB version here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9jhe9w3zidjmls/VVEV.epub




Alexander Preuss's Artwork
https://www.artstation.com/abalakin/albums/1665163

Last but not least! Sure, there are plenty of futuristic space art out there but Alexander Preuss's art is simply marvelous.