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  Encyclopedia Astronautica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In cyberspace, the Encyclopedia Astronautica Web site has also gained recognition - including recommendation from the Encyclopedia Britannica - as a well-organized source of a vast wealth of information about American and Russian space exploration.
Encyclopedia Astronautica is authored by Mark Wade, a space hobbyist, and sponsored by Friends and Partners, one of the first Internet services developed jointly by citizens of the United States and Russia.
The author has made excellent use of frames and an extensive variety of indexes to present a vast array of detailed space mission information.
www.bowdoin.edu /~samato/IRA/reviews/issues/mar99/astro.html   (418 words)

  
  Spiderwerx Encyclopedia Links
Encyclopedia of the Celts - A searchable encyclopedia of Celtic literature including the legends, mythology, tales, and history of this ancient culture.
Encyclopedia of Education Statistics - The Encyclopedia of Education Stats brings together data from several National Center for Education Statistics sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary - The aim of The Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary is to provide profiles of the lives and works of literary authors whose works are valued in the English language, and to do so within an electronic publication which will enable readers to explore literary history as never before.
www.spelwerx.com /sp/encyclo.html   (904 words)

  
 Fr. Vierling:  Encyclopedias Online
Columbia Encyclopedia - The sixth edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia contains 51,000 entries and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Designed as an FAQ to resources, the site is nevertheless eminently browsable, with categories ranging from aeronautics and African-American history to World War II and zoology.
Medical Encyclopedia - Entries include definitions of diseases, along with alternative names, causes and risk factors.
www.internetpadre.com /encyclopediasonline.htm   (123 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Used   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Encyclopedic works have been produced throughout much of human history, but the term encyclopedia was not used to refer to such works until the 16th century.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs,' in 2003, said, referring to Deutsch: 'I will not identify with the name you used...
Encyclopedia Used • More about used books • Interesting topics about second-hand literature • What you have to know about used books • Important news about used books • Some other used books items • Further topics about second-hand literature • second-hand literature and used books • second-hand literature and more...
www.usedbookbot.com /1/encyclopedia-used.php   (1240 words)

  
 Touro College
Encyclopedia Astronautica - Has articles of general & technical information with hyperlinked references.
Encyclopedia of Law & Economics - Has over 5,000 pages of articles with searchable bibliographies of over 20,000 publications, a link to FindLaw.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) - Was Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Embryonic ELS) & Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ESL).
www.touro.edu /library/sites/Encyclopedias.asp   (1734 words)

  
 João Sedycias: Informação Acadêmica Adicional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Encyclopedia of British History — "A comprehensive encyclopaedia being produced for the National Grid of Learning and a completely free resource for all students of British history.
Encyclopedia of the Celts — A searchable encyclopedia of Celtic literature including the legends, mythology, tales, and history of this ancient culture.
MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences, The — organizes the cross-disciplinary topics of cognitive and brain sciences under the six domains of computational intelligence; culture, cognition, and evolution; linguistics and language; neuroscience; philosophy; and psychology.
home.yawl.com.br /hp/sedycias/resource4a.htm   (598 words)

  
 FX Claim tinpot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Traditionally, Encyclopedia Astronautica has listed the country of origin of all launch systems.
In the case of a joint projects, only one country must be a developing nation for this claim to be true.
The supplementary comments in Enclopedia Astronautica about the source of a launch systems technology will not be used for purposes of this claim(i.e.
www.ideosphere.com /fx-bin/Claim?claim=tinpot   (281 words)

  
 Kids Online Resources - Reference, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesaurus pg 2
Encyclopedia of the Celts - Based on quotations from literature, myth, legend, fiction and history.
Encyclopedia of the Orient - Encyclopedia for North Africa and the Middle East.
EncycloZine - A Concise Illustrated Encyclopedia, and a Compendium of Diversions.
www.kidsolr.com /reference/page1.html   (952 words)

  
 Encyclopedias at the Downers Grove Public Library
Access to the latest edition of the encyclopedia, an excellent source for general information on many topics.
It is the electronic version of the highly acclaimed book and is sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.
Free encyclopedia written collaboratively by people from all around the world.
www.downersgrovelibrary.org /pages/encyclopedias.html   (74 words)

  
 Assorted Encyclopedias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
EcoCyc: Encyclopedia of E. coli Genes and Metabolism
HinCyc: Encyclopedia of Haemophilus Influenzae Genes and Metabolism
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict (not on-line)
hinduwebsite.com /general/encycloassorted.htm   (49 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Astronautica
That a lot of the content falls into the wistful 'never got off the drawing board' category, is perhaps a sad indictment on how the early star pioneering dreams from the Camelot era have been replaced with today's slow, commercial, robot trudge through the solar system.
Like our Star Trek dreams of universal peace and Mars and back by lunchtime, today's space program is as still as the lunar dust lying around the spears of the Apollo mission flags.
Haunted by the shades of might-have-been, Astronautica should find its way into the favourites list of any fan with an interest in reengineering the 'F' in SF from fiction to fact.
www.computercrowsnest.com /directory/wiz0902.htm   (421 words)

  
 a   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This encyclopedia features mythologies from all over the world, including Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Norse mythology and Celtic mythology.
The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
The LoveToKnow Free Online Encyclopedia is based on what many consider to be the best encyclopedia ever written: the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, first published in 1911.
www.btinternet.com /~scaradoo/Categories/encyclopedias.htm   (323 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedias: NVCC Libraries "Best of the Web"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society -- from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Smithsonian from A to Z
Bruce Carroll and was last updated on November 24, 2004.
www.nv.cc.va.us /LIBRARY/BOW/elecency.htm   (180 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Astronautica | Site of the Week | SCI FI Weekly
To that end, Encyclopedia Astronautica has a search feature, as well as an alphabetic listing of topics.
While it does have a decent number of pictures, Encyclopedia Astronautica is a largely text-based site, with fewer images than a visitor might expect.
These articles are laid out with a selection of relevant images and are cross-linked to other entries within the encyclopedia.
www.scifi.com /sfw/sites/sfw8715.html   (320 words)

  
 Astronomy Guide to Research - Georgetown University Library
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology: A Comprehensive History of Space Exploration.
A comprehensive one-volume encyclopedia covering the history of space exploration.
Encyclopedia Astronautica currently boasts 6,000 individual entries located via the indexes, and also provides a main index link to longer, overview articles.
www.library.georgetown.edu /guides/astronomy   (1942 words)

  
 Encyclopedias Online - Writing
Complete contents of the year 2000 publication of the largest one-volume general encyclopedia available.
Online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, legends, and related topics with more than 5,700 entries defining gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
Excellent free online encyclopedia with more than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition that offers fast and helpful information on almost any subject.
www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art4001.asp   (522 words)

  
 Encyclopedias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia -- A topical and jurisdictional arrangement of all available formats and includes references as well as direct links.
Encyclopedia Mythica -- An Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, mysticism, and more.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- Each entry is maintained by experts in the field.
www.garlic.com /~kpranger/encyclop.htm   (171 words)

  
 Clarkson University - Library - Research Help - General Encyclopedias & Almanacs
MSN Learning and Research - Multimedia encyclopedia, dictionaries and world atlas, including colleges, graduate schools, "planning for colleges" and A-Z tests (e.g.
Canadian Encyclopedia Online - Authoritative encyclopedia about Canada.
Encyclopedia of the Orient - Background information about people, countries and political or religious issues of North Africa and the Middle East
www.clarkson.edu /library/research/web_reference/enc_alm.html   (324 words)

  
 ReferenceResources:SpaceTravel
encyclopedia on Space Flight; may be browsed alphabetically, browsed by topic, or searched by keyword.
In addition to the voluminous encyclopedia entries, there are thousands of images, a lengthy collection of articles, a long list of references, statistics, and a spaceflight chronology
Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z
www.kidinfo.com /Science/Space_Travel.html   (760 words)

  
 Encyclopedia - refdesk.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Encyclopedia of Finance - The Encyclopedia of Finance is an excellent resource for basic financial information.
Encyclopaedia of the Orient - easy to use, fast growing, and free of charge; with photos and sound; specializes in North Africa and the Middle East.
Encyclopedia of Television - The Encyclopedia of Television includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal.
www.refdesk.com /factency.html   (977 words)

  
 LIBnet - ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - information about a variety of topics, from Smithsonian Institution sources.
MedLinePlus - medical encyclopedia from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Probert Encyclopedia - thousands of short aticles on a wide range of subjects
www.bbis.de /content/library/encyclo.htm   (158 words)

  
 EarthSpots.com > Additional EarthSpotting Resources / References For Finding Places & Images By Longitude & ...
The Encyclopedia Astronautica is the single most comprehensive reference for the history of spaceflight.
It is a proven and reliable source endorsed by the Encyclopedia Britannica, library associations, NASA, the world's major newspapers and television networks, Internet guides, and leading space writers and historians.
Their details of launch sites of all types around the world includes the sites longitude and latitude.
www.earthspots.com /Help/AdditonalResources.php   (373 words)

  
 NewsNotes 06.15.01
According to the Encyclopedia Astronautica, Gagarin was more passenger than pilot, for the bulk of his single-orbit flight.
This was to the extent that his controls were locked-out and could only be freed if he broke open an envelope and used a key to unlock them -- not very accommodating for in-flight emergencies.
Again, from the Encyclopedia Astronautica: "Gagarin ejected after reentry and descended under his own parachute, as was planned.
www.pietro.org /Astro_Home/NewsNotes/NN061501.htm   (2498 words)

  
 Encyclopedia - Search and Link Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Encyclopedia of Psychology is a collection of links to many areas of psychology Our intent is to offer the best available sites organized to further the understanding of Psychology as a science
The World Book Online Reference Center includes the complete World Book Encyclopedia the World Book Dictionary Atlas Web Links Magazines Historical Documents and thousands of multi media audios videos images and 3D photographs
The Canadian Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work on all subjects relating to Canada Lencyclop die canadienne est une ouvre vaste au sujet de Canada
www.spiderhub.com /86_Encyclopedia.shtml   (139 words)

  
 Some recommended nuclear weapon documents
RSA (Republic of South Africa Ballistic Missile and Space Programs) by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
Taepodong 1 by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
Six Reasons Why Arms Control Advocates Are Wrong: The ABM Treaty Is Not in Force by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey, 7 Jun 2000 (Heritage).
www.johnstonsarchive.net /nuclear/nuklinks.html   (455 words)

  
 Sources
The spacewalk information is from NASA Human Spaceflight website, Kennedy Space Center website and the Encyclopedia Astronautica.
The remaining Soviet and Russian spaceflights had their crew position titles figured out from the cosmonaut biographies posted on the Encyclopedia Astronautica, and a few other sources.
The backup crew information for the Soviet/Russian spaceflights is from Encyclopedia Astronautica and the Piloted (manned) Astronautics website.
pages.prodigy.net /pxkb94ars/Astro_Sources.htm   (401 words)

  
 Buran Pyrmont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
http://www.friends-partners.org/~mwade/craft/burlogue.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Details of the Sydney vehicle, Buran Analogue/002/OK-GLI/BST 02 - 25 Flight and 9 Taxi tests.
http://www.friends-partners.org/~mwade/craft/buran.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - The Buran project in general.
Wings, tail, jet engines attached and now standing on its own wheels and undercarrage.
www.suburbia.com.au /~colinc/buran/buran.htm   (72 words)

  
 Russian Designations of Missiles and Spacecraft
Mark Wade wrote this article for his excellent Encyclopedia Astronautica site, and it is mirrored on Designation-Systems.Net with Mark's permission.
Go here for the original article on Encyclopedia Astronautica.
The designations of Soviet missiles, launch vehicles, and spacecraft were considered state secrets.
www.designation-systems.net /non-us/soviet-mw.html   (4118 words)

  
 Emamshahr - Iran Special Weapons Facilities
For more Public Eye satellite imagery, see the Picture of the Week Gallery of satellite and other imagery of places in the news.
Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica claims that Emamshahr [Latitude: 36°25' N. Longitude: 55°01' E] is the Iranian military testing range that has been used for flight tests of the Shahab 3 IRBM since 1998.
A May 1991 report claimed that US satellites had observed the launch of a Scud-C missile from a mobile launcher near Qom.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/iran/emamshahr.htm   (425 words)

  
 Dictionaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Encyclopedia Ichnographiam: A Reconstructed Plan of Ancient Rome's Field of Mars
Encyclopedia of the Orient: "The Only Encyclopedia for North Africa and the Middle East"
Encyclopedia of Skepticism and the Paranormal (Interesting Subjects)
yomee.com /Education/Encycl.htm   (108 words)

  
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