Experiment with Space Exploration Libraries

With Jeff Bezos' planned space flight, there is much interest in space exploration. While Jeff will only spend 3 minutes in space, the field of space exploration has come a long way in enabling this. Jeff founded Blue Origin in 2000, and the New Shepard reusable rocket that will launch him has been test-flown over 15 times since 2015. A co-passenger is paying USD 28 million to accompany jeff Bezos in his maiden space flight!

Space exploration has come a long way since the launch of the first human-made object to orbit Earth, the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, in 1957. Space exploration covers telescopes, outer space flights, human outer space expeditions, astronomical body space explorations, interstellar missions, and space stations. With over 21 countries having dedicated space agencies, and over 13 private companies investing in space flights, there is widespread global research and investments into space exploration.

Open source libraries in space exploration have helped agencies, hobbyists, and enthusiasts learn from each other. There are over 5400 libraries available for space exploration. kandi collection on Space Exploration showcases libraries across end-to-end exploration and visualization projects, robotics for in-space automation, rocketry, data and visualization libraries to help in other applications, radio astronomy, tracking ISS, and other fun projects on image and information capture from satellites and robotic explorers.

End-to-End Virtual Space Exploration

OpenSpace by OpenSpace, stellarium by Stellarium, stellarium-web-engine by Stellarium and StellarScope by ve4edj provide end-to-end virtual space exploration from your desktop or phones. Try these, and you will be surprised by the depth of information and the richness of the visualization.

Data and Visualization Libraries

asterank by typpo, cosmoscout-vr by cosmoscout, cosmonium by cosmonium, EarthTrek by SaTrek, SDOML by fluxtransport provide you with data and visualization libraries to piece together your virtual space exploration project.

Radio Telescopy

Virgo by 0xCoto, software_defined_radio_telescope by davidkirwan help you try radio-telescopy to explore the heavenly objects.

Rocketry and Robotics

astrobee by nasa, astrobee_gds by nasa, astrobee_android by nasa and carlson by openrocketryinitiative allow you to build rockets as well as in-space robots.

ISS Based Utilities

Mimic by ISS-Mimic and ISSOT by IeiuniumLux not just help you track ISS, but also provide modules to control your own scaled ISS model in real time.

Fun Projects

For more straightforward, fun projects, StereoPipeline by NeoGeographyToolkit, space-explorer-bot by stojanovic and SimpleMVP by gastsail enable you to share images from satellites and robotic explorers.