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SEDSAT-2

Host: SEDS-Earth	Location: International
URL: http://sedsat2.seds.org	Contact: sedsat2-info@seds.org
Timeline: Launch planned for 2009
Description: SEDSAT-2 is remote sensing CubeSat project undertaken by the international community of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

Cosmology@Home

Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Location: Internet-based
URL: http://www.cosmologyathome.org/	Contact:
Timeline: Ongoing
Description: Search for the model that best describes our Universe and find the range of models that agree with the available astronomical and particle physics data. SEDS has a Cosmology@Home team at CosmologyAtHome.

GalaxyZoo

Host:	Location: Internet-based
URL: http://www.galaxyzoo.org/	Contact:
Timeline: Ongoing
Description: Harnessing the power of the internet to classify a million galaxies

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)

Host: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Science Foundation (NSF)	Location: International
URL: http://www.globe.gov/	Contact:
Timeline: Ongoing
Description:

Robert A. Heinlein Flight into the Future Project Contest

Host: The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust	Location: The works for the contest may be submitted by citizens of the European, African, and Middle Eastern countries, and India.
URL: http://www.heinleincontest.info/	Contact: contest@heinleincontest.info
Timeline: Contest works should be submitted before 15 May 2008. The prize will be awarded on 7 July 2008.
Description: This is a competition to promote innovative scientific works and is being held to commemorate the memory of the famous American writer, and one of the founders of modern science fiction, Robert A. Heinlein. The main goal of the competition is to identify and support talented young researchers and to encourage their innovative activities that will help to bring humanity closer to Heinlein’s dream of our future in space.

Sugar Shot to Space

Host:	Location: International
URL: http://sugarshot.org/	Contact:
Timeline:
Description: The underlying goal of the Sugar Shot to Space project is to loft a rocket powered by "sugar propellant" into space.

SETI@Home

Host: University of California, Berkley	Location: Internet-based
URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/	Contact:
Timeline:
Description: SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.

Globe at Night

Host: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)	Location: 110 Globe Countries
URL: http://www.globe.gov/GaN/	Contact:
Timeline: 25 February - March 8
Description: Starting Monday February 25, the GLOBE at Night program is asking everyone in the world (which would include you) to go out, look up, match how many stars they see in Orion with comparison charts available online, and then report their observations through their website.This data will be used to map the severity of light pollution around the globe.