National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Carl E. Walz (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in January 1990, Walz is a veteran of four space flights, and has logged a total of 231 days in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), was the Orbiter flight engineer (MS-2) on STS-65 (1994), was a mission specialist on STS-79 (1996), and served 196 days in space as flight engineer (FE-1) on ISS Expedition-Four (2001-2002). ...

... EXPEDITION ISS-13 /14 . PRIME CREW . ... ISS Flight Engineer – 2, . ... WORK EXPERIENCE: After completion of military jet training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Thomas was qualified as a pilot and flow the Alpha-Jet in a fighter-bomber squadron based in Oldenburg, Germany. ... From January to July 1993 he passed general space training at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany. ... From March 30 to August 11, 1995 he passed direct training for a flight within the crew. ...

From: TerryMosel aol.com Date: 30 November 2006 23:07:50 GMT Subject: Events, News, Shuttle mission Hi all, It's a busy time of year! ... Details are at www.astronomy.ie . ... STS-116 will deliver a third truss segment, a SPACEHAB module and other key components during the Shuttle's 20th mission to the International Space Station (ISS). ... The astronauts will head outside the ISS in their EVA suits and wait for mission control to switch off the ISS power. ... Clear Skies, Terry Moseley . ...

... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

... After delivery of all engineering models and SRT test sets to LA main ASC activities were moved to LA as well. ... Special attention was paid to the problem of tests on the electromagnetic compatibility between service and scientific on-board payload. ... The SRT was attached to special supporting frame, and LNA cooling system (NSOTR) was installed on the Focal Container. ... FC Focal Container - hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ... TVT Thermo-Vacuum Tests . ...

... Dongwon Kim , March 2014, on-going . ... Tammy Roderick , March 2011, on-going . Emma Kirby, *PhD completed August 2010* . ... Laura Dunn, *PhD completed December 2007* . ... David Nicholls, *PhD completed March 2014* . ... Antoine Bouchard, *PhD completed June 2006* . Emily McNeil, *PhD completed December 2010* . ... Eduard Westra, *PhD completed December 2007* . Sebastian Gurovich, *PhD completed August 2006* . Rami Rekola, *PhD completed December 2004* . ...

NASA - NASA's Top Space Exploration Stories Of The Year http://www.nasa.gov/lb/home/hqnews/2005/dec/HQ_05449_year_in_re.. ... For images and information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight) NASA'S NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT NASA announced plans for its next generation spacecraft and launch system, which will be capable of delivering crew and supplies to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the moon and supporting up to six crewmembers on future missions to Mars. ...

... Discovery in Twilight . ... As evening twilight faded on March 7, sky gazers around planet Earth enjoyed a beautiful pairing of young crescent Moon and brilliant planet Jupiter. ... The International Space Station Expands Again . ... Lunar Nearside . ... NGC 1499: The California Nebula . ... Discovery Visits the Space Station . ... Five days ago, the space shuttle Discovery was launched to the International Space Station, carrying six crew members and the large Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main research and development work completed in 2010 and ready for implementation . Elaboration of automatic technology for analysis of abnormal changes of vegetation status based on satellite data . ... Satellite MODIS-Terra image, obtained on May, 17 2010. ... Main research and development work completed in 2009 and ready for implementation . Main research and development work completed in 2008 and ready for implementation ...

... 2007 December 3 . A Complete Solar Cycle from SOHO . ... A solar cycle is caused by the changing magnetic field of the Sun, and varies from solar maximum , when sunspot , coronal mass ejection , and flare phenomena are most frequent, to solar minimum, when such activity is relatively infrequent. ... This picture is composed of a SOHO image of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet light for each year of the last solar cycle , with images picked to illustrate the relative activity of the Sun. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Facilities and equipment . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Contacts . ... The scientists of Samara State Aerospace University have completed dynamic tests of the first Russian university nanosatellite SamSat-218D created by SSAU students. ... It has already passed the whole set of tests and transferred to the Rocket and Space Centre Progress . ... The whole test cycle of the nanosatellite SamSat-218D (Module Contact-Nanosatellite") will be completed in July. ...

... For a timeline of the exploration of the magnetic environment of the Earth, Sun and Planets, see here . ... Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) builds the first astronomical telescope and observes for the first time craters on the Moon, satellites around Jupiter, and the way Venus goes through phases like the Moon (crescent, etc.) ... 17 December--First successful flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... 16 March--Goddard launches his first liquid-fuel rocket. ...

... Комментариев нет 22 августа 2010, 13:58 Blogger , English , Астрономия . ... Neptune will finally complete its first full orbit of the sun since it was discovered in 1846a approximately one year from now, according to NASA estimates. ... Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-21 . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Observing schedules . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ...

I-GALFA Survey Coverage Complete . ... The upper figure shows positions in equatorial coordinates: right ascension and declination, which are like extensions of the Earth's longitude and latitude coordinates on the sky. The lower figure shows positions in Galactic longitude and latitude, where Galactic latitude = 0 is the Galactic equator, or the plane of the Milky Way, and the center of the Galaxy lies in the Galactic plane in the direction where the Galactic longitude = 0. ... I-GALFA Main | ...

. This conceptual image shows the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, launched September 15, 1991, by the space shuttle Discovery . Originally designed for a 3-year mission, UARS measured chemical compounds found in the ozone layer, wind and temperature in the stratosphere, as well as the energy input from the Sun. Together, these measurements helped define the role of Earth's upper atmosphere in climate and climate variability. UARS was decommissioned December 14, 2005. NASA

... ATTENDANCE SURVEY: FIRST KEPLER SCIENCE CONFERENCE . If you are interested in attending the First Kepler Science Conference, please complete a short survey at: . ... The First Kepler Science Conference will be held 5-9 December 2011, hosted by the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. ... July 3-8, 2011 Bioastronomy Conference, Montpellier, France . ... April 26-29, 2010 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2010 in League City, Texas . ... НАУЧНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ SETI - 2005 . ...

NASA TV Video File on 3C 58 (December 2004) . Astronomy Picture of the Day (December 23, 2004) . A Chilling Discovery (December 15, 2004) . Going to Extremes (December 14, 2004) . Deepest Image of Exploded Star (August 23, 2004) . ... Young Pulsar Reveals Clues (September 6, 2001) . Vital Elements from Supernova (December 21, 1999) . New Vision of Cosmic Explosions (September 20, 1999) . Pat Slane's Home Page Pat's SNR Page ...

The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016 (Friday and Saturday). Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... Relevant teaching experiences: Please include professional development activities, curriculum development, in-service activities, and collaborative projects. Grades and subjects you will be teaching next year. ... yes . ... When during the year do you plan to teach astronomy (approximate months)? ...