... Archive Astrophysicist, Chandra Science Center - a service of the HEAD at CfA. ... My special responsibilities there included the formatting of the XTE data into FITS, the RXTE mission database and archive , and absolute time keeping . ... The document ASC-FITS-1.1 ( PostScript ) details the FITS conventions adopted for the FITS files in the AXAF archive. ... The document ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0 ( PostScript ) defines the conventions adopted for the REGION FITS binary table format. ...

Next: Checking for disk errors Up: Filesystems Previous: Mounting and unmounting . ... A filesystem's correctness and validity can be checked using the fsck љ command. ... This allows e2fsck љ (the version of fsck љ for the ext2 filesystem) to avoid checking the filesystem if the flag indicates that the unmount was done (the assumption being that a proper unmount indicates no problems). ... Use fsck љ manually to check other filesystems, e.g., floppies. ...

... begin{itemize} \item[1.] Get source time serie. \item[2.] Check time serie integrity. \item[3.] ... Create corrected light curve. \ end { itemize } Extensions: \ begin { itemize } \ item [6a:] Absolute corrections . \ begin { itemize } \ item [.1] Calculate spectrum. \ item [.1] Call arfgen. \ item [.2] Apply absolute corrections . \ end { itemize } \ item [6b:] Introduce background time serie . \ begin { itemize } \ item [.1] Check background binning. \ item [.2] Apply ...

The oral histories on this Website are the transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews with many who pioneered outer space and the Moon, and with those who continue the excitement of space exploration. ... If available, the Biographical Data Sheet provided background information for the Oral Historian to prepare for the interview. ... Thomas L. Moser Oral History Interviews . April 9 2010 . HTML . PDF 165K . May 27, 2010 . ... PDF 92K . ... Return to JSC Oral History Website . ...

... Powerpoint presentations for FDR (authors in brackets): . ... Requirements [DFB] . Design [XS/DMAW/RCB/EBS/JSY/MF] . ... Electronics block diagrams . Software block diagrams . ... Proposed design changes . Tests [MF] . Tracking tests . Slewing tests . Subsystem tests . Vacuum integrity tests . Conclusions [DFB] . ... Summary of proposed changes . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/FDROverheads) ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... We test Denkmeier's 3-D eyepieces . ... Discovery 's launch will be scheduled for no earlier than February 3 . ... NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery 's launch for no earlier than February 3, 2011, at 1:34 a.m. EST. ... Because of Discovery 's delayed launch, the earliest opportunity for the liftoff of the final scheduled shuttle mission, STS-134 on Endeavour , is April 1, 2011. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... There is no standard procedure for verifying the integrity of FITS data files. ... A simple method for embedding an ASCII coded 32 bit 1's complement checksum within a FITS header (or any ASCII text) is described that is quick to compute and has desirable features such as: the checksum of each FITS file or extension is set to zero; the checksum may be accumulated in any order; and the checksum is easily updated with simple arithmetic. ... The checksum and its complement sum to zero. ...

... A set of memory manipulation and error message routines are also provided in this package. ... Test if a block of memory is accessible. m_alloc . ... flag m_test_access (void *start, uaddr size, flag write) . ... start : The starting address of the memory block. size : The size (in bytes) of the memory block. write : If TRUE a write test is performed in addition to a read test. ... Returns: TRUE if the all requested tests succeeded, else FALSE if any test failed. Multithreading Level: Unsafe . ...

This module provides for user authentication using MD5 Digest Authentication. Status: Experimental . ... Module Identifier: digest_auth_module . Compatibility: Available in Apache 1.3.8 and later. ... If you use this module, you must make sure to not use mod_digest (because they share some of the same configuration directives). ... Note: Digest authentication is more secure than Basic authentication, but only works with supporting browsers. ... Module: mod_auth_digest . ...

... Chapter 4. ... After you have downloaded the file NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg#.run , change to the directory containing the downloaded file, and as the root user run the executable: # cd yourdirectory # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg#.run . The .run file is a self-extracting archive. ... You may also supply command line options to the .run file. Some of the more common options are listed below. Common .run Options . ... Print embedded info about the .run file and exit. --check . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Also what were the results of the human experiments and what do they indicate for the feasibility of future lunar/planetary habitation? ... On 16 June 1994 a crew of eight, four men and four women (including the two authors of the project), were sent to live inside Biosphere 2. ... During the period the oxygen dropped, the Biosphere 2 experiment demonstrated that a human crew could operate well between an oxygen level of 16%-19%. ...

What is Family ASTRO? What is a Family ASTRO site? ... Since 1993, the non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific has been operating a national program, called Project ASTRO?, that improves the teaching of astronomy and physical science in 4-9th grade classrooms, and in youth groups, by linking professional and amateur astronomers with local educators. ... The program materials are also available through the ASP?s web site to anyone who wants to try them (including educators and families). ...

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Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... The building is about 106 ft. long by 26 ft. wide and is divided into two parts: a shop area to the north, 54 ft. long by 26 ft. wide with parapet walls containing the control room, and the observatory area 52 ft. long by 26 ft. wide. ... Shop Wall Counterforts . ... The shop roof is suspended between parapet walls, that is, the walls are higher than the roof, to permit the observatory roof to roll unimpeded over the shop roof. ...