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... StelScriptMgr Class Reference . ... const QStringљ . ... Stops any running script. ... If the file is not found or cannot be opened for some reason, an Empty string will be returned. const QString StelScriptMgr::getDescription . ... If the file is not found or cannot be opened for some reason, an Empty string will be returned. const QString StelScriptMgr::getLicense . ... Get the rate at which the script is running as a multiple of the normal execution rate. void StelScriptMgr::pauseScript . ...

... Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev . ... When the Salyut 7 space station failed in 1985, he worked on the rescue mission team, developing procedures for docking with the uncontrolled station and repairing the station's on-board system. ... Krikalev flew on STS-88 Endeavour (December 4-15, 1998), the first International Space Station assembly mission. ... In completing his sixth space flight, Krikalev logged a total of 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes in space, including eight EVA's. OCTOBER 2005 ...

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T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... Jupiter without its Southern Equatorial Belt . The Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) started to fade during the latter part of 2009 and completely disappeared around May of 2010. It is believed that bright ammonia clouds obscure the dark belt at irregular intervals. The SEB previously vanished in 2007. The belt returned around November 2010. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

. General Information . Media Files . Participants . Timetable . Local Information . Photos . Back to the album list . Previous . Next Click the image to view it in fullsize. Previous . Next . From Turkic "nart sane" is translated as "bogatyr's water". Old Caucasian legend says that a long time ago there was a pillar by the spring with words on it: "Stranger, stand and bow. The water gives a strength to young, returns health to elder and beauty and love to women." .

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Blog . ... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . Book Store . Bad Astro Store . ... Site Info . ... I just came back from "Superman Returns", the long-awaited sequel, kinda, of the Superman movie series of the 1980s. The movie was OK; I would say it was fun and all but hardly the equal of the original with Christopher Reeve. ... So let's find the nearest phone booth so we can go up, up, and review! ... My review of "Superman Returns" . ... Check out my book "Bad Astronomy" . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... Soyuz TMA spacecraft being a modification of Soyuz spacecraft for operation in the frame of the ISS Project were developed by S.P. Korolev RSC Energia staff in cooperation with the subcontractors of the Russian rocket and space industry, and have been flying since November 2002. ... P. Semenov, Technical Director of Russian Manned Space Programs, General Designer of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, V.V.Tsibliev, Head of RGNII of Yu. ... www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss10/res.html , . ...

... Educational programs (Russian) . ... Pre-university education . ... Samara State Aerospace University Education Admission Admission procedure . ... The scan copy of documents confirming your previous education (secondary school/high school certificate, master or bachelor degree diploma): original legalized (by Russian Federation embassy) version and translated into Russian language. ... Students having passed the exams should sign the contract at the International department until August,7 . ...

... This Announcement contains detailed information on organizational items, scientific and cultural program of Odessa session GMIC-99. ... 8.00- 23.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa"(Arcadia region, GAGARIN plateau, 5). ... 8.00- 13.00 Registration of participants in the hall of Tour-complex "Odessa". 10.00-12.00 Program Committee session and press conference dedicated to GMIC-99 (Odessa Scientists' House). ... 9.00- 11.00 Plenary session. ... 13.00- 14.00 Lunch. ...

Lesson Plan #36B http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lsun1litB.htm . ... Hadley's original ideas, and the way the Coriolis force may explain westerly winds at middle latitudes and easterly ones closer to the equator. Actual world climate has additional complications. ... This lesson plan supplements #S1-B Global Climate, Global Wind Flow . ... Hadley in 1735 guessed that warm air rises near the equator, flows poleward in higher layers, then descends and returns near the ground. ...

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Next: NICMOS/HST H-band (F160W) Images Up: NICMOS Science Previous: HST NICMOS Observations of . ... Observations of P . ... The NICMOS team has devised a comprehensive program of observations of the Galactic Center. ... Data in hand give a first look at variability and a detailed look at the search for the tip of the main sequence will be discussed where NICMOS has demonstrated adequate sensitivity and photometric precision to identify likely O8-B1 stars at the Galactic Center. ...

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... ISC Kosmotras . ... Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Being the 8th commercial launch for Dnepr, this is also its first 'return to flight' mission since the failure encountered on July 27, 2006 during liftoff from Baikonur. In parallel with the successful completion of its first launch campaign in 2007, ISC Kosmotras continues preparations for the next two Dnepr launch missions scheduled to fly from Baikonur and Yasny launch bases. ... Dnepr Program . ...

... Monday 3, 17:35 Concert of chamber music by the Kazan State Chamber Orchestra ?La Primavera? after the opening of the conference and before reception. Wednesday 5, 15:00-18:00 Excursion to Kazan Kremlin. ... The Local Organizing Committee in Kazan has proposed organizing an excursion to the ancient city of Bulghar , 130 km down the Volga River, just south of where the Volga joins with it's main tributary, the Kama, and widens considerably . ... Agriculturers palace on Palace square in Kazan . ...