... 16.08.2005 . ... Credit: STS-114 Crew , NASA Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth . Late last month and earlier this month, the station was visited and resupplied by space shuttle Discovery . ... After departing the ISS, the crew of Discovery captured this spectacular vista of the orbiting space city . ... August 2005 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - space shuttle . Publications with words: ISS - space shuttle . ...

Space Development: Theory and Practice 2005 . ... During the conference the participants had an exclusive opportunity to visit such Russian enterprises associated with Space industry as Scientific and Production Association “Zvezda”, which designs and produces helmets, spacesuits and emergency evacuation systems for aviation; Khrunichev Space center which is one of the world’s leaders in launch vehicle and spacecraft development ; Rocket and ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), a national research center operated by SRI International, USRA and UMET, under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). ... As the site of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, the Observatory is recognized as one of the most important national centers for research in radio astronomy, planetary radar and terrestrial aeronomy. ...

... MAO main . ... International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics -- Call for applications . ... Тема: International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics -- Call for applications . Call for applications - please forward to potential students *** Dear Colleague, The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics (IMPRS) in Garching/Munich (Bavaria, Germany) is soliciting applications for its PhD program. ... International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics . ...

Large-scale wave processes in space plasma. ... G.V.Lizunov, O.P. Verkhoglyadova, and K.I. Churyumov, Plasma- beam instabilities in comatary ionospheres, Russian Astronomical Journ. ... Verkhoglyadova, O.P., V.V. Grimalsky, Propagation of ion- sound solitons in unhomogeneous plasma, Ukrainian Phys. Journ., ... Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Ivchenko, V.N., Plasma regime identification technique using magnetospheric satellite measurements, Space Sci. and Technology, 4 (5/6), 18-27 (1998) (in Ukrainian). ...

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... After the 2nd World War, the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made two groups in Moscow responsible for catalogues of variable stars. ... Presently, the variable-star catalogue groups still exist within the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Elena Kazarovets (variable stars in open clusters, Peremennye Zvezdy journal, GCVS) . ... Nataliya N. Kireeva (variable stars, globular clusters, GCVS) . ...

... Roger Brissenden . ... All Science Groups . ... 2011 Member, SOFIA Operations Optimization Review Team . 2011 Member, NSF Committee of Visitors (COV) for the Division of Astronomical Sciences . ... 2008 Member, North American ALMA Science Center Manager search committee . ... 2007 Member, Science Working Group, NASA Ares 5 Heavy Lift Capability Assessment . ... 2006-2008 Member, SOFIA Science Management and Operations Review Board . ... 2002-2003 Member, CfA Computation Committee Review Team . ...

... Classes . ... gTime Class Reference . This class implements time calculations. ... gTime (double ai_jDays=0) . ... gTime (const gTime &timeSrc) . ... Set the time value of the time object to the julian day of year, day. ... operator= (const gTime &timeSrc) . ... Returns the time GMT value in Julian days. ... Returns the time_t value of the gTime Object. ... Returns a gTime object setted with the actual machine time. ... gTime Object assigned with real machine time. double gTime::getGmtTm . ...