... February 15, 1996 . NEAR to an Asteroid . Credit: NASA , JPL , Galileo Project . Explanation: Excitement mounts as NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft nears launch - currently scheduled for 3:53 ET on February 16. ... For comparison, above is an image of the limb of asteroid Ida made by the Galileo spacecraft from a distance of about 1,500 miles, the highest resolution image of an asteroid surface - so far. ... Do asteroids ever strike the Earth? ... About APOD | ...

... In such cases the old bad pixel tables were used. ... 1 XMM­Newton CCF Release XMM­ CCF ­REL­61 Page: 2 4 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE List of Blocks changed CAL VERSION XSCS flag EPN BADPIX 0021 2000 ­06­11T03:00:00 BADPIX YES ( post facto ) EPN BADPIX 0022 2000 ­06­29T02:49:00 BADPIX YES ( post facto ) EPN BADPIX 0023 2000 ­07­03T12:00:00 BADPIX YES ( post facto ) EPN ...

... RSC Energy General Designer . ... The possibility of continuing the exploitation of the complex in the conditions of the inevitable obsolescence and depreciation of the on-board equipment providing the achievement of the necessary level of safety has been one of the most important and always controlled problems during all the term of exploitation of the complex Mir. ... The technical condition of the complex Mir gives the opportunity to continue its exploitation in a piloted mode till 2002 and more....

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... 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. ...

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... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... February : 2016 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 February 2016 to 28 February 2016 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . February 03, 2016 geomagnetic disturbances . ... February 08, 2016 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... February 16, 2016 geomagnetic disturbances 2 February 2016 - 28 February 2016 . ... Probability of a magnetic storm . ... Probability of a strong magnetic storm . ...