... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

... The purpose of the meeting was to review the current status of project development and to discuss working plan for international cooperation on the stage of preparation to the launch. 22 foreign specialists participated in the meeting representing Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA. ... To define personal content of proposed working groups and to develop plan of their activity for 2003 year (15 November 2002, chairmen of working groups). ...

... TAKO (``Timeline Assembler, Keyword Oriented'', or in Japanese, ``octopus'') is our in-progress suite of software that takes database input and produces mission timelines. ... The three main factors to consider are calculated quantities (i.e., unchangeable facts of the situation), derived quantities (soft constraints, ratings of good and bad events, and politics), and capacity constraints (such as time and telemetry). ... And, TAKO is modular by design, to allow for use with different missions. ...

... More information about Moscow can be found at http://wikitravel.org/en/Moscow Transfers Between the Airport & Town Sheremetyevo-2 Airport (SVO) (transportation page) Bus City transitions are serviced by municipal buses (851) from Sheremetyevo-2 airport to metro station Rechnoy Vokzal leaving every 15-20 minutes. ... Without traffic jams it takes about 30-40 min to get to metro station. ... Then from metro station Rechnoy Vokzal it takes about 30 minutes to get to the center by subway. ... Metro maps...

... International workshop “The Europa Lander: science goals and experiments” is organized by the Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences, on February 9-13, 2009, in Moscow, Russia. The workshop will last 5 days including the days of arrival/departure and some sightseeing events, and focus on the scientific goals and technical aspects of the project, key issues of Europa science with the special emphasis on astrobiology and requirements to scientific instruments. ...

... XLIV International Mathematics Olympiad, Tokyo (Japan), July. XXXIV International Physics Olympiad, .. ... XXXV International Chemistry Olympiad, .. ... XV International Informatics Olympiad, .. ... XIV International Biology Olympiad, Minsk (Belarus), July (?) VIII International Astronomy Olympiad, Stockholm (Sweden), October. ... XI Olympiad "Tuymaada" (matematics, physics, chemistry, informatics), Yakutsk (Siberia, Russia), July. ... of the VIII International Astronomy Olympiad (2003), . ...

New evidence for a Dark Galaxy FOR RELEASE: Thursday January 12, 2006 9:20 AM EST New evidence that VIRGOHI 21, a mysterious cloud of hydrogen in the Virgo Cluster 50 million light-years from the Earth, is a Dark Galaxy was presented today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D. C. by an international team led by astronomers from the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory and from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. ...

... Resources . ... The ASP's Role . ... The ASP is devoted to the improvement of science education and literacy through engagement in astronomy, and has made this a primary mission of the organization. ... The ASP invites you to join with us to offer formal and informal educators, amateur astronomers and all those with a passion for astronomy the resources and materials necessary to take full advantage of the International Year of Astronomy and the opportunities for the future that the year represents....

Comment on the International Jubilee Symposium . ... The usefulness of the Internet as a method of holding international meetings without the expense of travel is also clear, but this new medium is not yet well established in this role. ... How can we move on with international cooperation in the World Wide Web era? I would like to suggest that NASA's Planetary Data System is a good model. ... At the same time, much might be done with older images, by scanning prints to create new digital files. ...

... The necessity of simultaneous access to one communication channel by many users, e.g., in satellite communication systems or cellular telephony, has led to the development of the corresponding standards: FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) and TDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access). ... There is a number of ideas for chaotic signal applications in multiple-access systems, but as a rule, chaotic signals are used there only as efficient and versatile means of quasi-noise signal formation. ...

Captain of a crew of the space station is sure that 13 years for it is not an age. On Saturday an international expedition consisting of Russian Viktor Afanasiev, French Jean-Pierre Eniere and Slovak Ivan Bella set off from launching pad Baikonur to the space station Mir. ... The station is set in order. ... As a captain of maybe the last crew of the station Mir, what do you think about the planned sinking of the station? ... The International Space Station (ISS) will begin working not very soon. ...

... Radiation mechanisms of astrophysical objects: classics today . ... From the Airport you can get to the nearest metro station "Moskovskaya" by bus: . City bus: The city bus No. 39 stop is in front of the Arrivals hall exit. The bus runs between the Terminal and Moskovskaya metro station every 12-20 minutes from 5.30 a.m. till 01.30 a.m. The trip takes 30-35 minutes. ... The trip to the very center of Saint-Petersburg costs typically 1 1.5 thousand rubles. ... Travel to Saint-Petersburg . ...

... Forum . ... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: US-Russian Relations and the International Space Station . ... Subject: US-Russian Relations and the International Space Station . ... Title: US-Russian Relations and the International Space Station . ... www.linkedin.com/e/v2?e=k3uge-hth996mn-6...r&anetID=1947305 . ... Board Categories MAO main - Info - MAO - news - Flame Technical - Technical Support(Forum)(пўпµя…пїпѕпґпґпµяЂп¶пєп°(п¤пѕяЂяѓпј)) . ... Powered by Kunena Forum . ... MAO NASU . ...

... Then in 1959 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration asked the United States military services to list their members who met specific qualifications. The search was underway for pilots for the exciting new manned space flight program. In seeking its first space pilots, NASA emphasized jet aircraft flight experience and engineering training, and it tailored physical stature requirements to the small cabin space available in the Mercury capsule then being designed. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Swedish Space Corporation s (SSC) PRISMA and French Space Agency s (CNES) PICARD satellites have been delivered to the Yasny launch base. ... Concurrently with the preparation of the launch from the Yasny launch base, ISC Kosmotras carries out TanDEM-X launch campaign at Baikonur cosmodrome. ... Dnepr LV . ...

The International Linear Collider is a proposed future international particle accelerator. It would create high-energy particle collisions between electrons and positrons to explore the nature of space, time, matter, and energy. The ILC will be designed, funded, managed and operated as an international scientific project. The Oregon group works with the American Linear Collider Physics Group and the World Wide Study . ... University of Oregon Experimental High Energy Physics . ...

ESAC Calibration management What does that mean ? ... 14 June 2006 Marcus G. F. Kirsch Marcus Kirsch , XMM-Newton European Space Astronomy Center Page 1 menu · X-ray calibration in the last century · Can we do better · Calibration management · Committee for X-ray calibration · Calibration mission scenario ESAC Marcus Kirsch , XMM-Newton European Space Astronomy Center Page 2 ...

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... In less then one day "Mir" station will finish its flight. ... Besides, the operability of motion control systems will be tested to ensure further dynamic operation at the final stage of "Mir" complex. ... The final third burn is given in daily orbit 2 using the "ProgressM1-5" 8 control engines and its main engine with the trust of 300 rg/s. Thus, to peform deorbit maneuver the OC"MIr" real-time tested manuevers involving control engines and their combination with the main engine are used. ...