Russian Military Space Activity . r The experts in space and rocketry field as well as ones interested in the Russian cosmonautics know quite a well The Military Aspects of the Soviet Cosmonautics book by Maxim Tarasenko published in 1992. This book still is an unique independent Russian research in the military space programs' field. ... Instead, as a result of the author's many years efforts, The Russian Military Space Activities book manuscript was practically finished early in 1999. ...

To see a Russian version of this page, click here . ... Graduated from Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Physics in 1976. Ph.D. degree - 1988, MSU. Main field of scientific activities: photometric investigations of various stars, close binary stellar systems and other astronomical objects, including research with use of fast photoelectric photometry with a high time resolution till 1 millisecond. ... New portable photometer . ... Send your mail to: tem@sai.msu.ru ...

. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and tracks left by its driving appear in this portion of a December 11, 2013, observation by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

Some comments on the direction of p olarization in the coronal green line O.G. Badalyan Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, 142092 Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia Received: December 31, 2001 Abstract. ... The direction of polarization in the green line turns out to be tangential, i.e., the same as in the white-light corona, virtually everywhere except in the bright equatorial regions. ... Direction of p olarization in the green line 3.1. ...

... Steven L. Smith . NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency . ... SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Distinguished Service Medals (two), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and IBM Outstanding Community Service Award. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. ... DECEMBER 2013 ...

... Noctis Labyrinthus (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Gale Crater (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Crater in Isidis region (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Meridiani Planum Crater (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Northern Meridiani (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Cerebus Fossae (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ... Dust dunes (Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) . ...