This web site can be used in many ways: ...look up one of the 8 summary files below. Each is linked to 3-6 detailed files, telling a more complete story, and those in turn may have other links, including history sections which tell about the related history. ... You can also link here to a self-contained overview of the early history of magnetism...note that links to all files are given in their proper order on the home page, linked here and also at the end of any "Exploration" file. ...

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. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Mars . ... Sky this Week . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Mars mission given green light by NASA to proceed to development . ... NASA announced today that the University of Colorado at Boulder-led mission to Mars to investigate how the planet lost much of its atmosphere eons ago has been approved by the space agency to move into the development stage. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Since the Irkutsk IS radar is based on station "Dnepr", which was not intended for IS measurements, we made a serios effort to modernize this station in order to carry out ionospheric observations. Four main directions of the development of the radar experimental base: . modernization of the radar receiving system; . development of primary processing and measurement control methods; . ...

... Participants . ... At the same time, the combinatorial description of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces and related quantization topics together with the related issues in cluster algebras continue to thrive, including generalizations to algebras of higher rank and investigating the related algebraic structures. ... The workshop will take place at three locations: the Independent University of Moscow (3 days), the Steklov Mathematical Institute (2 days) and the Higher School of Economics (1 day). ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . SEDS is an independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space. SEDS pursues this mission by educating people about the benefits of space, by supporting a network of interested students, by providing an opportunity for members to develop their leadership skills, and inspiring people through our involvement in space-related projects. ... Web . ...

АНОНС НАУЧНЫХ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ 1998-99 гг. ... An AAS Electronic Announcement Dear Colleague: NASA has approved development of a Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) for installation in the HST on the 2002 Servicing Mission. A Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) is being established to ensure that the broad interests of the scientific community are represented in the development of WFC3. The primary task of the SOC will be to advise the HST Project and STScI in all areas of scientific performance of WFC3. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Январь 1998 . ... Дата: 20 января 1998 (1998-01-20) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: STARDUST Mission To Start Spacecraft Assembly Test Привет всем! ... Дата: 20 января 1998 (1998-01-20) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: US Space Program Turns 40 With Anniversary Of Explorer 1 Привет всем! ... Дата: 20 января 1998 (1998-01-20) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: STARDUST Update - January 16, 1998 Привет всем! ...

Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Appointments · Board of Governors · Management Committee The Depar tment of Culture, Ar ts and Leisure is seeking to appoint a Governor to the Board of Governors and two Members to the Management Committee of Armagh Observator y and Planetarium. ... The Depar tment wishes to bring a strong skills mix par ticularly in the area of corporate governance and public accountability to its Ministerial Appointments on all Boards of DCAL's sponsored bodies. ...

... ASRAS HOME . ... For our educational outreach event, we hosted a Boy Scout troop in Ionia (Pix_1), for a sleep over this last spring and were able to make our Portable Radio Telescope (PBT - itty bitty radio telescope ) operational. ... The Solar Radio Telescope project is coming together nicely. ... You may have seen or heard of articles about the ongoing Solar RT project which is a Solar RF Spectrograph to study sunspots, presently being built for the ASRAS astronomy club (site in Ionia, NY). ...

... part 1 | ... The Basic Stages in Earth's Pre-geological Development . ... After fragments of the Vortex sleeves separated, whirlwinds of second and third orders ("NC" - new micro-vortex) were generated- future planet cores and their satellites - all of them developing independently, governed by the common laws of development of cosmogenic vortexes. ... Our planet's core today is comprised of considerably deteriorated cosmogenic vortex; consequently, the Earth has a moderated magnetic field. ...

Cairo, Egypt . Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle East. Although Cairo itself is only about 1,000 years old, parts of the metropolis date back to the time of the Pharaohs. ... In the 19th century, one of the city's rulers, Khedive Ismail (1863-1879), sought to transform Cairo into a European- style city. ... Although a housing crisis has been broadcast by the international news media, it is estimated that Cairo may have a surplus of some 1 million housing units. ...

... In the course of the BURAN orbiter development, suborbital and orbital launches of BOR-4 and BOR-5 flight vehicles have been produced for aerodynamic analysis and working capacity of thermal protection structures verification. ... The flights of the SPIRAL prototype and BOR-4 and BOR-5 flying vehicles have allowed not only to speed up the BURAN orbiter development, but also to justify the choice of the aerodynamic scheme of the orbital stage of the advanced MAKS aerospace system. ... Buran Orbiter ....

... 3 ­ Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, :jeanna@sai.msu.ru The graphic method of the analysis of an arrangement of linear structural elements on geographical and geological maps of continents (A.V.Dolitsky, [1]) has allowed to find out global stress fields of the past and among them one which directions (the main normal and maximal tangents) describe more than 80 % of all linear elements of a relief. ... The found poles share program way on density of an arrangement on 3-4 groups. ...

WPLTN Technical Workshop . ... WPLTN-2012) . ... of the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 . ... Having an opinion that the collocation of various space geodesy measurement technologies has a fundamental role in increasing the accuracy of fundamental and applied positioning, navigation and timing provision, the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 has come to the following conclusions: 2.1. ... Web-page . ... Resolution of the conference WPLTN-2012 . ...

... Speckle polarimeter (previosly known as Multimode Fast Camera MFC) is an instrument which will implement several observational methods of astronomy in visible (BVRI bands): speckle interferometry, polarimetry, speckle polarimetry (including polaroastrometry), and fast photometry. The speckle polarimeter will be installed in one of auxiliary Nasmyth ports of 2.5 m telescope of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. Speckle interferometry. ... Tests of speckle polarimeter at 2.5 m telescope. ...

Belfast is one of the youngest capital cities in the world and it has grown incredibly fast. Today the city has a population of 400,000, neatly a third of the entire population of Northern Ireland, but in the 17th century it was only a village. ... The city is well- known for shipbuilding- it was here that the 'Titanic', was built and sent out her fatal maiden voyage. ... In spite of the years of trouble, there are many cultural and leisure facilities. ...

JOURN ES 2014 SYST MES DE R F RENCE SPATIO-TEMPORELS . ... in ground-based and space astrometry" . ... Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia . ... The Journ es 2014 "Syst mes de r f rence spatio-temporels", with the sub-title "Recent developments and prospects in ground-based and space astrometry" were organized at Pulkovo Observatory from 22 to 24 September 2014. ... These Journ es are included in the program of celebrating of the 175th anniversary of the Pulkovo observatory. ...

The seminar is supported by the grant of Federal Programm "Integration" . annotation of talk . Karnaukhov A.V. (ICB RAS) . Greenhouse catastrophe. ... An analysis of a casual-consecutive model of processes determining the greenhouse catastrophe development is presented. The whole geobiophysical system is considered, which includes atmosphere, hydrosphere, litosphere, biosphere, and noosphere. ... Some possible measures to low the rate of the greenhouse catastrophe are considered. ...

ALEXANDER N. ZAITZEV . SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST . IZMIRAN, Institute of Terestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and . ... space physics, geomagnetic storms, satellite communications, . ... Representative research and development assignments: . ... Western Siberia, as international program "Geomagnetic Meridian . ... Geophysicist, Senior Researcher, IZMIRAN; . ... Head of Polar Geophysical Research Sector, 1994-2000; . ... geophysical phenomena and comparision of satellite data with ground data, . ...