... Stars and Planets ? A project in Astronomy . ... During the first few months of 2001 year, students at our teacher training institutes (six in St. Petersburg, ten in Amsterdam, three in Stockholm and one student in Vietnam) have been working together in an international project in Astronomy. ... In this paper, we report on the project. ... While studying their topics, students in each country had regular contact with their tutor (at least once a week during the ten-week period of the project). ...

. 1. Raguzova N.V. 3-year graduate student. Evolution of close binaries, Be-stars with relativistic companion on different stages. 2. Lipunova G.V. 1-year post-graduate student. 3. Drozdova Dasha. 5-year undergraduate student. 4. Bichkov Andrey. 5-year undergraduate student. 5. Abubekerov Marat 4-year undergraduate student

In 1950 Jan Oort noticed that . no comet has been observed with an orbit that indicates that it came from interstellar space, . ... From this he proposed that comets reside in a vast cloud at the outer reaches of the solar system. ... Unfortunately, since the individual comets are so small and at such large distances, we have no direct evidence about the Oort Cloud. ... Its orbit is intermediate between the Kuiper Belt and what was previously thought to be the inner part of the Oort Cloud. ...

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... As the outcome of the meeting we expect some identification of joint research projects which would benefit Glasgow-Pulkovo collaboration and FP-7 "RadioSun" staff exchange scheme. Where : The workshop will be hosted at Pulkovo Observatory, Saint Petersburg. When : August 11-15, 2014 . ... This is the format of the workshop we had for Glasgow-Meudon collaboration ) We anticipate that each speaker will have 45 mins, which includes 30 mins to present material and 15 minutes for questions. ...

... Dear teachers and guests of our site, if you are interested in the work of our teachers (foreign language teachers in particular) you may contact us through Internet. ... The teachers not only use computers for presentation of the new material, but also organize the system of checking students' knowledge. ... Every grade organizes a firm, chooses the activity, approves of the staff of the firm. ... The students also plan expenditure on scientific and research activities and advertisement. ...

... James S. Voss (Colonel, USA, Ret.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1987, Voss completed a one-year training and evaluation program in August 1988, which qualified him for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flights. ... As a member of the second crew to live on ISS, Voss served aboard the space station for a total of 163 days and returned to earth with the STS-105 crew on August 22, 2001. ... OCTOBER 2005 ...

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