Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Space Flight . ... This is a recent (November 2011) NASA diagram summing up the past, present and future (plus a might have been) of US rocketry. €аThe rockets are arranged from left to right in order of size. ... It is towards the larger end we find the most familiar vehicles in the shapes of the Shuttle (NASA?s recently retired Space Transportation System ) and Saturn 5 (still the most capable US launch vehicle to actually fly). ...

... After the 2nd World War, the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made two groups in Moscow responsible for catalogues of variable stars. ... Presently, the variable-star catalogue groups still exist within the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Elena Kazarovets (variable stars in open clusters, Peremennye Zvezdy journal, GCVS) . ... Nataliya N. Kireeva (variable stars, globular clusters, GCVS) . ...

... ACTIVE GALAXIES NEWSLETTER Dear all, In the following e-mail message I will send the first edition of the Active Galaxies Newsletter. This newsletter has been formed following the success of similar publications such as the Star Formation Newsletter and AGB Newsletter. ... Also thanks to Bo Reipurth for his LaTex macros. ... Following the first edition of the newsletter will follow the LaTeX template for abstract submissions. It is VERY simple and requires no knowledge of LaTeX to fill out. ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... The REMOT project objective is to develop and validate a generic approach to allow remote control of scientific experiments and facilities that require real time operation and multimedia information feedback. ... Introduction As a response to the increasing need for remote control of large scientific in­ stallations, the REMOT (Remote Experiment MOnitoring and conTrol) project was initiated in 1995. ...

A life dedicated to Olympiads. Waldemar Gorzkowski, the President of the International Physics Olympiad, passed away on 15 th of July 2007 in Isfahan, Iran, at the 38 th International Physics Olympiad. ... Waldemar's contribution in IAO is not well-known. ... The idea of leadership of the National Science Societies (like Astronomy Societies for IAO or Physics Societies for IPhO) in the National Olympiads and formation of the teams was highly approved by Waldemar. ... IAO Chairman. ...

... Paper analyses Russian view of its involvement into international space cooperation and associated Western concerns. ... a) as a global market of space products and services, or . ... Nowadays, when the Russian rocket and space industry suffers from the end of the Cold War and transition from plan to market economy, Russia counts to benefit from offering its capabilities at the global space market. ... A principal offer of Russia to a global market is a space launch capability. ...