... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

... The metallicity distribution of disk F stars in different age ranges: the left column for the sample of stars within 80 pc around the Sun; the right column for the restored complete sample at the solar galactocentric distance with allowance made for the radial metallicity gradient. The numbers indicate the age ranges expressed in billions of years. ... next figure . ...

... The catalog contains SAO number; the right ascension and declination with a B1950.0 equinox and epoch; annual proper motion and its standard deviation, photographic and visual magnitudes; spectral type; references to sources; the Durchmusterung (DM) identifier if the star is listed in the Bonner DM (BD), Cordoba DM (CD), or Cape Photographic DM (CP); component identification; The Henry Draper (Extension) (HD or HDE) number; and J2000 positions and proper motions. ...

. MASTER Robotic Net. The number - is clear night numbers . MASTER-Net light curve

... Survival implies active, expedient actions to be undertaken in order to preserve a life, health and work capacity under conditions of unfavorable factors of the environment at a site of forced (emergency) landing. Taking into account the probability of emergency landings, cosmonauts are trained for their actions at the forced landing site in various climatic and geographical zones. ... space . 48 hours . 6000 USD . ... 8000 USD . ... general . ... on request . ... Desert / Mountains . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . Top Management Founder of ISC Kosmotras - Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev News . ... Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Founder of ISC Kosmotras, Member of the Board . ... Peaceful and rational use of RS-20 ICBMs after their withdrawal from service with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has been in the main focus of Dr. Andreev s attention since early 1990s. Dr. Andreev is one of the founders of an international cooperation program and process called the Dnepr Program . ... Dnepr Program . ...

... In 1998, the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) formed a special Commission for the struggle against falsification of scientific research. ... Misconception #1: G.I.Shipov has succeeded in generalizing Einstein’s General Relativity Theory. ... A.E.Akimov and G.I.Shipov do not have any of these degrees. ... The point is that these are two different Academies; and frauds-sciolists A.E.Akimov and G.I.Shipov are nowise connected with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Russian) . ...