... Even though the DoD would ultimately select senior Air Force officials, US Navy oceanographers and Air Weather Service officers as shuttle payload specialists, MSEs would be the first personnel from an American military programme to go into space. ... One Air Force officer, Maj. ... Jacobson was concerned about shuttle launch delays and wanted the MSEs to understand that his mission, i.e., the launch of national security payloads, dwarfed their mission, flights in space by Air Force personnel. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . ... The solar regions . ... The description of the solar regions . ... The small sunspot with symmetrical penumbra crossed the Sun disc since 20.11 to 30.11.02, along the equator. ... The fine bipolar sunspots crossed the Sun disc since 24.11 to 3.12.02, along the mid latitudes of the Northern hemisphere. ... The insignificant sunspots were observed at the mid latitudes of the Northern hemisphere since 7.12 to 12.12.02, in the Eastern part of the Sun disc. ...

... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Yasny launch base is located in Orenburg Region, Russia. ... Admin & Hotel Complex including hotels, dining facilities and office premises; . Assembly, Integration and Test Building (AITB) incorporating clean room facilities and fueling station; . ... Yasny launch base AITB is divided into four main areas: Clean room 1 (CR1), Clean room 2 (CR2), Fueling Station and Offloading & Storage Area. ...