Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Concept Spacecraft . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin September 30, 2011 Posted in: Human Exploration . Gemini Spacecraft: The red and gold spheres in the Equipment Module are propellant tanks and the red cylinder in the nose is the parachute pack. ... Image credit: NASA) . ... Amazingly in 2011, an outfit called Space Operations Inc proposed launching updated Geminis (rebadged as Eclipse spacecraft) for commercial clients! ...

... The Russian Soyuz TMA-7 manned transport spacecraft docked to the International Space Station Orbital Complex. ... The Russian manned transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-7, developed and manufactured by S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, has been launched to the International Space Station from the Launch Pad No.1 of the Baikonur launch site. ... The Soyuz TMA-7 prime and backup crews inspected the transport spacecraft in its launch configuration in the Assembly and Testing Facility. ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Gregory Errol Chamitoff (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: In 1995, Dr. Chamitoff joined Mission Operations at the Johnson Space Center, where worked as a Guidance and Control Flight Controller. ... SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Expedition 17/18 - In 2008, Dr. Chamitoff served as the flight engineer and science officer for a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 17 and 18. ... OCTOBER 2013 . ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Crews . ... Military Space . ... Space Biology And Medicine . ... ISS Main Expedition Four Mission Chronicle: June 2002 . ... Fifth Main Expedition Blasted Off . ... Endeavour Relieves Crew Of ISS . STS-111 Crew Patch . ... ISS Main Expedition Five Mission Chronicle: June 2002 . ... The Best Way To Augment ISS Crew . ... ESA blocked 2/3 of its planned funding for ISS development for 2002-2006. ...

... A Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches the Space Station . ... Credit Copyright: ISS Expedition 11 Crew, NASA Explanation: Last month, a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. ... Pictured above , the approaching Soyuz spacecraft carried the new Expedition 12 crew to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), as well as fee-paying spaceflight participant . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Publications with keywords: sunspot - Sun - magnetic field . ...

... 2005 November 1 . A Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches the Space Station . Credit : ISS Expedition 11 Crew, NASA . Explanation: Last month, a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. ... Pictured above , the approaching Soyuz spacecraft carried the new Expedition 12 crew to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), as well as fee-paying spaceflight participant . ... About APOD | ...

Vega Stamps . International project VEGA was managed by Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 spacecraft were developed by Babakin Space Center and fabricated by Lavochkin Association in Khimki, Moscow region. ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 have been the part of the international fleet to Halley's comet, that also included Giotto mission of European Space Agency (ESA) and Sakigake and Suisei by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan. ... Vega 1 . ...

... In SSAU Professor of the Giessen University Horst Loeb gave lectures, which introduced the . ... In SSAU Professor of the Giessen University Horst Loeb gave lectures, which introduced the concept of sending astronauts to Mars expedition, and also talked about the types of electric rocket engines and the theory of high-frequency ion engines. ... In Samara, Professor Loeb told about a new concept of the flight mission to Mars - on the basis of the use of nuclear electric rocket engines. ...

... A Proposal for an International Atlas of Lunar Exploration Philip J. Stooke Department of Geography University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2 Introduction. ... I propose the creation of an International Atlas of Lunar Exploration to tell this story in cartographic form. ... Many new products would be based primarily on spacecraft images rather than drawn maps, which will also reduce costs and help illustrate the primary data products of the principal lunar missions. ...

NASA - NASA's Top Space Exploration Stories Of The Year http://www.nasa.gov/lb/home/hqnews/2005/dec/HQ_05449_year_in_re.. ... For images and information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight) NASA'S NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT NASA announced plans for its next generation spacecraft and launch system, which will be capable of delivering crew and supplies to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the moon and supporting up to six crewmembers on future missions to Mars. ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Ноябрь 1998 . ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Mars Surveyor 98 Update - November 3, 1998 Привет всем! ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Deep Space 1 Update - November 4, 1998 Привет всем! ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: APOLLO: An Eyewitness Account Привет всем! ...

... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The Sych-2 satellite is being developed as a part of the space optical-range Earth observation system by the State Design Office of Yuzhnoye and built by the Industrial Association Yuzhny Machine Building Plant in cooperation w ith other space industry entities upon the state order of the National Space Agency of Ukraine . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... US state, Canadian province, or country . ... Observing . ... Sky Guide . ... Cygnus en route for Sunday rendezvous with space station . ... Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station. ... Cygnus will rendezvous with the station Sunday on its demonstration mission to deliver 1,300 pounds (590 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the space station's Expedition 37 crew. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this...

... Starting with the first human steps in 1969, six of 11 Apollo missions landed astronauts on the Moon to do a variety of science experiments, which continue today. ... In this episode of Astronomy Behind the Headlines, Dr. Jack Burns, of the University of Colorado's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR), joins us to talk about lunar exploration and some exciting work his team is planning to do from the surface of the Moon. ... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/ . ...

... Р?С?С?С?Р?Р?Р?Р?РеС?Р?С?Р?РеР? ... Launched on February 17, 1996, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission is to be the first of NASA's Discovery missions, a series of small-scale spacecraft designed to proceed from development to flight in under three years for a cost of less than $150 million. ... The ultimate goal of the mission is to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February, 1999, and study the asteroid for approximately one year. ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit†йs . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Les drapeaux des missions Apollo sont encore debout . ... Les images des sites d'alunissage des missions Apollo montrent le mat†йriel laiss†й sur place et les traces de passage des rovers lunaires mais aussi des pas des astronautes. ... Etat du ciel ...

... R2662 Date Received: 2011-Aug-24 12:55:26 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: We propose three days of S-band radar observations of asteroid 1999 JU3, target of Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft mission, which will return samples from this asteroid in 2020. The only opportunity to observe 1999 JU3 with radar prior to arrival by the spacecraft occurs in October, 2011, at a distance of 0.44 AU. ...