of the RadioAstron Teleconference 4 . ... The agenda of the teleconference and the list of participants are attached as an Appendix A to the Minutes. The main intents of the teleconference were to discuss the results of Pushchino tests, to develop actions in order to overcome the problem of aging of 6-cm and 18-cm receivers and to understand situation with NASA support for the project. ... Andreyanov informed the participants about the procedure and main results of Pushchino tests. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Staff list | ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . ... Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... VLBI . ... Square Kilometre Array overview . ... Arch | ... Teacher workshops . ... In Korea, the Korean VLBI Network started open-use observations. Furthermore, the joint VLBI array, KVN and VERA array (KaVA), started open-use observations. ...

... 2016 February 16 . Star Forming Region S106 . ... Explanation: Massive star IRS 4 is beginning to spread its wings. Born only about 100,000 years ago, material streaming out from this newborn star has formed the nebula dubbed Sharpless 2-106 Nebula (S106), featured here . ... S106 gas near IRS 4 acts as an emission nebula as it emits light after being ionized , while dust far from IRS 4 reflects light from the central star and so acts as a reflection nebula . ... About APOD | ...

... Up: Archives and Information Services . ... It is performing astronomical observations at wavelengths from 2.4-240 microns with four instruments; a camera (2.5-18 microns), a photometer (2.5-240 microns), a short-wavelength spectrometer (2.4-45.2 microns) and a long-wavelength spectrometer (43-197 microns). ... The ISO post-mission archive (PMA) is being designed to fully exploit this legacy by providing access to the data across the Internet. ... For each observation the user specifies: . ...

Bruce Garrett joined the Institute as a Software Systems Engineer in the Engineering and Software Services Division/ Support Services Team on January 3, 2000. ... Joy Hale assumed the position of Senior Systems Administrator in the Computing and Information Services Division on January 3, 2000. ... Stefi Baum assumed the position of Head, Engineering and Software Services in the Engineering and Software Services Division on January 3, 2000. ... Submitted: 3/22/2000) ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Telescopes . ... The time requests are accepted in an electronic version with on-line form in Russian or English. ... Unregistered request will be disregarded by the Large Telescopes Programm Committee. In exclusive cases the secreatry of the Committee is entitled to accept an observational time request given permission of the Chairman of the Committee or the director of the SAO RAS. The Program Committee considers generally one time request submitted by the principal applicant. ...

... First announcement . Second announcement . ... Astronomy in Ukraine Past, Present, and Future (MAO-2014) . ... The Conference devoted to the 70th anniversary . ... Pre-registration for the conference is terminated. The second announcement will be released on the 1st of March. Those who have filled out the pre-registration form will be asked to continue with the registration. Those who register for the first time, will be offered a full registration form. ...

... Rosetta Over Mars . ... Panels on ESA's Rosetta spacecraft appear in the foreground of this intriguing image of Mars recorded on February 25 at a range of about 1,000 kilometers. ... Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 2170 . ... Visible above are red glowing emission nebulas of hydrogen, blue reflection nebulas of dust, dark absorption nebulas of dust, and the stars that formed from them. ... APOD: 2007 February 24- X rays and the Eagle Nebula . ... APOD: 2007 February 23- Dust and the Helix Nebula . ...