Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 28.06.1997 . ... Credit: The Viking Project , NASA Explanation: "Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic "The Gods of Mars" . In Burroughs' novels describing Carter's adventures on Mars, "Barsoom" is the local name for the red planet. ... This dramatic picture of a crescent Mars was taken by NASA's Viking 2 spacecraft in 1976. ... June . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. June 28, 1997 . Barsoom . Credit: The Viking Project , NASA . Explanation: "Yes, I have been to Barsoom again ..." begins John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1913 science fiction classic "The Gods of Mars" . ... This dramatic picture of a crescent Mars was taken by NASA's Viking 2 spacecraft in 1976. ... About APOD > . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... January . ... Posted on January 21, 2011 | No Comments Don Pollacco, a research astronomer at Queens University Belfast, came to Armagh Planetarium to give a fascinating talk on exoplanets in January 2011. ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments Armagh Planetarium kicked off 2011 in style with some amazing astronomy-based events in association with the€а BBC. ... Posted on December 20, 2010 | ...

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): . ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

Next: Mission Element Points-of-Contact . Previous: Mission Operations Data Transfer . ... Each mission element should ensure that their contact information remains current and notify the RSOG of any changes. ... Non-RSOG mission elements will also use the "dit" list to notify the RSOG (and all other mission elements) of unexpected events that may impact operations elsewhere, e.g., if a tracking station discovers that the spacecraft is in an unexpected configuration. ...

Four spacecraft: INTERBALL Tail probe (IB_TAIL), MAGION 5 (IB_MAG5), POLAR(NASA/ISAS), GEOTAIL (NASA) are considered. ... Orbital ASCII files | ... four spacecraft . ... INTERBALL . ... ASCII files . ... NASA) . ... NASA, ISAS) . ... The four spacecraft . ... INTERBALL mission | ...

... In the present case this can take values `MEAN' or `MEDIAN'. ... The average of each attitude component (ie RA, dec and apos) is calculated as either the mean or the median (depending on the value of withmedianpnt ) of all the successful values. attsource =`atthk': in this case the time samples are obtained from the atthk file ( atthkset ), therefore are expected to be uniform; however the averages of these values have already been calculated and are present as keywords. ...

... Baikonur launch site, branch office of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . At 22:37:09 Moscow Time a space logistics spacecraft Progress M-02M was launched from the Baikonur launch site. The objective of the launch is to provide support needed for continuing the flight of the International Space Station (ISS) in accordance with the Russian commitments under the ISS project, as well as to continue developmental testing of the logistic spacecraft of the new series. ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

... There is a search machine which is valuable if you have a problem which can be described in terms of a few key words. The technical forums will also describe new facilities as they are brought on-line. CA-forum - compact array technical issues . ... The Narrabri Compact Array documentation . ... Search tool ----- This only covers the epping web site. ... 04-Apr-1997 M.J.L. Kesteven (mkesteve@atnf.csiro.au) . ...

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... SSAU scientists, specialists and students were engaged in creation of new scientific equipment for the new satellite for about two years. ... It will participate in the first launch campaign from the space-launch complex Vostochniy. ... The first launch from Vostochniy will perform the Samara carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1a , which will orbit another device created by SSAU scientists and students - nanosatellite SamSat-218 , as well as the university spacecraft Mikhail Lomonosov (Moscow State University)....

Call For Participation 5 International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space IWPSS-06 October 22nd-25th, 2006 Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, MD. ... From Software to Space Science Planning and Scheduling (P&S) technologies add value to space missions by reducing costs, increasing returns, and enabling new types of science. ... What P&S technologies are incorporated into the mission? ... We welcome papers that offer insight into these and other planning and scheduling challenges. ...

... Other Interests . ... Climbing . ... For a taste of the UK climbing community, check this site out: http://www.ukclimbing.com/ . Society of Physics Students . ... 2010 Marshall Scholars . I awarded a 2010 Marshall Scholarship that currently funds my PhD study at the University of Cambridge. ... While it's usually a solitary pursuit, I've also taken part in a few 10K races and one half-marathon. ... St John's College Fun Run, Cambridge 10K, May 2012 . ... Cambridge Half-Marathon , March 2013 . ...

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... SHTOL ' Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian AS, Nizhnij Arkhyz 357147, Russia The investigation of such a phenomenon as the magnetic field variability at long times (years - decennials) is very interesting. If the explanation of the magnetic field variability with rotation period by the oblique rotator model is evident, then the reason of the long-period variability is not clear yet, despite the existence of some assumptions on its nature. ... Fig.2. ... 213 Fig.3. ...

... Posts tagged ?Model Selection? ... Posted by hlee . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Bayesian , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Frequentist , Jargon , Methods , Quotes , Stat | ... From page 103 of Bayesian Model Selection and Model Averaging by L. Wasserman (2000) Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 44, pp.92-107 Continue reading ?[ ... Today?s arxiv-stat email included papers by Poetscher and Leeb, who have been working on post model selection inference. ... ArXiv] Post Model Selection, Nov. ...

dfos = Data Flow Operations System, the common tool set for DFO . ... DFOS tool . level1 (main) tool, called from the command line . calling ... level 2 (helper) tool, called from a level1 tool . ... This workflow is not supported anymore by the QC operational model XXLight. ... These steps are called per data package (RUN_ID). process step . ... workflow step . ... calling .. DFOS tools: overview . ... DFS . ... Workflow tools . ... DFS : tool developed and maintained by DFS . ...

Observations of the "Face on Mars" and similar features by the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera . ... For example, using the latest Mars Digital Image Mosaic and the U. S. Geological Survey control network, the aforementioned "Pyramid" is located at 40.67 N, 9.62W. Using the Viking spacecraft tracking and engineering telemetry, the position is 40.71 N, 9.99 W. The difference, 0.04 deg latitude and 0.37 deg longitude, represents nearly 17 km on the ground, or 7X the size of the Pyramid. ...