Mapping Mars . ... Credit Copyright: Malin Space Science Systems , MGS , JPL , NASA Explanation: This month, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft began its primary mission to the red planet. Orbiting about once every two hours at an altitude of over 200 miles, instruments onboard MGS now regularly explore the Martian surface and atmosphere. ... Water-ice clouds can be seen hovering over the surface while the north polar cap is visible at the top of each image. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

Filename completion is only available if the the environment variables EDITOR and/or VISUAL are set to either emacs , gmacs or vi . For example: EDITOR=emacs . ... To complete a file or directory name with emacs or gmacs set press the ESC key twice. ls -l on<ESC><ESC> line_help . If the filename is not completed enter more characters until the filename can be uniquely identified. ... To complete a file or directory name with vi set press the \ (backward slash) key. ls -l on\ line_help . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 2, 1997 . A Complete Aurora . ... U. Iowa ), Polar , VIS , NASA . Explanation : Aurora frequently make complete rings around a pole of the Earth. ... A complete aurora l oval is normally hard to photograph because part of it usually occurs over a brightly sunlit portion of the Earth. ... About APOD > . ... NASA Technical Rep.: ...

... LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 18, 2004 . ... LWN.net FAQ . ... This article is part of the LWN Porting Drivers to 2.6 series . Completions are a simple synchronization mechanism that is preferable to sleeping and waking up in some situations. ... When your driver begins some process whose completion must be waited for, it's simply a matter of passing your completion event to wait_for_completion() : . ... void complete(struct completion *comp); void complete_all(struct completion *comp); . ...

Since the days of Sputnik and Explorer 1, thousands of spacecraft have gone into space, some of them carrying human passengers. The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... in orbit. ... Manned satellites include various " space stations " intended for long-term residence. ...

... A small yet powerful planning and scheduling toolkit has been built for the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite ( SWAS ) Small Explorer spacecraft. ... The simple design, minimal resource requirements and easy extensibility of the SWAS planning and scheduling toolkit should make it useful for other space astronomy missions. ... The relatively severe time and manpower constraints for the development of the SWAS Planning and Scheduling toolkit have forced it to remain small and simple. ...

August 24, 2004 - Dr. Harold McNamara, Professor of Astronomy at Brigham Young University, has retired as Managing Editor of the ASP's Conference Series. Associate Editor Dr. J. Ward Moody, also a Professor of Astronomy at BYU, has been named Interim Managing Editor. In 1968, Dr. McNamara became Editor of the refereed journal Publications of the ASP (PASP). ... Interim Managing Editor J. Ward Moody received his PhD in astronomy from the University of Michigan in 1986. ...

... As long as you have completed the prerequisites, feel free to start on something new while still working on others. Prerequisite: None . Estimated time to complete: By the end of third day . ... Estimated time to complete: By the end of week two . Prerequisite: Editor skills from "Getting set up and ready" . Estimated time to complete: By the end of week three. ... Estimated time to complete: By the end of week one . ... Estimated time to complete: By the end of week four. ...

... The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... Any manned mission faces the problem of safe return to Earth, which requires getting rid of the huge amount of energy associated with orbital motion. A spacecraft in low Earth orbit moves at about 24 times the velocity of sound. ...

Typing ESC U causes the Common Output Area to be overlaid by a Unix shell window or, if the Unix shell is already present, causes the window to be popped down. The shell used is /bin/csh . ... Behind the scenes' Hermes will remain active, but because all typing goes into the shell, user communication with Hermes is not possible. ... Typing CTRL-X E causes the user to be prompted for the name of a file to be edited by a text editor which will overlay the whole terminal screen. ...

... The commands in the internal command buffer may also be edited. On Unix systems MIDAS comes (since the 94NOV release) with two different line-editors: TermWindows (the one developed at ESO) and readline (which is from the GNU project). ... To edit a MIDAS command, type the command number preceded by a dot (period) or followed by a dot. ... So if you repeat or edit a certain command via its MIDAS command--number at least once in 15 command inputs, this command will always be kept in the buffer. ...

... Other works : Blood N'Guts ( scenario not complete and for DOOM ), Gotcha ( 1 level for registered DOOM , not complete ), ruicont1.wad and more UD . DOOM version : DOOM2 v. 1.666 (required for demo) Map number : Map 28 , The Spirit World Skill levels : Implemented ( skill 4 and 1 don't have a big difference ) Single player : Of course it has ! ... Misc. level info : This level is NOT YET COMPLETE ! ... AUTHOR'S MAY NOT USE THIS LEVEL AS A BASE FOR THEIR OWN LEVELS . ...

I-GALFA Survey Coverage Complete . ... The upper figure shows positions in equatorial coordinates: right ascension and declination, which are like extensions of the Earth's longitude and latitude coordinates on the sky. The lower figure shows positions in Galactic longitude and latitude, where Galactic latitude = 0 is the Galactic equator, or the plane of the Milky Way, and the center of the Galaxy lies in the Galactic plane in the direction where the Galactic longitude = 0. ... I-GALFA Main | ...

... Twenty Years in Space: The Hubble Space Telescope’s Greatest Achievements . Robert Naeye, Editor in Chief of Sky Telescope magazine . ... Join ATMoB member and Sky Telescope editor Robert Naeye as he describes some of Hubble’s most significant contributions to human understanding of our amazing universe. ATMoB member Robert Naeye is Editor in Chief of Sky Telescope, the world’s most respected and influential popular astronomy magazine. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Facilities and equipment . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Contacts . ... The scientists of Samara State Aerospace University have completed dynamic tests of the first Russian university nanosatellite SamSat-218D created by SSAU students. ... It has already passed the whole set of tests and transferred to the Rocket and Space Centre Progress . ... The whole test cycle of the nanosatellite SamSat-218D (Module Contact-Nanosatellite") will be completed in July. ...

Galileo Crosses Boundary Into Jupiter's Environment . NASA's Galileo spacecraft radioed confirmation late this week that it has entered Jupiter's environment, crossing over the boundary from interplanetary space into the giant magnetic cocoon around Jupiter called the magnetosphere. ... On Thursday, December 7, Galileo's previously deployed atmospheric probe will plunge into Jupiter's cloud tops at 5:56 p.m. EST and descend into the giant planet on a parachute. ... Space History Galileo . ...

The following are useful tcsh completions I use, which should mostly be fairly standard for any unix platform, so you can just drop them into place. # directories complete cd 'C/*/d/' complete rmdir 'C/*/d/' complete lsd 'C/*/d/' # signal names # also note that the initial - can be created with the first completion # but without appending a space (note the extra slash with no # append character specified) ...

... Divide into 4 Groups and 8 Teams per Group. Each Team selects a Team Leader Complete Initial Questionnaire Mark Bailey ( Armagh Observatory ) Welcome and Opening Remarks Robert Walsh (University of Central Lancashire) Living with a Star Questions All Groups ( Planets , Galaxies , Astronomers , Spacecraft) leave Reid Hall, collect refreshments, and cross road to Observatory / Planetarium site Planets and Galaxies Groups go to ... Each Team must nominate a `Team Leader'. ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... the International Space Station . The Russian Soyuz TMA-4 manned transport spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) Orbital Complex. ... P. Semenov, Technical Director of Russian Manned Space Programs, General Designer of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences), as well as representatives of the Russian enterprises and organizations participating in the implementation of the ISS program. ...