... An Ion Drive for Deep Space 1 . ... Credit: New Millennium Program , JPL , NASA Explanation: Space travel entered the age of the ion drive in 1998 with the launch of Deep Space 1 , a NASA mission designed primarily to test new technologies. ... Deep Space 1 successfully zoomed past asteroid 9969 Braille in July 1999 and then Comet Borrelly in September 2001, then obtaining the most detailed photograph ever taken of a comet nucleus. ... July . ... Publications with keywords: Deep Space 1 - ion drive ...

... 2003 July 20 . An Ion Drive for Deep Space 1 . Credit: New Millennium Program , JPL , NASA . Explanation: Space travel entered the age of the ion drive in 1998 with the launch of Deep Space 1 , a NASA mission designed primarily to test new technologies. Although the ion drive on Deep Space 1 provided acceleration much smaller than we feel toward Earth , it gradually gave the spacecraft the speed it needed to travel across our Solar System . ... About APOD | ...

... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Chapter 3: Designing NICMOS Observations > 3.1 Overview of Design Process . ... In the preceding chapters, we provided an overview of the scientific capabilities of NICMOS and the basic layout and operation of the instrument. Subsequent chapters will provide detailed information about the performance and operation of the instrument. ... Please refer to the detailed accounts given in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 . ...

... The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... The spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through December 7, 1966. ... The two separate lens, shutter, and platen systems utilized the same film supply and recorded imagery simultaneously in adjacent areas on 70-millimeter film. ...

Lunar Orbiter 2 . ... The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... The spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through December 7, 1966. ... The two separate lens, shutter, and platen systems utilized the same film supply and recorded imagery simultaneously in adjacent areas on 70-millimeter film. ...

... NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS NEW EVIDENCE FOR WATER ICE ON MERCURY . ... The new data indicate the water ice in Mercury's polar regions, if spread over an area the size of Washington, D.C., would be more than 2 miles thick," said David Lawrence, a MESSENGER participating scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., and lead author of one of three papers describing the findings. ... Water ice concentrations are derived from the hydrogen measurements. ...

ATNF ATUC MEMORANDUM To: ATUC From: Jessica Chapman Date: 6 June 2005 Subject National Facility Report 1. ... TAC deadlines Following ATUC comments, to shorten the time interval between proposal submissions and notification of TAC outcomes, the deadlines for telescope applications have been moved by two weeks, from June 1 and Dec 1, to June 15 and Dec 15 respectively. ... ATNF outreach and education Teachers Workshops Two successful workshops for teachers were held recently by ATNF. ...

... ESO Science Newsletter December 2015 . 17 Dec 2015 . ... This newsletter is a summary of recent ESO Science Announcement items. Follow the links or visit ESO Science Announcements to read more. ... Read more . ... The allocation of ESO telescope time for Period 97 (1 April БЂ“ 30 September 2016) is expected to be emailed in the week beginning 21 December 2015. ... ESO Workshop, ESO Headquarters, Garching, Germany, 27 June БЂ“ 1 July, 2016 . ... Joint ESO, ALMA, NAOJ, NRAO Workshop. ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

... 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. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

Планета Земля и Луна . ... Космическая защита . Луна . Фотографии . ... Строение Луны . ... Страница: Начало одиссеи , Экспедиции , Море Кризисов , "Аполлон-8" , "Аполлон-9" , "Аполлон-10" , "Аполлон - 11" , E-8 "Луноход" , Испытания Л-1 , Луноход - 1,2 , КА "Луна 1-24" , КА "Луна-9" , Луна от КА СССР ; . Луна - наш космический спутник . ... Снимки Луны от аппаратов серии Луна и Зонд (СССР) . Фотографии космических аппаратов серии "Луна" (также Луноходы) и "Зонд" - СССР . ... Зонд 3 . ...

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... The ST-ECF consisted, until its closure in December 2010, of a small group of astronomers, software scientists and media specialists who support Hubble science in Europe and collaborate internationally on HST science, instrument, archive and outreach activities. provided detailed technical information about the HST and its science instruments, . supported European astronomers in the preparation of HST observing proposals . ... acted as a European centre for associated meetings and workshops, . ...

... Table of Contents - Index - PS reprint - PDF reprint . ... All RXTE telemetry will be archived in a hierarchical database consisting entirely of FITS Binary Tables. We describe an interactive tool, the XTE Data Finder (XDF). ... Our basic design contains a three level hierarchy: Master Index, Subsystem Index, and Data Table. ... The Master Index acts as an observation catalog with references to Subsystem Indices, while the latter contain configuration information and references to the Data Tables. ...

... 1] G.A. Soli, H.B. Garrett and E.R. Fossum, "CMOS Charged Particle Spectrometers", IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci., vol. 43, pp.1516-1520, June 1996. ... Sci., vol. 40, pp.1442-1449, December 1993. 3] R.H. Nixon, S.E. Kemeny, B. Pain, C.O. Staller and E.R. Fossum, "256X256 CMOS Active Pixel Sensor Camera-on-a-Chip", IEEE J. Solid State Circ., vol. 31, pp.2046-2050, December 1996. ... Sci., vol.17, p.197, 1970. ... Sci., vol. 37, pp.1696-1702, December 1990. ... Sci., vol. 43, pp.614-627, April 1996. ...

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... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...