... 2005 August 16 . The International Space Station from Orbit . Credit: STS-114 Crew , NASA . Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth . Late last month and earlier this month, the station was visited and resupplied by space shuttle Discovery . ... After departing the ISS, the crew of Discovery captured this spectacular vista of the orbiting space city . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

... 4.06.2008 . ... Credit: J rgen Michelberger Explanation: Bathed in sunlight, the International Space Station (ISS) arced through the evening sky above the town of Lauffen in southern Germany on May 31st. The timing of the bright passage was about 10 minutes after the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-124 mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the southeastern US. ... June 2008 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - international space station - space shuttle Discovery . ...

... Each IYA Discovery Guide includes: . ... The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public. ... The Night Sky Network's International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Discovery Guides are supported and sponsored by the NASA Forums and missions listed below: . Space Telescope Science Institute's Origins Education Forum . ... NASA Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe . ...

... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared spectroscopy has been obtained for 15 carbon-rich protoplanetary nebulae (PPNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and for two other such stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Of these 17 PPNe, the unidentified 21 ѕ®m feature is strong in 7 spectra, weak in 2 spectra, and very weak or questionable in 4 spectra. ... The remaining two objects show typical carbon-rich PPNe spectra with no 21 ѕ®m features. ...

... Written by Govert Schilling and Lars Lindberg Christensen . ... The International Astronomical Union's movie celebrating the 400th anniversary of the telescope. ... Produced by ESA/Hubble (the same team as behind the widely distributed movie Hubble 15 Years of Discovery) . ... ESA s anniversary DVD film Hubble 15 years of discovery covers all aspects of the Hubble Space Telescope project a journey through the history, the troubled early life and the ultimate scientific successes of Hubble. ...

... Pre-university education . ... On March 16 a meeting with Raymond Murphy - the author of the world famous series of English grammar textbooks: English Grammar in Use and Essential Grammar in Use took place in Samara State Aerospace University within the framework of the conference Peculiarities of grammatical skills formation in various stages of English language teaching (Innovative Approaches to ELT). ... The textbook of Raymond Murphy is a practical guide to learning Engl