... 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 English as a foreign language...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

... Цвет: фиолетовый . Коллекция: Осень-зима 2015/2016 . Материал верха: нейлон, спилок . ... Материал подошвы: резина . ... Пол: Мужской . Кроссовки Umbro. ... Материал: нейлон, спилок. Сезон: Осень-зима 2015/2016. ... Исследование причин нескольких крупнейших в истории авиации катастроф помогли сделать современные авиаперелеты самым безопасным способом передвижения. ... Цвет: серый . Коллекция: Весна-лето 2016 . ... Пол: Женский . ... Сезон: Весна-лето 2016. ... Цвет: розовый . ...

... Korolev, Moscow area. On February 28, 2006 RSC Energia hosted the training sessions of Brazilian citizen Marcos Pontes under the training program for the participant in space flight to the International space station (ISS) within 10th Visiting Crew. ... President of RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev, General Designer N.N. Sevastiyanov congratulated M. Pontes on his birthday during the joint training sessions presenting wrist-watch and memorable gold medal of the Corporation. ...

... 2000 July 13 . LP 944-20: A Failed Star Flares . ... Explanation: The tiny spot circled on the right actually represents a big astronomical discovery -- the first detected flare from a failed star. Failed stars, termed brown dwarfs in astronomers' parlance , are too low in mass to ignite nuclear hydrogen burning in their cores, yet still shine feebly as the energy from their gravitational collapse is converted to heat and light. ... How did a failed star produced such a high-energy flare ? ...

Next: The Sociology of Astronomical Publication Using ADS and ADAMS . ... The approach followed in designing the ADS system is offered as a paradigm for building flexible networked information and discovery systems. ... The design behind the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) bibliographic databases was mainly dictated by the desire for a powerful and discipline-oriented system featuring sophisticated search capabilities. ...

... International Astronomy Olympiad 2002 . ... The 7th International Astronomy Olympiad will be held on October 22-29, 2002 at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS) in North Caucasus. ... Authorized National Representative Astronomy Organizations (ANRAO) of the participating countries are authorized to form the teams of the Olympiad member-states. ... VII IAO . ... Information about the International Astronomy Olympiad 2003 will be known in the late 2002. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... News . ... Sky this Month . ... space flight . ... Imaging Basics . ... New repairs and additional imaging begin on space shuttle Discovery . ... Space shuttle Discovery remains inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where technicians today are starting repairs on three support beams, called stringers, on the outside of the shuttle's external tank. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

Modules | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 . ... This document describes what a Multi-Processing Module is and how they are used by the Apache HTTP Server. ... Choosing an MPM . MPM Defaults . The Apache HTTP Server is designed to be a powerful and flexible web server that can work on a very wide variety of platforms in a range of different environments. ... At the user level, MPMs appear much like other Apache modules. ... mpm_winnt . ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Newsletter : January 2015 : International Space Science Institute . ... Тема: Newsletter : January 2015 : International Space Science Institute . ... January 2015 . ... Space Science Series of ISSI . ... teaching on different topics of space science and technology, featuring lectures . ... www.issibern.ch/newsletter/january_2015.html . ... If you prefer not to receive future email from the International Space Science . ... International Space Science Institute . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Pulsars . ... Stars ? ... The array was designed to detect compact radio sources such as these by virtue of the fact that they would scintillate (twinkle) when observed from the Earth through the interplanetary medium ? ... One of Antony Hewish?s research students, Jocelyn Bell, was set the task of operating the telescope and inspecting the daily charts for the kind deflections in the trace which occurred when a scintillating source passed over the array. ...

Joshua Tusin, Director of Public Relations for JYI , sent us the following description of the journal. ... Feature Editors . ... Inquire with the Director of Public Relations, Joshua Tusin, by e-mailing him at: tusin@jyi.org . The Journal of Young Investigators ( JYI , www.jyi.org) is an on-line science journal dedicated to publishing excellent undergraduate research papers and feature-type science articles covering all fields of science. ... Journal of Young Investigators (http://www.jyi.org) . ...

astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...