... Approaching the International Space Station . ... Earlier this month the crew of the US Space Shuttle Endeavor took in this view as they approached the developing International Space Station (ISS). ... From top left to bottom right are the lovely but distant galaxies M61, NGC 4449, NGC 4725, NGC 5068, NGC 5247, and NGC 5775/5774. ... Last Thursday, Space Shuttle Endeavor lifted off on course for the latest round of building the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit around Earth. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on July 18, 2013 | ... Continue Reading.. Posted on May 23, 2013 | No Comments On 4 May 2013 astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn left the warmth and atmosphere of the International Space Station to repair a leak of ammonia coolant from the ISS. ... Posted on December 10, 2012 | ... Many people play an instrument, are part of a band or enjoying listening to their favourite song on the radio [ ] . ...

... 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 . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 April 15 . A New Truss for the International Space Station . Credit: STS-110 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is being fitted with a backbone . During the present visit of Space Shuttle Atlantis , astronauts are installing a huge truss on the growing space outpost. ... About APOD | ...

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... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . ... Flights Chronology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... News . ... Upon a two-day free flight Russian cargo transport vehicle Progress М-15М docked to the International Space Station (ISS). ... The Flight Director is First Deputy General Designer of RSC Energia V.A. Soloviev. ... Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . ... The Sun is one of hundreds of billions of stars that make up a magnificent grouping of stars we call the Milky Way galaxy. ... The other stars are so far away, however, that even at this speed, light from the next nearest star takes 4.3 years to reach us. ... The Ancient Universe - The Age of the Expanding Universe - The Age of the Oldest Stars - The Age of Light From Distant Galaxies - The Age of the Chemical Elements | ...

... Active Galactic Nuclei in nearby galaxies: a new view of the origin of the radio-loud radio-quiet dichotomy? Abstract . ... A SNAPSHOT Survey of the Local Interstellar Medium: New NUV Observations of Stars with Archived FUV Observations . ... Simulations of a nearby dwarf galaxy, a nearby giant galaxy and a distant giant galaxy; note that the last is similar in angular size to the dwarf, but has a much smoother brightness distribution (simulations from Ned Wright's ABC of distances . ...

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Minding the Gaps Joseph Lazio (NRL) G. Taylor (UNM), N. Kassim (NRL), D. Wilner (CfA) Minding the Gap Protoplanetary Disks · Protoplanetary disks are expected to be dynamic. Planetary formation ­ Planetary migration · Planets and protoplanetary disks are a major theme in nextgeneration instruments ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ALMA ELT JWST TPF/Darwin .. ... Outlier Station Science Closing the u-v Gap · LWA station locations will be about 50­100 km from the EVLA. ... Outlier station is the next step. ...

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... Telescopes . ... The International Conference "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (June 20-24, 2016) . ... The International Conference "Stars: from collapse to collapse" (October 3-7, 2016) . The traditional annual competition conference of scientific and scientific-engineering papers of the Observatory staff members . ... A session of the Dissertation Council (October 16, 2015) . ... International scientific conference "Large Optical Telescopes" (October, 10-13, 2011) . ...

... 2000 April 4 . A Superwind from the Cigar Galaxy . Credit: FOCAS , Subaru 8.3-m Telescope , NAOJ . Explanation: What's lighting up the Cigar Galaxy? ... The filaments extend for over 10,000 light year s. The 12-million light-year distant Cigar Galaxy is the brightest galaxy in the sky in infrared light, and can be seen in visible light with a small telescope towards the constellation of Ursa Major . ... About APOD | ...

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... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... Ciel Espace, nouvelle formule, c'est . des actualit†йs . des reportages . des interviews, des portraits . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Atlantis a d†йcoll†й vers la station internationale . ... Elle doit rejoindre la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) pour une mission de 12 jours . ...

A new Advanced Instruments and Engineering Facility will be established on Mt Stromlo, establishing new capability for precision optics manufacture and an expanded research and development program. ... ANU has signed an agreement with commercial aerospace partner Auspace to rebuild the Near-infrared Integral-Field Spectrograph, (NIFS) for the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii. ... This first Australian instrument for the Gemini telescopes is of enormous importance to Australian science and Stromlo staff. ...