Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 23.06.2008 . ... Credit: STS-124 Shuttle Crew , NASA Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... June 2008 . ... 1997 1998 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS . ... The International Space Station Transits the Sun . ... A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . APOD: 2008 April 1- New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called Dextre the Magnificent . ...

... 2008 June 23 . The International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-124 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. Earlier this month, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included Japan 's Kibo Science Laboratory . ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

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... Armagh Observatory, 24th March 2009: The International Space Station ( ISS ) has recently become the second brightest object in the night sky тАФ even brighter than the planet Venus, and second only to the Moon. Evenings will provide the chance of a spectacular view, if the sky is clear, as for the next few days the orbit of the ISS around the Earth repeatedly takes it over Ireland. ... At its best, it is now the second brightest object in the night sky. ...

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Next: POSTPASSES Up: Tape Management Previous: READBACK TESTS Contents . If a project is being scheduled that uses stations that have only one tape drive, it is necessary to schedule in a gap of about 15 minutes for that tape change to be accomplished. ... For optimized schedules, this can present a bit of a problem, so the input parameter TAPESYNC is provided to try to cause all stations that are near the end of their tape to change when the first reaches the end. ...

... The one year crew. (image credit: NASA/Bill Stafford) . The тАЬOne Year CrewтАЭ has specific objectives to their mission all in a bid to find out if the human body and mind is capable of long missions to an asteroid, back to the Moon or even to Mars in the future. ... On-board the Russian space station Mir four cosmonauts clocked up more than a year in space in the 1980s and 1990s.€а (1942-) has the record for the longest single space flight of 437 days or 14 months in space in 1995. ...

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home publications > mercury . ... Astronomy Beat . ... Nearly four centuries ago, Galileo's simple observations of Earth's planetary sibling, Venus, buoyed the proponents of a Copernican universe. ... The Italian astronomer had settled into a new house in Florence and had begun to observe Venus, which in November 1610 would have appeared as an evening star, bright in the western sky after dusk. ... From these two observations, Galileo inferred that Venus must orbit closer to the Sun than does Earth. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

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With the aim of providing steady development of astronomy and spreading astronomical knowledge the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS) and the Euro-Asian Association of Astronomy Teachers (EAATA) of the EAAS with the assistance of the P.K.Sternberg State Astronomical Institute (in Moscow), Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences (in Niznij Arkhyz) and the Moscow-Regional ... The Coordinating Council forms an IAO jury for the period of holding the current Olympiad. ...

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... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...