The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... Up: Science Software Applications . ... It has extensions for creating GUI (Tk) and object-oriented ([incr tcl]) applications. Several Tcl-based tools that may be used for astronomical and other scientific applications have been created and are discussed. One example is ptcl , which registers PGPLOT functions as Tcl commands, creating a powerful interactive plotting package. ... Both programs use the same C code, Tcl commands, and [incr tcl] classes; only the GUIs are different. ...

Motif and X-Windows . The applications described in this section are some of the many applications available. ... A DECterm session can be created by choosing the DECterm submenu item the Session Manager's Application menu or by using the CREATE/TERMINAL command at the system prompt. ... The CDA Viewer application displays the contents of compound documents consisting of graphics, images, and text. ... Ghostview is an application that displays PostScript documents using ghostscript. ... DECterm . ...

... IR-Light Emitters & Detectors . Russian High Technologies . ... Infrared detectors and light emitters are key components that are used for applications including radiometry, guidance, gas analysis, medicine etc. ... Devices are operating in spectral range of 1.0-5.0 um and have high efficiency. ... Light Emitters . ... Spectral response of PRX 27.. ... Applications . ... Among the features there are high speed response, high efficiency, wide temperature range. ... IR-Light Emitters and Detectors | ...

... Often it is convenient to edit one visibility dataset (``the template''), and then to apply the flagging from this to another. For example, forming and flagging a ``channel-0'' dataset might be less painful than flagging a huge spectral line dataset. ... The task that can do these sorts of operations if uvaflag - it matches visibilities in the template and the input, and flags those visibilities in the input that are flagged in the template. ... Dataset to be flagged. tvis=multi.chan0 . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Vela Supernova Remnant in Visible Light . ... 13.02.2007 . ... February 2007 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day . Publications with keywords: Vela - supernova remnant . Publications with words: Vela - supernova remnant . ... Keplers Supernova Remnant in X Rays . ... Supernova Remnant N132D in X Rays . ... X-ray Hot Supernova Remnant in the SMC . Supernova Remnant In M82 . ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.4 > Virtual Hosts . ... IP-based virtual hosting is a method to apply different directives based on the IP address and port a request is received on. ... As the term IP-based indicates, the server must have a different IP address/port combination for each IP-based virtual host . ... In the terminology of Apache HTTP Server, using a single IP address but multiple TCP ports, is also IP-based virtual hosting. ...

... Posts tagged ?model based? ... arXiv:stat.ME:0910.2585] . Variable Selection and Updating In Model-Based Discriminant Analysis for High Dimensional Data with Food Authenticity Applications . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Jargon , Methods , Spectral , Stat | ... Tags: bimodality , chi-square minimization , Classification , CMD , Estimation , machine learning , massive data , model based , PCA , spectral analysis , spectroscopic , survey , VO . ...

... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium . and Users Meeting . on September 20-23, 2016. ... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting on September 20-23, 2016. ... Year book "Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2016" on-line . ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 103907, Russia . ... Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology . ... 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia. ... 1999, Vol. ... In this report, we discuss an approach to construction of information searching systems based on dynamic chaos and intended to operate in computer networks, local area or Internet. Also we discuss an application of this technology to the problems of searching for information in unstructured text databases with natural-language requests. ...

Next: CCD Scientific Performance Up: CCD Operation Previous: CCD Operation . A visible light photon releases only one electron-hole pair, and consequently many photons must be collected in each pixel for a measurable signal to be produced. ... This use as an imaging X-ray spectrometer requires that no more than one photon is incident on each pixel in any image frame, which imposes a requirement that image collection times be limited to ~seconds for typical astronomical applications. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Dnepr LV (a converted SS-18 ICBM) with THEOS SC aboard was successfully launched from Yasny Launch Base several minutes ago. ... A new fuelling station and clean room 2 were used during the THEOS launch campaign at Yasny Launch Base. ... ISC Kosmotras' stock of orders contains signed contracts for five more launches scheduled for up to 2011 both from Baikonur Cosmodrome and Yasny Launch Base. ... 01.10.2008 . ... Dnepr Program...

... 2002 September 6 . HESS Gamma-Ray Telescope . Credit: The HESS Collaboration . Explanation: Most ground-based telescopes with lenses and mirrors are hindered by the Earth's nurturing, protective atmosphere that blurs images and scatters and absorbs light. ... As the gamma rays impact the upper atmosphere they produce air showers of high-energy particles. ... About APOD | ...

... Dr. Denis Bulaev . ... Talks . ... Invited Talks . Anomalous spin relaxation in nanotubes (in Russian) . ITP Seminar , Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS , Moscow, Russia, September 6, 2007. Spin qubits based on quantum dots in III-V semiconductors and graphene (in Russian) . ... Spin properties of electrons and holes in quantum dots (in Russian) . ... Electric dipole spin resonance and spin decoherence for heavy holes in quantum dots . ... Spin qubits in graphene quantum dots . ...

Nuffield Research Placements offer up to 1000 funded places a year, so that students across the UK can get an insight into the world of scientific research. The Nuffield Foundation offers bursaries to first year post-16 science students in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, helping students to take part in science based projects, lasting 4-6 weeks, in universities, industry or research institutions during the summer holidays. ... 2012 James Murphy : (pdf) . ... 2007 Emma Riley: (ppt) . ...

The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016. ... Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... work email . ... Please briefly describe your background and your experiences in astronomy (if different). Describe experiences you have working with schools or explaining astronomy to students and/or the public. ... What grade level(s) do you prefer to work with (check all that apply) . ... either work or home . ...

... Northern Eurasian GOFC/GOLD Fire Network Workshop in support of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative ( NEESPI ) . Satellite-based fire monitoring network in Northern Eurasia: Methods, Data Products, Applications . ... Operational systems of fire monitoring and fire situation in Northern Eurasia (Issues of system building and functioning, fire situation, available data and problems) . ... Marchenko N., Landscape-ecology methods for forest fires monitoring in Northern Eurasia. ...