Astronomy Picture of the Day . Spirit Rover at Engineering Flats on Mars . ... Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA Explanation: Is it art? ... The picture created was mostly unintentional -- the MERS team was primarily instructing Spirit to investigate rocks in and around Hank's Hollow in a location called Engineering Flats on Mars. ... Publications with keywords: Spirit rover - Mars . Publications with words: Spirit rover - Mars . ... Victoria Crater on Mars . ...

... 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) . ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on August 10, 2012 | ... Continue Reading.. ... Posted on July 31, 2012 | ... No Comments Perhaps you havenтАЩt noticed but new Astronotes posts have been a little short on the ground of late.IтАЩd love to be able to say that this was because I was [ ] . ... Newer Entries . ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... Circumstellar disc of beta Pictoris: constraints on grain properties from polarization. To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics . abs , src , ps ] . ... Dust influx to Titan from Hyperion . ... abs ] . ... Characteristics of bulges and disks in interacting galaxies . ... Dust grains around Herbig Ae/Be stars: porous, cometary-like grains? ... To appear in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement . ... Finally, Links may lead you to more options (e.g. via the LANL preprint system). ...

Mariner 2 . Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft, was launched August 27, 1962. It reached Venus on December 14, 1962, after a 108-day journey from Earth. ... The Mariner 2 mission was authorized by NASA in August 1961, less than a year before the first launch window. ... Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft, was launched August 27, 1962, and passed 34,916 kilometers (21,648 miles) from Venus on December 14, 1962. ... Space History . ...

... Meetings . ... List of all meetings from first one and up to present. Agenda of the session: eng version . ... Agenda of the meeting: eng version . Summary of the meeting: eng version . ... List of RISC members . ... List of participants . ... Agenda of the meeting: eng / rus version . ... Formal minutes: eng version . ... Lists of participants: eng / rus version . Formal minutes: eng / rus version . ... Agenda of the meeting & List of participants . ... Agenda of RISC's meeting . ...