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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2015 December 20 . A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite . Image Credit: ISS, Expedition 31 Crew , NASA . ... The rarely imaged phenomenon is known as a red sprite and it can be seen , albeit faintly, just over the bright area on the image right. ... Free APOD Lectures: Editor to Speak in January in Philadelphia and New York City . ... About APOD | ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... Posted on June 2, 2015 | ... Continue Reading.. Posted on December 19, 2014 | ... Posted on October 30, 2014 | ... Posted on May 9, 2014 | ... Posted on November 19, 2013 | ... Posted on July 22, 2013 | ... Posted on May 10, 2013 | ... Posted on March 26, 2013 | ... 3 Comments In February 2013, the asteroid 2012 DA14 flew past the Earth closer than many of the EarthтАЩs geo-stationary satellites. ...

FIFTEENTH CREW REQUIRED RESOURCES TWELFTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW IMAGE . ... EXPEDITION FIFTEEN (ISS-15) . ... Launch: . On April 7, 2007 at 21:31:14 Moscow time (17:31:14 UTC) Russian manned transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-10 was launched by the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle. ... Soyuz TMA Flight Engineer . ... ISS Flight Engineer 1, . ... NASA, USA . ... NASA (USA) astronaut Sunita Williams was delivered onboard the ISS by Shuttle Orbiter (Flight 12A.1) and returned to Earth by Shuttle (Flight 13A). ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

Images by Rob McNaught from ~20km west of Siding Spring Observatory . Copyright 2011 Robert H. McNaught . Canon 5D, 50mm f/1.4, 20sec exposure ISO 400. ... Canon 5D, 135mm f/2.0, 20sec exposure ISO 400. ... ANU 2.3-m at far left. Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) on horizon to left of comet and ANU 0.6-m to the immediate right of the comet. ... ANU/Uni of Arizona/NASA/Robert H. McNaught . Uppsala Schmidt/Siding Spring Survey. ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... Ever since the launch of the first Sputnik in 1957, space exploration has advanced on two fronts, manned and unmanned . ... The magnetosphere , the region dominated by the Earth's magnetic field. ... It includes a quick overview of the relevant physical sciences--magnetism, ions and electrons, plasmas etc.--and also includes tidbits of history, accessible by a "history button" at the ends of many sections. ... Close-up of the Aurora. ... History Button . ... Exploration" home page (index) Glossary ....

... Click here to go to index) . Ever since the launch of the first Sputnik in 1957, space exploration has advanced on two fronts, manned and unmanned . ... It includes: . The magnetosphere , the region dominated by the Earth's magnetic field. ... It includes a quick overview of the relevant physical sciences--magnetism, ions and electrons, plasmas etc.--and also includes tidbits of history, accessible by a "history button" at the ends of many sections. ... Electrons, Ions and Plasmas. ...

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... Asteroid 4179 . ... The vast majority of asteroids, and all the planets, spin about a single axis, like a football thrown in a perfect spiral, but Toutatis tumbles like a flubbed pass," said Dr. Scott Hudson of Washington State University. ... This image shows the shape and non-principal-axis spin state of asteroid 4179 Toutatis rendered at a particular instant. ... This image shows the non-principal-axis spin state of asteroid 4179 Toutatis at one-day intervals (from left to right, top to bottom). ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... A small spacecraft Aist-2D , developed by the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) and the experts of the Rocket and Space Centre Progress will see from outer space what is hidden under the thick top of trees and below the Earth's surface. The radar equipment was installed on Aist-2D , which was delivered to the space launcher complex Vostochniy on January 22. ... Tomography of the Earth's ionosphere will also be carried out. ...

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National Science Foundation Registration of Radio Astronomy Stations Tomas Gergely National Science Foundation 4th School in Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy JAO, Santiago de Chile April 10, 2014 1 National Science Foundation Allocations · · · · · An Allocation (to RA or any other service) in the International/National Table Does NOT Provide Protection from Interference by Itself (except, possibly, for those bands covered by RR 5.340- All emissions prohibited.. ...

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... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The Sych-2 satellite is being developed as a part of the space optical-range Earth observation system by the State Design Office of Yuzhnoye and built by the Industrial Association Yuzhny Machine Building Plant in cooperation w ith other space industry entities upon the state order of the National Space Agency of Ukraine . ...

... The space station Mir is the most complex and unique vehicle of the twentieth century. ... It is in proposing to UNESCO the procedure of giving to the space station Mir a status of the object of the World cultural heritage of the mankind as a very valuable unique object of the technical culture of the 20th century, and realization of the special project of its preservation. ... Proactive organization work to get in UNESCO the status of the object of the World cultural heritage for the station Mir; ....

Asteroid 2005 YU55 was listed on NASA's "Sentry Risk Page" as having as small (about one in 10 million) chance of hitting the Earth in the next century. We observed this asteroid with the Arecibo Planetary Radar system on April 19-23 2010. ... We obtained radar images of asteroid 2005 YU55 at 11 PM local time on 2011 Nov 9 using the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar System in Puerto Rico and the Robert W. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. ... Last modified 2011 November 14 . ...