... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2015 June 3 . Flyby Image of Saturn's Sponge Moon Hyperion . Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SSI . ... To better investigate, NASA and ESA sent the Saturn-orbiting robotic spacecraft Cassini zooming past Saturn 's moon Hyperion , once again, earlier this week. ... Retrospective: All Previous June 3 APODs . ... About APOD | ...

... Flyby Image of Saturns Sponge Moon Hyperion . ... 3.06.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SSI Explanation: Why does this moon look like a sponge? To better investigate, NASA and ESA sent the Saturn-orbiting robotic spacecraft Cassini zooming past Saturn 's moon Hyperion , once again, earlier this week. ... Cassini is on track for another flyby of Saturn's Dione in about two weeks. ... Publications with keywords: Saturn . ... Cassini Approaches Saturn . Neon Saturn . ...

. NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Hyperion August 25, 2011. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

... Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 103907, Russia. ... Proceedings of International Seminar on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Moscow, Russia, June 16-18, 1992 , vol.1, pp. ... The principles of information processing (storing information, associative memory, image recognition) in nonlinear systems with dynamic chaos are studied. The use of complex dynamic regimes in solving certain information problems is shown advantageous with respect to the methods based on simple dynamics. ...

Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . ... The Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... This experiment consisted of a dual-lens camera system designed to satisfy the primary mission objective of providing photogaphic information for mapping and for the evaluation of Apollo and Surveyor landing sites. ...

Lunar Orbiter 4 . Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . ... The Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... This experiment consisted of a dual-lens camera system designed to satisfy the primary mission objective of providing photogaphic information for mapping and for the evaluation of Apollo and Surveyor landing sites. ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . ... V.A. Pilipenko (IKI) . ... Professor T. Owen (Hawaii University, USA) . ... I.V. Khalzov (RRC Kurchatov Institute) . ... Abstract . ... June , 28 (Wednesday) . Supriya Chakrabarti (Director of Center for Space Physics Boston University, USA ) . ... Professor K. Papadopulos; Professor, Academic R.Z. Sagdeev; Professor C.S. Liu and others ( Maryland University, USA ) . ... Professor Mike Gruntman ( University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA ) . ...

Image credit: Michael Nolan, Arecibo Observatory. These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2001 SN263 were obtained on 2008 Feb 12 and 13. ... Image from Feb 12 . ... First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory . ... was discovered this week by astronomers at the sensitive radar telescope at Cornell University?s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ... For example, Arecibo has discovered more than half of the near-Earth binary asteroid systems discovered since 1999. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... Posted on September 2, 2011 | 127 Comments The Lunar Module was an iconic spacecraft which carried two-man crews to and from the MoonтАЩs surface during NASAтАЩs Apollo Program of the 1960s and тАШ70s.€а Along with the Saturn [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... No Comments This portrait of the Earth and Moon together in space was taken on 26 August by NASAтАЩs Juno spacecraft which is currently en route for Jupiter. ...

... LAND LAUNCH . ... April 27 - May 24, 2009 . Prelaunch processing of Block DM-SLB ?3L within the Zenit-3SLB ILV. May 19-30, 2009 . ... May 31 - June 5, 2009 . ... June 5-11, 2009 . ... State Committee accepted a decision on the Zenit-3SLB ILV roll-out to LC for ILV further processing for the MEASAT-За SC launch. ... At 1:50, Moscow time (on June 21, 2009 at 21:50 UTC) the launch of the Zenit-3SLB ILV with the MEASAT-За spacecraft was performed. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

STScI . ... What is STScI . ... Hubble Heritage Project . ... Research . Research Staff Directory . Journal Clubs and Research Groups . Colloquia . ... Hubble Fellowships . ... Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Engineering Technology Colloquia . ... Operates the science program for the Hubble Space Telescope and will conduct the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope and supports other astronomy programs and conducts world-class scientific research. ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Posts tagged ?GLAST? ... Category: Astro , gamma-ray , High-Energy , News , Optical , X-ray | ... Posted by chasc . ... and intends to post status reports and related information on it. ... This week, instead of only filtering AstroStatistics related papers from arxiv, I chose additional arxiv/astro-ph papers related to CHASC folks? astrophysical projects. ... Category: arXiv | ...

Space Scientific and Education project of Lomonosov Moscow State University "MSU-250" is timed to its 250-th annversary. ... Scientific program is directed to the studies of the space physics problems. It includes development and launch of two supersmall satellites intended mainly to the studies of the radiation conditions in the near-Earth space. ... The conference "University Satellites and Space Science Education" (UNIVERSAT-2006) was held in Moscow on June 26-30, 2006. ...

Main Program Travel Where to go in Moscow Information . ... Monday 28.04.2014 is the last day when LOC can help you to arrange an official invitation letter for business visa if you concern about this type of visa to enter Russia. ... After this dead line it will only be possible to make a tourist visa. ... Passport number: 9. ... Most people travel to Russia on tourist visas. ... International Conference: Cosmology and High Energy Astrophysics (Zeldovich-90) 20-24 Dec 2004, Moscow, Russia . ...

... 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 ...

... Main . ... The RadioAstron is an international space VLBI project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. ... List of organizations which were taken part in developing of the project and now support the RadioAstron mission is presented here . The RadioAstron Newsletter # 29 , July 18, 2015. RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 4 for observations from July 2016 to June 2017 inclusive. ... 2.7, December 17, 2015 : English version. ... Main ASC . ...

... Sun images . ... June : 2015 . ... Image of Sun's chromosphere . ... Image of Sun's photosphere obtained 09.06.2015 at 18:10 UT with HMI instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ... Image of Sun's magnetic field obtained 09.06.2015 at 18:22 UT with HMI instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ... Image of Sun's transition region obtained 09.06.2015 at 18:42 UT with AIA instrument on board SDO spacecraft . ... Image of Sun's corona obtained 09.06.2015 at 18:41 UT with AIA instrument on board SDO spacecraft ....

... Institutes of Chernogolovka . The largest of all the scientific institutions of the center is the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka , where fundamental problems of chemical physics are studied: kinetics and mechanisms of chemical and biological processes; processes of combustion, explosion, and polymerization; and mechanisms of elementary reactions involving high energy particles. ... Developments and Technologies . ...

... Observations of the Moon eclipse on 17.09.97 have shown the Moon details contrasts had decreased and the total radio brightness had fallen at all observed frequency range (from 10% at 1.38 sm down to 2.5% at 13 sm). The fall of the Moon radio brightness has been detected during the eclipse at decemeter waves for the first time. ... Radio emission of the Copernicus crater at 1.38 and 2.7 sm has been detected for the first time. ...