... Concept Spacecraft . ... The proposed lentiular design concept for the Apollo spacecraft was one of several unorthodox designs rejected in favour of the more familiar conical shape which was lighter and less complex.The lenticular design was a ?road not taken?, losing out to less challenging configurations.It is strange to think that if history had proceeded differently, each Apollo crew could have ended their lunar mission by gliding to a touchdown on a runway at Edwards AFB in a flying saucer! ...

... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . November : 2008 . ... No sunspots and sunspot groups can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . No H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . Last updated: November 10, 2008 00:00 UT . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 10, 1997 . Dark Volcano Active on Io . Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA . ... A vast moonscape roughly the size of Arizona has just been covered by some dark material. ... It's composition remains unknown although it is certainly different in color from the red material seen surrounding volcano Pele on the upper left. ...

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... Credit Copyright: Courtesy Lavochkin Association Explanation: On November 17, 1970 the Soviet Luna 17 spacecraft landed the first roving remote-controlled robot on the Moon . ... Lunokhod 1 toured the lunar Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) for 11 months in one of the greatest successes of the Soviet lunar exploration program . ... Publications with keywords: Moon - spacecraft - soviet - rover . Publications with words: Moon - spacecraft - soviet - rover . ... Apollo 16: Diving on the Moon . ...

MAGION is a name of the serial of small MAG netospheric and ION ospheric satellites manufactured in Czech Republic to be launched as Russian scientific S/C hitch-hikers. ... magnetic field . ... Institute for Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radioware Propagation, Russian Acad. ... Technical manager of the MAGIC project E.M.Vasilyev vasilyev@mx.iki.rssi.ru . ... Institute of Atmospheric Physics , Czech Acad. ... Subsatellite project scientist from Czech Republic P.Triska ptr@ufa.cas.cz . ...

Mariner 10 . ... Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner spacecraft series, and the first to use the gravitational pull of one planet ( Venus ) to reach another ( Mercury ). ... It measured 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) diagonally and 0.457 meters (1.5 feet) in depth. ... Views of Mariner 10 . ... Venus/Mercury Mission . ... Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. ...

Euro-Asian Association of Astronomy Teachers . ... General information . ... With a purpose to support the enthusiasm of the young amateurs and their teachers, to give them a possibility to test their knowledge and to help them to get in touch with their like-minded friends, the I Open Russian Astronomy Olympiad has been organized by the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS) and Ministry of Education of Russian Federation in May 1994 in town of Yaroslavl', Central Russia. ... November 2000, SAO RAS. ...

... Eileen Marie Collins (Colonel, USAF, RET.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury, October 1983), French Legion of Honor, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medals, Free Spirit Award, and the National Space...

Large-scale activity in solar eruptive events of October-November 2003 by SOHO/EIT data . ... We analyze large-scale disturbances associated with extremely powerful flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) occurred during two passages across the solar disk of a grandiose complex of three active regions in October–November 2003 using SOHO/EIT imaging data. ... In events repeating with short time intervals, the main dimmings observed show clear homology by their form and location. ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... Company's History . ... History . ... Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (1941), Doctor of Science, Engineering (1957), professor, corresponding member (1958), full member (1966) of ... Sciences, of the International Academy of Astronautics. 1932 to 1934 - apprentice mechanic at factory apprenticeship school of TsAGI, Moscow . 1934 to 1935 - mechanic at Special Tasks Shop of TsAGI, Moscow . 1940 to 1941 - designer at Plant 84, Khimki...

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... 2015 - 2016 . ... Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University . ... December 8, 2015 . ... November 10, 2015 . ... University of the Sciences in Philadelphia author . ... Amateur Astronomer . ... 2014 - 2015 . ... June 9, 2015 . ... Digital Planetarium and the 2012 Transit of Venus from Hawaii . 2013 - 2014 . ... International Occultation Timing Association . ... 2012 - 2013 . ... 2011 - 2012 . ... Princeton University . ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... 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 . ...

... 4 November 1994 . orbit . ... 0.0128 . ... orbit period . ... satellite mass . 1950 kg . scientific payload mass . 550 kg . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . 1997-2002 SMIS IKI RAN and SRC "PLANETA" Moscow, Russia. ...

... 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 . ...

December 1, 1999 Prof. Burton Richter, Director Emeritus, SLAC . ... Physics Colloquium . Condensed Matter Seminars . Theoretical Science Seminars . ... The lecture will summarize some of the new information in high energy physics that impacts our understanding of the basic structure of matter and evolution of the early universe. ... Professor Richter's talk will be aimed at a general science audience. 4:00pm, 100 Willamette Hall . return to top . ... 4:00pm, 318 Willamette Hall . ...

Abstract . A first-generation CMOS Charged Particle Spectrometer chip [1] was designed at JPL for flight on the STRV-2 spacecraft. These devices will collect electron and proton spectra in low Earth orbit as part of an experiment to demonstrate Active Pixel Sensor (APS) technology in space. This paper presents the results of total dose testing on these chips and, where possible, attempts to extend the results to other Active Pixel Sensors. ...

The inspection of Spectrum X-Gamma vibro-thermal model at Lavochkin Association by SXG scientists and designers, June,8., 1999. ... Assembled vibro-thermal model of Spectrum X-Gamma spacecraft and scientific payload is ready for final part of vibrational tests. ... Complex acceptance tests of flight models of Russian scientific experiments at OKB Aalam, Bishkek. Preparation of scientific experiments for acceptance tests (KFRD, EUVITA, SMM, SPIN) . ...