... PRIME CREW . ... On February 14, 1995 he was assigned to the second crew (PC-20) under the EuroMir-95 program and from February 20 to August 1995 he passed training as a flight engineer, together with G. Manakov and from April 1– with C.Fuglesang (ESA, Sweden). ... On February 3, 1999 by decision of RSA Board he was removed from the ISS crews and assigned as a flight engineer of the back-up crew (PC-28) and the prime crew (PC-29) for the Mir Orbital Station, together with S. Sharipov. ...

... October 29, 1998 . John Glenn: Friendship 7 To Discovery . ... Explanation: Rehearsing for his historic flight on February 20, 1962, Mercury program astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. works in a cramped training capsule preparing for a few hours' voyage through space . Dubbed Friendship 7 , his own snug spacecraft was launched by an Atlas rocket and carried Glenn three times around planet Earth at an altitude of about 120 miles, returning him safely to a "splashdown" in the Atlantic Ocean. ...

... Updated 2008 December 22nd . ... Updated 2008 December 18th . ... Updated 2008 December 17th . ... Updated 2008 December 16th . ... Updated 2008 December 15th . ... Updated 2008 December 10th . ... Updated 2008 December 2nd . ... Some Videos on our Web Sites . ... Cool October . ... Updated 2008 October 31st . ... Updated 2008 October 15th . ... Updated 2008 October 10th . ... Updated 2008 October 9th . ... Updated 2008 October 8th . ... Updated 2008 October 7th . ... Updated 2008 October 2nd . ...

... 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) . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 5.10.2009 . ... October 2009 . ... 2009 2010 . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - Earth - COLBERT . Publications with words: ISS - Earth - COLBERT . ... Earth and Moon from MESSENGER . The Planet and the Radio Dish . Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth . Mosaic: Welcome to Planet Earth . ... A Large Space Station Over Earth . The International Space Station from Above . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... No Comments Goodbye January blues, hello February fun! ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments January is the marmite of every year, individuals either love it or hate it as it brings the beginning of a New Year and new opportunities yet marks the end [ ] . ... 2 Comments October is an interesting month for astronomers as World Space Week falls from 4 October until 10 October and coincidentally itтАЩs a good month for keen astronomers to take to [ ] . ...

... Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (Colonel, Russian Air Force) . Test Cosmonaut at the Yuri.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . ... From January to May 1999 Tokarev trained at the Johnson Space Center for mission STS-96 to the International Space Station (ISS). ... During the 10-day mission, the crew of Discovery delivered 4 tons of logistics and supplies to the International Space Station in preparation for the arrival of the first crew to live on the station. ...

... The 9th International Astronomy Olympiad took place on October 1-9, 2004 in small town of Simeiz on the South Coast of Crimea (territory of Big Yalta). 18 national teams arrived to Crimea to participate: . ... Moscow Land . ... Russia . ... Friday, October 1 - Day of teams arrival to Simeiz . ... Weather in Crimea during the days of the Olympiad . ... Information about the host and dates of the International Astronomy Olympiad 2005 will be known in the late December 2004 or January-February 2005. ...

... Home Links International Sidewalk Astronomy Night . ... Saturday night, April 12, 2008, is the 2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night.€а We call on all amateur astronomers to take their telescopes and binoculars out for the public to enjoy the wonders of the night sky.€а A first-quarter Moon will be visible, as will the planets Saturn and Mars.€а More information can be found at http://www.sidewalkastronomynight.com /, where you can register so people will know where to find you. ...

... Students Life . ... February 24, 2014 . Conference in Foreign Languages: Wrap-Up . On February 22, 2014, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University held a regional student scientific conference Foreign Languages in the World Economic and Legal Environment organized by the Department of Business Foreign Language and Translation (School of Foreign Languages), the School of International Economic Relations and Travel Business, and the School of Economics and engaging 77 participants. ... Language. ...

... Travel . ... Parkes Radio Telescope , Parkes (Australia) . Project P837, May September 2013 . ... 100-m Radio Telescope , Effelsberg (Germany) . ... Workshop H?? in Dwarf Galaxies . 15 16 July 2015, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... Conference The Periphery of Disks . 3 6 November 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 21 October 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 19 21 June 2013, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 9 11 November 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ... 9 13 July 2007, Sydney, NSW, Australia . ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

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Call For Participation 5 International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space IWPSS-06 October 22nd-25th, 2006 Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, MD. ... From Software to Space Science Planning and Scheduling (P&S) technologies add value to space missions by reducing costs, increasing returns, and enabling new types of science. ... What P&S technologies are incorporated into the mission? ... We welcome papers that offer insight into these and other planning and scheduling challenges. ...

... Last year Russian Academy of Sciences and Roscosmos proposed to include the Lander for investigation of the Jupiter Moon Europa as an additional element of EJSM/Laplace international mission to Jupiter system. The main scientific objectives of this element will be a search of possible present and past signatures of life and ‘in situ’ studies of the environment by remote and contact methods. ... Synergy between Lander and EJSM/LAPLACE mission spacecraft (including possible joint experiments). ...

... Space flight . ... 23.11.2006 . A flight aboard the IL-76-MDK flying laboratory for microgravity simulation is planned on November 23, 2006 . ... A flight aboard the IL-76-MDK flying laboratory for microgravity simulation is planned on October 19 - 20, 2006 . ... A flight aboard the IL-76-MDK flying laboratory for microgravity simulation is planned on September 21, 2006 . ... A flight aboard the IL-76-MDK flying laboratory for microgravity simulation is planned on July 27, 2006 . ... 15.12.2005 . ...

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SPECTRUM-X-GAMMA . international astrophysical project . ... Control system units of Spacecraft Engineering Model were delivered to Lavochkin Associati on Jan. 23 2002. The assembling of Engineering model of Spacecraft Control System and the preliminary testing of the system will be performed in February. The stand-alone tests of Spacecraft Control System is being planned for April 2002. Febr., ... You are visitor number since October 02, 2000 . ...

... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

... Leonid CHEKHOV (Steklov Institute and Poncelet lab, Moscow) . ... Ivan DYNNIKOV (MSU, Moscow) . ... Oleg KARPENKOV (Poncelet lab, Moscow) . ... Gleb KOSHEVOY (CEMI and Poncelet lab, Moscow) . Serguei LANDO (Poncelet lab, Moscow) . ... 16:00-16:50 S. Natanzon: Klein topological field theories . ... 16:00-16:50 G. Duchamp: On some interactions between Combinatorics, Computer Science and Physics . ... evening Conference dinner . ... 14:45-15:30 O. Karpenkov: Energies of knots and of certain graphs . ...