... about the status of Soyuz TMA-14 manned transportation spacecraft readiness for launch, and of the Soyuz TMA-13 for flight completion; . about Soyuz-FG launch vehicle (LV) flight readiness for the launch of Soyuz TMA-14; . ... S.P. Korolev RSC Energia is the prime Russian company engaged in development and operation of the ISS Russian Segment, its integration into the space station and its transportation/logistics support using Soyuz/Progress-type spacecraft. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Gregory Errol Chamitoff (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: In 1995, Dr. Chamitoff joined Mission Operations at the Johnson Space Center, where worked as a Guidance and Control Flight Controller. ... SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Expedition 17/18 - In 2008, Dr. Chamitoff served as the flight engineer and science officer for a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 17 and 18. ... OCTOBER 2013 . ...

... Taken from the NASA/JPL information summary "Our Solar System at a Glance". The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) automated spacecraft for solar system exploration come in many shapes and sizes. ... Electrical power is required to operate the spacecraft instruments and systems. ... Between 1959 and 1971, NASA spacecraft were dispatched to study the Moon and the solar environment; they also scanned the inner planets other than Earth -- Mercury , Venus and Mars . ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... Our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 interactive shows allow children to explore the Solar System and then to take part in a competitive quiz about the planets and moons that they have just seen. ... During their Planetarium visit, Year 3 and 4 primary school pupils take part in an interactive Solar System show. ... Key Stage 2 pupils will take part in an interactive show which explores the Solar System and then take part in a workshop which asks them to design a landing system which will allow . ...

STScI . JWST . John Mather Visits . Webb Science and Operations Center . ... What is STScI . ... JWST Overview . ... JWST Science . ... JWST Science Corner . ... As the Webb project reaches its peak development years, the Webb Science and Operations Center (S ) at STScI is ramping up its development of the ground system for commissioning and science operations. John Mather, the NASA Senior Project Scientist for JWST, visited the Institute on December 5 2007 to meet the center staff. ...

... Space flight . ... Space Hotel . ... The program of deployment of small orbital station (SOS) consisting of a family of spacecrafts and module-spacecrafts represents a consecutive realization of flight scenarios with consecutive building up of functions. ... Scenario 1 - the regular and revised spacecrafts of class "Soyuz" - TMSC and MNMSC (MNMSC-cargo, MNMSC-MR) are used, pls. see fig fig.8 . ... The terms of transition to this scenario are determined by terms of readiness of one or another module....

OptInt PmWiki . MROI Fringe Tracker SW / . Edit Page | Page History | Attach | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Document Management . ... Design Documentation . ... Released FDR Documents . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... Preliminary Design Review . Software Design Documentation . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... Design Documents . ... MROI . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . Contract Documents . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ...

Space Development: Theory and Practice 2005 . ... During the conference the participants had an exclusive opportunity to visit such Russian enterprises associated with Space industry as Scientific and Production Association “Zvezda”, which designs and produces helmets, spacesuits and emergency evacuation systems for aviation; Khrunichev Space center which is one of the world’s leaders in launch vehicle and spacecraft development ; Rocket and ...

A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . ... Credit Copyright: ISS Expedition 16 Crew, NASA Explanation: Looking out a window of the International Space Station brings breathtaking views. ... The Expedition 17 crew, including NASA flight engineer Gregory Chamitoff , will carry out repairs on the ISS , explore new methods of living in space, and conduct research in space including the effects of space radiation on vitamin molecules. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Facilities > La Silla Science Operations . ... La Silla News . ... Internal Pages . La Silla Science Operations Department (LSO) is part of the La Silla Paranal Observatory and is in charge of the operations of the telescopes on La Silla. ... In the La Silla Science Operation pages, you should find all the information you need for your observations from the time you have an idea of observations until when you finish processing your data. ...

... After hearing and discussing Rocket-Space Corporation Energy General Designer U.P.Semevov's report on the fulfilling the flight program of the orbital complex Mir and proposals on its further exploitation, the Council draws attention to: . ... According to the Russian Government Resolution No. 76 of January 21, 1999 a large amount of work to find and attract Russian and foreign investments to provide the further exploitation of the orbital station Mir was carried out. ...

... We have developed an integrated system that performs astronomical observations in Near Infrared bands operating two-dimensional instruments at the Italian National Infrared Facility's ARNICA and LONGSP . ... The user interface is organized as widget-based X11 client. ... 1993; Di Giacomo et al. 1993). ... Moreover, if the interprocess communication interface includes support for networking, the software immediately becomes network distributed software. ... DESQview/X User Guide 1993, Quarterdeck . ...

Princeton Instruments was incorporated in 1981 and has been building low light systems for its entire history. ... Princeton Instruments uses the latest in computer aided design to engineer the highest performance camera systems possible. ... We work with every major manufacturer of CCD arrays and image intensifiers in the world. ... From early in the company history, Princeton Instruments has offered complete detection systems for many different types of applications. ... Princeton Instruments, Inc. ...

... 2011 March 1 . Discovery Visits the Space Station . Credit: Space Shuttle STS-133 Crew, Space Station Expedition 26 Crew, NASA . ... A space shuttle has docked. Five days ago, the space shuttle Discovery was launched to the International Space Station , carrying six crew members and the large Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module . Three days ago, as pictured above , the docked shuttle was prepared to be unloaded by the space stations Dextre robot and Canadarm2 . ... About APOD | ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This telescope built by George Calver in 1883, which was extensively modified in the mid 20th century to a Schmidt design, was returned to its original Newtonian configuration, fitted with a new drive, and rehoused in a new dome. This account of the history of the telescope was written by WFA Ellison in 1920. ... Account by W.F.A. Ellison of the History of the Calver Telescope . Other virtual visits . ...

... 2 Columns At the present time, the REGION table is de ned for a two-dimensional space. ... ROTANG (rotation angle): for rotated elements; like X and Y, this column needs to contain vectors of suфcient length. ... Table 1: REGION Table SHAPEs SHAPE X Y R ROTANG Point X Y Circle Xcen Ycen R Ellipse Xcen Ycen Rmaj ; Rmin Angle Annulus Xcen Ycen Rin ; Rout Elliptannulus Xcen Ycen Rinmaj ; Rinmin ; Angin ; Routmaj ; Routmin Angout Box Xcen Ycen Xsize ; Ysize Rotbox Xcen ...

... In spite of the fact that the orbit assumes a zero gravity (the scientists count on it by growing super-clean crystals and other materials impossible on the earth), in fact, none spacecraft provides such conditions. ... This question is answered by the device developed by SSAU scientists - Micro-acceleration Compensation Space System (MCSS). ... Then, the computer will give commands to the magnets that compensate micro-accelerations. ... Tags: 'photon-m4' mcss . ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY...

... Adventurers and artists such as Captain Cook, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Paul Gauguin were mesmerized by the paradise found in the mysterious Marquises Islands and Tuamotus. Today the inhabited islands of the Marquesas are so remote that few from the outside world touch the paradise of these islands. After the Marquesas the Aranui III is headed to the center line for the extraordinary July 11, 2010 eclipse. ... Sunday, July 11, 2010 - Solar Eclipse . ...

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