... At 06:30 a.m. of Moscow summer time integrated launch vehicle Soyuz-FG with spacecraft Soyuz TMA-8 was launched to International Space Station from cosmodrome Baikonur. ... Photo-report . ... A meeting of the State Board was held at which the Soyuz TMA-8 and ISS-13 prime and backup crews were approved, as well as a decision was made to continue the Soyuz-FG/Soyuz TMA-8 rocket & space complex processing for filling and launch within the scheduled time – on March 30, 2006, at 6:30 a.m. Moscow time. ...

... A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . ... Credit: 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. ... A Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station . ...

Vega Stamps . International project VEGA was managed by Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 spacecraft were developed by Babakin Space Center and fabricated by Lavochkin Association in Khimki, Moscow region. ... VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 have been the part of the international fleet to Halley's comet, that also included Giotto mission of European Space Agency (ESA) and Sakigake and Suisei by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan. ... Vega 1 . ...

... Russian Aviation and Space Agency liaison Sergei Ripkin, during the crew's welcome home ceremony May 27 f rom a change in crew to a new ride home, Expedition 6 members ­ International Space Station Commander Kenneth Bowersox, ISS Science Officer Donald Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin ­ were "all about teamwork and flexibility," said ISS Program Manager Bill Gerstenmaier. ... Bowersox later said that Pettit was "born to be a Space Station Science Officer." ...

... In particular, members of the project regularly organize events dedicated to various interesting astronomical phenomena and events - solar and lunar eclipses, transit of Venus, etc. A total lunar eclipse will occur on April 15th, 2014, the first in two and half years. ... GLORIA will travel to Peru to broadcast the event live. ... Lunar eclipse . Lunar eclipses occur when the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow. ... A partial eclipse will be visible from the Canary Islands. The broadcast . ...

Arecibo is joining 16 other telescopes around the world to form a 'global telescope' to celebrate the start of the International Year of Astronomy. The observations, coordinated from the Netherlands, will follow three quasars for a 24-hour period. Arecibo will join the observations on January 15 between 11 am and 1:15 pm and between 5 and 8 pm (Puerto Rican time). ... Information on activities in Puerto Rico during the International Year of Astronomy can be found at Astronomy2009pr.org . ...

... Special Astrophysical Observatory of . ... Nizhnij Arkhyz, Karachaevo-Cherkesia, . ... The IX Russian-Finnish symposium is an international meeting on solar physics and AGNs, radio astronomical methods and instrumentation with an emphasis on radio observations, particularly those from the RATAN-600 and the Metsahovi radiotelescopes. The previous symposium was held in Pulkovo Observatory (Russia) in 1999. ... Pulkovo chaussee 65/1 . ... Sunday, Oct. 15 . ... invited reviews and reports . ...

The IAA RAS . ... View details . ... Observatories 'Svetloe' and 'Zelenchukskaya' participate in frequent VLBI-observation sessions organized by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry . ... As part of collaboration with the U. S. Naval observatory in the areas of EOP determination and analysis the USNO uses IAA RAS daily EOP data obtained from SLR and VLBI. ... The IAA RAS and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales carry out joint DORIS observations on the Badary observatory. ...

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 . ...

... 2005 November 1 . A Soyuz Spacecraft Approaches the Space Station . Credit : ISS Expedition 11 Crew, NASA . Explanation: Last month, a Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station. ... Pictured above , the approaching Soyuz spacecraft carried the new Expedition 12 crew to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), as well as fee-paying spaceflight participant . ... About APOD | ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

The IAO-type events have to stimulte the science-educating style of the Olympiads. To follow the main science-educating principles of the IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists , particularly: . ... The minimum duration of the IAO-type event is defined as 5 days (4 nights). ... foreign language teams for an international IAO-type event - 1 / 2. ... The full text of the current Supplementary Instructions N 4 IAO-type events and Schools for Young Astrophysicists to be presented later. ...

Solar Maximum Mission . USA Solar Mission . Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was designed to provide coordinated observations of solar activity, in particular solar flares, during a period of maximum solar activity. ... Complementary studies were made as part of the SMM guest investigator program, and coordinated in situ measurements of flare particle emissions were made from the ISEE 3 spacecraft. ...

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): . ...

. Russion version . Last updated on May, 2008 . RadioAstron Mission .

... Intro to HST Data Handbooks 8.0 May 2011 . ... Introduction to the HST Data Handbooks > Chapter 6: Observation Logs > 6.1 Observation Log Files . ... 6.1.1 Jitter File Contents . Observation Log Files , also known as jitter files, record pointing, jitter, and other Pointing Control System (PCS) data taken during an HST observation. ... A detailed description of the observation log files can be found online: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/observatory/pointing/obslog/OL_1.html . ...

... The best annual meteor shower is the Geminids, which are expected to peak this year on December 13th at 18h. Some activity will persist until about Dec 15/16. Unfortunately this year's display will be spoiled by a Full Moon at maximum, but you should still see some of the brighter meteors. ... This is a live count of meteor showers based on visual data entered through the IMO electronic report form. ... Saturday, 13 December 2008 19:03 . International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Swedish Space Corporation s (SSC) PRISMA and French Space Agency s (CNES) PICARD satellites have been delivered to the Yasny launch base. ... Concurrently with the preparation of the launch from the Yasny launch base, ISC Kosmotras carries out TanDEM-X launch campaign at Baikonur cosmodrome. ... Dnepr LV . ...

astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...

... Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . ... Laser station . ... Built a network of laser stations (LLS), radio (GNSS) satellites and observation radiointerferometrychnyh observations of quasars (VLBI) ( YA.S. Yatskiv, Medvedsky MM, AA Pace, EE Volvach, YL Kokurin in collaboration with workers in other entities) . ... БЂў Laser station observation satellites is the global network of service stations of the International Earth rotation and conducts active surveillance for international programs. ...