... Timothy L. Kopra (Colonel, U. S. Army, Ret.) NASA Astronaut . ... In this position, he primarily served as an engineering liaison for space shuttle launch operations and International Space Station hardware testing. ... He then served in the Space Station Branch of the Astronaut Office, where he was involved in the testing of crew interfaces for two space station pressurized modules as well as the implementation of support computers and operational Local Area Network on the station. ...

... Mission Control Center, Korolev . At 11:16:00, Moscow Time, Soyuz TMA-13 descent vehicle returned to Earth. ... Lonchakov (flight engineer of ISS-18, commander of Soyuz TMA-13) and NASA astronaut M. Fincke (commander of ISS-18, flight engineer of Soyuz TMA-13) have completed their flight under the program of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS-18), and a spaceflight participant, US citizen C. Simonyi has completed his flight under the program of the visiting mission 16. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Facilities and equipment . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Contacts . ... The scientists of Samara State Aerospace University have completed dynamic tests of the first Russian university nanosatellite SamSat-218D created by SSAU students. ... It has already passed the whole set of tests and transferred to the Rocket and Space Centre Progress . ... The whole test cycle of the nanosatellite SamSat-218D (Module Contact-Nanosatellite") will be completed in July. ...

... After delivery of all engineering models and SRT test sets to LA main ASC activities were moved to LA as well. ... Special attention was paid to the problem of tests on the electromagnetic compatibility between service and scientific on-board payload. ... The SRT was attached to special supporting frame, and LNA cooling system (NSOTR) was installed on the Focal Container. ... FC Focal Container - hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ... TVT Thermo-Vacuum Tests . ...

SUMMER STUDENTS SHOW THEIR PACES . Armagh Observatory, 26 August 2003: Armagh Observatory summer work-experience students have this year included those appointed under the Nuffield Foundation Science Bursary scheme and the British Council organized International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) programme. ... For every IAESTE student who comes to Northern Ireland from another country, one Northern Ireland student obtains a reciprocal position abroad. ...

... Science User Portal . ... The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached another milestone with the delivery of the last antenna forming the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) to the ALMA high site. ... Named Morita Array after Japanese Astronomer . In March 2013, it was decided to officially name the Atacama Compact Array the Morita Array after Professor Koh-ichiro Morita, a member of the Japanese ALMA team and designer of the ACA, who suddenly passed away on 7 May 2012 in Santiago. ...

... 17.12.2001 . ... During their eight days aboard the Earth- orbiting International Space Station (ISS), ESA Flight Engineer Claudie Haigner , Russian Commander Victor Afanasyev, and Russian Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev had completed several experiments and successfully delivered a new lifeboat. ... Pictured above on October 31 , their Soyuz spacecraft undocks from the ISS while dark space and a blue Earth hover in the background . ... December 2001 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - Soyuz ....

... The one year crew. (image credit: NASA/Bill Stafford) . The тАЬOne Year CrewтАЭ has specific objectives to their mission all in a bid to find out if the human body and mind is capable of long missions to an asteroid, back to the Moon or even to Mars in the future. ... On-board the Russian space station Mir four cosmonauts clocked up more than a year in space in the 1980s and 1990s.€а (1942-) has the record for the longest single space flight of 437 days or 14 months in space in 1995. ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... Space camp . ... acquiring practical habits and skills of performing all the flight operations envisaged for a flight participant; . maintaining and honing professionally required qualities and skills for a successful activity in conditions of effect of adverse factors of a space flight, as well . ... preparing for the activity outside the spacecraft; . ... preparing for professional activity in conditions of effect of the space flight factors; . ...

... Dongwon Kim , March 2014, on-going . ... Tammy Roderick , March 2011, on-going . Emma Kirby, *PhD completed August 2010* . ... Laura Dunn, *PhD completed December 2007* . ... David Nicholls, *PhD completed March 2014* . ... Antoine Bouchard, *PhD completed June 2006* . Emily McNeil, *PhD completed December 2010* . ... Eduard Westra, *PhD completed December 2007* . Sebastian Gurovich, *PhD completed August 2006* . Rami Rekola, *PhD completed December 2004* . ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #2746 PERIOD COVERED: 0000Z (UTC) 11/08/00 - 0000Z (UTC) 11/09/00 Daily Status Report as of 314/0000Z 1.0 OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 8893 (Decon Visits Associated with Nov 1 2000 WFPC2 Safing) The WF/PC-2 was used to perform decon and post-decon standard observations after WF/PC-2 is brought out of safemode { Entered safemode on Nov 1 2000.} ... The observations completed nominally. ... The proposal completed nominally. ...

Since the days of Sputnik and Explorer 1, thousands of spacecraft have gone into space, some of them carrying human passengers. The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... in orbit. ... Manned satellites include various " space stations " intended for long-term residence. ...

... The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... Any manned mission faces the problem of safe return to Earth, which requires getting rid of the huge amount of energy associated with orbital motion. A spacecraft in low Earth orbit moves at about 24 times the velocity of sound. ...

... 2011 March 9 . The International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-133 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. ... The ISS and many of its modules and expansive solar panels are visible in the above picture taken by the Discovery Crew after leaving the ISS to return to Earth. ... Work for APOD while researching the universe: Graduate student research assistant sought . Tomorrow's picture: open space . ...

... 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. ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The IDA is a non-profit, membership-based organization. IDA's goal is to be effective in stopping the adverse environmental impact of light pollution and space debris. ... 520) 293-3198 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

Contents and Select Excerpts . ... Winter 2009 . ... Complete content for online Mercury is available to ASP members and institutional subscribers . ... Dark Night, Rowena Davis . ... The International Dark-Sky Association is leading the movement to save our starry skies. ... Imaging the Universe Online, Paul Deans . ... Time-Domain Astronomy, John Avant . ... Astronomy in the News . ... Editorial, Paul Deans . ... Night Sky Brightness . ... Sky Sights, Paul Deans . ... Reflections, Paul Deans . ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Ноябрь 1998 . ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Mars Surveyor 98 Update - November 3, 1998 Привет всем! ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Deep Space 1 Update - November 4, 1998 Привет всем! ... Дата: 05 ноября 1998 (1998-11-05) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: APOLLO: An Eyewitness Account Привет всем! ...

To turn on filename completion set the shell variable filec by adding the line set filec . to your C shell startup file . To complete a file or directory name press the ESC key. ls -l on<ESC> line_help . If the filename is not completed enter more characters until the filename can be uniquely identified. Directories are shown by the trailing / character. ... cat co<CTRL-D> commands.xdh concepts.xdh conventions/ conver_man/ cat co . ...