National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #1545 PERIOD COVERED: 0000Z (UTC) 01/02/96 - 0000Z (UTC) 01/03/96 Daily Status Report as of 003/0000Z 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed Five Sets of GHRS/1 6171 (CRIMP1: Cycle 5 = Condensed-Regimen Integrated Monitoring Program) The High Resolution Spectrograph (Side One) was used to obtain = darks, internal flats (in photoscan mode), wavelength calibrations and = observations of standard star BD+28D4211. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > APEX Science Verification > SHFI . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Telescope Time Allocation . ... ESO Data . ... The Science Verification (SV) observations of the APEX Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument were observed in March 2008. ... A selection of the APEX-1 proposals listed below have been observed during the week of joint SV observations in March 2008, and later during the ESO time of period...

... 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 . ...

APOD: 2009 April 6 The International Space Station Expands Again . ... Credit Copyright: STS-119 Shuttle Crew , NASA Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. In a recently completed mission, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included a new truss and new solar panels. ... The world's foremost space outpost can be seen developing over the past several years by comparing the above image to past images . ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Main research and development work completed in 2009 and ready for implementation . ... Development of the Northern Eurasia land cover map based on medium spatial resolution satellite data. ... The research and development has been completed of the first in Russia and in the whole world high-speed digital streams decoder for space and satellite channels with extremely high noise levels. ... Main research and development work completed in 2008 and ready for...

... 2009 April 6 . International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-119 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. In a recently completed mission, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included a new truss and new solar panels. ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...