... Steven L. Smith . NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency . ... SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Distinguished Service Medals (two), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and IBM Outstanding Community Service Award. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. ... DECEMBER 2013 ...

... Gerhard THIELE . Flight Engineer-1 . ... During the STS-55/Spacelab D-2 Mission (from April 26 to May 6, 1993) Thiele performed the co-ordinator functions for communication with the crew and served as alternate payload specialist in the Payload Operations Control Center of DLR at Oberpfaffenhofen. ... German Astronaut Gerhard Thiele, mission specialist presenting the European Space Agency during his first space flight onboard the Endeavour Shuttle (STS-99) at a period of February 11-22, 2000. ...

It was one great step for mankind, and it was taken at 12.56 pm on 21 July, Australian Eastern Time, just 30 years ago. Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon were watched by six hundred million people," says Dr John Reynolds of CSIRO Parkes Observatory . And the signals from the Moon were received by the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station in the mountains outside Canberra and Parkes in NSW, as well as NASA 's Goldstone station in California." ... Tel: (02) 6861 1700 . ...

... Simulators . ... Functional Cargo Block (FGB) simulator; . ... Each partner participating in the ISS construction elaborates and develops simulators and trainers of its own segment on a home base; . Training of astronauts on the station segments' operation is carried out on the basis of countries - customers, investigators and researchers; . ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

... Getting to Armagh . ... An Airbus service operates every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday, between Belfast International Airport and the Europa Buscentre in Belfast, and at 30 or 60 minute intervals on a Sunday. ... The journey from the airport to Belfast takes about 30 minutes. The Ulsterbus express bus between Belfast Europa Buscentre and Armagh takes about 1 hour. ... It is possible to take a bus from Dublin Airport to Newry and then take a taxi to Armagh. ... Belfast International Airport . ...

... Credit Copyright: STS-114 Crew , NASA Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth . Last August, the station was visited and resupplied by space shuttle Discovery . ... After departing the ISS , the crew of Discovery captured this spectacular vista of the orbiting space city high above the Caspian Sea . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - space shuttle Discovery . Publications with words: ISS - space shuttle Discovery . ...

... International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space . ... Missions . ... Future Missions and . ... Commentator: Erhard Rabenau read . ... Multi-Objective Scheduling for NASA's Future Deep Space Network Array by Mark D. Johnston read . ... Planning and Scheduling External Occulter Space Missions by Ian E. Jordan read . ... Flexplan: An Operational Mission Planning and Scheduling COTS used Internationally by J.A. Tejo, M. Pereda, Iker Veiga, J.P. Chamoun, G. Garcia, and T. Beech read Copyright...

... Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) opens the first Cultural Centre of Pushkin Institute in Latin America in the capital of Ecuador Quito. ... ALAR promises to provide these centres with a good flow of students interested in studying the Russian language and further entering Samara State Aerospace University. ... According to the road map of development of Samara State Aerospace University, the number of foreign students in SSAU should reach 13.5% of the total number of students by 2020. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... This has been designed for 8-12 year olds, however the challenge is for anyone and everyone who is curious about space exploration and what it takes to be an astronaut. How can I take part? ... All you need to do is complete a partnership agreement available here or alternatively contact Martina Redpath €а (email Martina(at)armaghplanet.com ) for more information and a guide to the activities. ... Take part in Mission X 2014 | ...