September 17, S.P.Korolev RSC Energia - MCC-M, . ... Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-65, launched from the Baikonur launch site, after seven days in free flight, docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft docking, originally scheduled for September 13, was postponed at the US request because operations in the primary ISS Mission Control Center in Houston were suspended due to hurricane Ike. ... The spacecraft delivered to the station about 2.5 tons of cargo. ...

... Tracking stations will be selected in accordance with the schedule issued daily by the General Operative Control Group (GOCG) in Lavochkin Association with the gaps in operations during spacecraft contact with the control stations (CS). ... Communication frequencies (carrier): high data rate information transmission downlink from the SRT ­ 15.000 GHz; uplink synchronization ­ 7.2075 GHz; downlink synchronization ­ 8.400 GHz. ...

Commentary on the paper "MEXAR2 ­ An Operational Tool for Continuous Support to Mission Planning" by Amedeo Cesta et. al. ... Dr., Suite 250 MD 20850 acesystems.com Abstract This paper is a very interesting example of the application of A.I. technologies applied to a European space mission ground system. ... Introduction The paper discusses a very interesting application of A.I. technologies to a fairly new terrain of application, particularly in Europe. ...

JSC Celebrates 40 Years of Human Space Flight . America's Nerve Center for Mission Operations . ... An overall view from the rear shows activity in the new Mission Control Center, opened for operation and dedicated during the STS-70 space shuttle mission. ... Shuttle design and construction involved close support from the mission operations team. ... The Spaceflight Control Center in Korolev is where the Russian flight controllers support operations of the Russian elements of the space station. ...

... The Site Safety Officer is responsible for continued safe functioning of facilities and equipment including telescopes, and the safety of personnel involved in or near maintenance activities. ... All employees are responsible for prompt reporting of conditions requiring maintenance. ... Preventive maintenance programs will be designed to insure a safe and healthful working environment for every employee and to minimize the need for emergency repairs. ... EMERGENCY REPAIRS . ... WRITTEN PROCEDURES . ...

The Status popup displays useful information about the state of sets, regions, and graphs. ... When the number of sets is less than 30, this button is not needed, use the scroll bars to view the status of the sets that are not shown in the display. ... Operations in the Status popup are performed by clicking on the operation, then clicking on one or more set numbers shown in the display. ... Clicking on Copy followed by clicking on a set number in the scrolled window will select the set to copy from. ...

... The spacecraft of Magion type have been selected as the subsatellites of the Interball project: Magion-4 (C2-X) for the Tail Probe and Magion-5 (C2-A) for the Auroral Probe. ... Magion-4 was produced in the Czech Republic in collaboratrion with Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria and has onboard scientific instruments and sensors designed and built in Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovak Republic. ... Plasma flow detector VDP-S (Czech Republic, Russia) . ...

... NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS NEW EVIDENCE FOR WATER ICE ON MERCURY . ... The new data indicate the water ice in Mercury's polar regions, if spread over an area the size of Washington, D.C., would be more than 2 miles thick," said David Lawrence, a MESSENGER participating scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., and lead author of one of three papers describing the findings. ... Water ice concentrations are derived from the hydrogen measurements. ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .

... Mean s of visual simulation of the design and verification of macro can improve the efficiency of professionals in the design, development and maintenance of software onboard the spacecraft. The use of these funds will reduce the number of errors in the macro. ... We use graphical notation DRAGON (Friendly Russian Algorithmic Language that provides Visibility) visual representation was proposed to use. « » `' `' programs and processes implemented by onboard equipment [1]. ... DRAGON . ...