... David R. Scott (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He has graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilots School and Aerospace Research Pilots School. ... Scott served as command module pilot for Apollo 9, March 3-13, 1969. ... The ten-day flight provided vital information previously not available on the operational performance, stability, and reliability of lunar module propulsion and life support systems. ...

... We can help students grasp the significance of Hubble's extremely keen eye, and learn a bit about angles and math in the process, with the following in-class activity. ... Looking through binoculars or telescopes allows us to magnify a small section of the sky. To measure sizes or distances in that small section, astronomers divide a degree into 60 smaller pieces called arcminutes, and further subdivide minutes into 60 smaller sections called arcseconds. ... 30 feet = . ... 36 seconds . ...

. Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the mission's first spacewalk. He was photographed by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander. While astronauts Shepard and Mitchell descended in the Lunar Module "Antares" to explore the Fra Mauro region of the Moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Module "Kitty Hawk" in lunar orbit. NASA

... The First Explorer . ... The cylindrical 30 pound satellite was launched (above) as the fourth stage of a Jupiter-C rocket (a modified US Army Redstone ballistic missile) and achieved orbit on January 31, 1958. ... Fighting the glow of the setting sun and the city lights of Cape Town, South Africa, comet Hale-Bopp is just visible near the center of this panoramic view - photographed on May 3rd. Hale-Bopp's Fickle Ion Tail . ... Lightning on Jupiter . ... Apollo 15's Home on the Moon . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... The spacecraft flight in a flyback phase was implemented in the automatic controllable descent mode. ... Soyuz TMA spacecraft being a modification of Soyuz spacecraft for operation in the frame of the ISS Project were developed by S.P. Korolev RSC Energia staff in cooperation with the subcontractors of the Russian rocket and space industry, and have been flying since November 2002. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Astrophysics graduate student programs . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... On-Line Proposal Applications and Links (OPAL) . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Astrometry is an excellent interactive site on the history and future of astrometry from ESA , the European Space Agency. ...

Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean holds a special environmental sample container which holds soil collected during the second moonwalk EVA. ... Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -3.01, 23.42 . ... Instrument: Hasselblad Camera . ... Instrument Field of View (deg): 60 mm Focal Length . ... Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A . ... NASA Image ID number: AS12-H-49-7278 . ... Code 633, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA . ... Code 630, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . ...

General Information . Conference Timetable . ... The meeting starts at 9:00 on Wednesday 2 September, however on Tuesday 1 September we will have an early registration desk at the Observatory, plus a welcoming reception consisting of drinks and nibbles. ... On the social front, we have arranged on Friday evening a visit to the Navan Centre which is two miles west of the city and is situated close to the great mound of Navan Fort, stronghold of the kings of Ulster from 700 BC. ...

Next: Allocate/load STARTABLE Up: STARBASE Previous: Managing a calibrator catalog Contents . In this section we list some command line procedures. ... Allocate/load STARTABLE . ... Print/list information . Lists . ... Absolute visual magnitudes . Masses . ... Diameters . ... Absolute magnitudes . ... Orbital inclinations, semi-major axes, and secondary masses . ...

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... Free stuff may be downloaded for educational and non-profit making uses. ... Armagh Planetarium partnered with Blackrock Castle Observatory and Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) is pleased to announce 'Space Brains' This free download is the ultimate app for all space enthusiasts. ... Belfast Telegraph and Armagh Planetarium Space Odyssey Poster . ... Mouse over thumbnail to view a small preview, download full size PDF document from text links below. ... Download Sun and Stars PDF (Size 1.25MB)...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... Last Update July 27, 2006 . Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... Web Site . http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/distance/ . ... Web . www.astronomy.net . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

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! ...

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An astronaut in low Earth orbit moves in (approximately) a big circle extending around the Earth. ... That can be interpreted as stating that in the astronaut's frame of reference, all bodies are subject to two forces, gravity and the centrifugal force, and the two are in perfect balance, adding up to zero. ... Wheel-shaped space . ... The science-fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey" featured spinning space station, whose rotation provided the crew with "artificial gravity." ...

... The Sun is the closest star to us, and a regular object in our Galaxy. Solar activity manifests itself, primarily, in solar flares - episodic explosive energy release in the form of electromagnetic radiation and high energy particles (electrons and protons). The nature of the flares is related to cyclic variations of global and local magnetic fields in the atmosphere of the Sun. ... Such formations are called active regions. ...

... 29a. Satellite looking up . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . Space Index . This groups includes about 200 communication satellites ("comsats") scattered in synchronous orbits above the Earth's equator. ... 6 Earth radii (42,000 km or 26,000 miles), these satellite make one orbit per day, ( sidereal day of 23 h 56 min--see here ) and therefore as the Earth turns, they always stay above the same ground station. ... Next Satellite Class: #29e Missions to Planets and to Distant Space . ...

... Capability of space means for the solution of problems of military character . ... Classification and functions of space systems of military purpose(assignment) . ... Ground complex of maintenance of launch and control of space vehicles . ... Capability of space systems of optical reconnaissance . ... Complexes topographical and earthresource shooting on base of "Zenit" space vehicle . ... Space vehicle for optical-electronic reconnaissance . ... System with space vehicle on low-altitude orbits . ...