National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

... An Apollo 15 Panorama: Astronaut Exploring . ... Credit: Apollo 15 Crew , USGS , NASA Explanation: What would it be like to explore the Moon? NASA's Apollo missions gave humans just this chance in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In particular, the Apollo 15 mission was dedicated to better understanding the surface of the Moon by exploring mountains, valleys, maria, and highlands . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ... Публикации с ключевыми словами: Apollo 15 - Moon - Аполлон . ...

... 2008 November 30 . An Apollo 15 Panorama: Astronaut Exploring . Credit: Apollo 15 Crew , USGS , NASA . Explanation: What would it be like to explore the Moon? NASA's Apollo missions gave humans just this chance in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In particular, the Apollo 15 mission was dedicated to better understanding the surface of the Moon by exploring mountains, valleys, maria, and highlands . ... The Apollo 15 mission returned about 76 kilograms of moon rocks for detailed study. ...

... SSAU scientists, specialists and students were engaged in creation of new scientific equipment for the new satellite for about two years. ... It will participate in the first launch campaign from the space-launch complex Vostochniy. ... The first launch from Vostochniy will perform the Samara carrier rocket Soyuz-2.1a , which will orbit another device created by SSAU scientists and students - nanosatellite SamSat-218 , as well as the university spacecraft Mikhail Lomonosov (Moscow State University)....

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

Hubble Facts HST Program Office Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Hubble Space Telescope GYROSCOPES The gyroscopes, or gyros, on Hubble are needed for pointing the telescope. ... It is the RSU that astronauts change when they replace gyros, so gyros are always replaced two at a time. constant rate of 19,200 rpm on gas bearings. ... Four new gyros were installed during the First Servicing Mission in 1993 and all six gyros were replaced during Servicing Mission 3A in 1999. ...

... Space flight . ... Simulators . ... Space camp . Space Hotel . ... The "ATLAS Aerospace" company invites all the volunteers to pass a course of space training in the simulators of the Yuri Gagarin Russian State Scientific-Research and Test Center of Cosmonaut Training. ... The staff of the Mission Control Center regularly participates in such training, thus enabling to improve its interaction with the crew. ... Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . ... Science Fiction . ... June 1983, Sally K. Ride, mission specialist on STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on Challenger's Flight Deck.( ... She also authored a hefty blueprint for future space exploration entitled Leadership and AmericaтАЩs Future in Space . ... Astronaut, scientist and teacher, Sally Ride (1951-2012) was one of those people who made a difference.She will be missed. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

Scientists Discover Surface Features on Titan . ... Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... Peter H. Smith of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and his team took the images with the Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ...

... A major part of it is done by QC Garching, another part is done as on-line QC by Paranal staff. ... Mission goals: · see the process · understand the process · improve the process Prepare: · list of items to be discussed · list of questions you have · list of proposals · cross-check with supervisor if in doubt · ask your colleagues if you are on a first-time mission Come: · in a positive spirit; usually your visit will be much appreciated · don ... Log in as `pipeline'. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... History . ... Rocket Systems . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... From 1989 to 2014 V.P. Legostaev as Vice-President, First Deputy General Designer headed work under the International Space Projects (The International Space Station and the Sea-Based Rocket and Space Complex Sea Launch), as well as supervises the development of telecommunication satellites and remote sensing satellites, organization of research from board the manned complexes. ...

Журнал ПОВЕРХНОСТЬ публикует оригинальные статьи и обзоры по наиболее актуальным проблемам изучения поверхностных явлений. ... Редакция журнала 'Поверхность. ... Англоязычная версия журнала Journal of Surface Investigation . X-Ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques выходит 6 раз в год . The Journal of Surface Investigation. X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques ( Poverkhnost '. ... X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques is abstracted and/or indexed in (Impact Factor 0.359): . ...

... Scientists detect magmatic water on Moon's surface . The detection of lunar water that originates deep within our satellite s interior will help astronomers better understand its composition. ... Scientists have detected magmatic water water that originates from deep within the Moon s interior on the surface of the Moon. ... Around the same time, data from orbital spacecraft detected water on the lunar surface, which is thought to be a thin layer formed from solar wind hitting the lunar surface. ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Launched in 2011. Hend (short for High Energy Neutron Detector) instrument onboard Mars Odyssey mission (NASA) to study Martian surface composition and to search for water ice on the surface and in the upper layer of the regolith in particular. ... Mars Express (ESA) mission for Mars remote sensing. ... BTN-M ?1 for BTN-Neutron experiment for fast and thermal neutron studies onboard Service Module within Russian Orbital Segment of International Space Station (ISS). ...

... University Conferences . ... Series . ... History of Ukraine. ... History? ... Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering? ... Physics? ... Antiquities (Kharkiv Historical and Archeological Yearbook) . Drinov Journal . ... Pedagogy Department Journal of Collected Articles . ... Web site: http://periodicals.karazin.ua/pse . ... Low-temperature plasma physics and engineering; . ... Phone: +380 (57) 7051248 . ... Copyright 2010 V.љN. Karazin Kharkiv National University. ...

... Starting with the first human steps in 1969, six of 11 Apollo missions landed astronauts on the Moon to do a variety of science experiments, which continue today. ... In this episode of Astronomy Behind the Headlines, Dr. Jack Burns, of the University of Colorado's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR), joins us to talk about lunar exploration and some exciting work his team is planning to do from the surface of the Moon. ... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/ . ...

... Ж.Ф. Родионова, А.А.Карлов, Т.П. Скобелева и др. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, 119899, Moscow, Russia; jeanna@sai.msu ru. ... Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia. Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 34, October 8-9, 2001, Moscow, Russia . ... Rodionova J1., ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, jeanna@sai.msu.ru . ... 1 Sternberg State Astronomical Institute Lomonosov Moscow University, Russia; marss8@mail.ru . ...

On November 1, 2002 . Thank you for joining us on this mission of exploration and discovery. A compact disc bearing your name will be included in one of the next Mars Exploration Rover-2003 missions that will explore the planet's surface in search of geologic evidence of water in Mars' past. Together, we will journey into space to discover and understand the many wonders of our universe. ... Associate Administrator . Office of Space Science . Certificate No. 3022995 . ...