... S65-30428 (3 June 1965) --- Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan 4 spaceflight, . is shown during his egress from the spacecraft. ... White became the first American astronaut to walk in space. He remained outside the spacecraft for 21 minutes during the third revolution of the Gemini-4 mission. ... He was attached to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line . ... Astronaut James A. McDivitt is command pilot for the Gemini-4 mission. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Moon . ... The SLS is intended to carry NASAтАЩs proposed new crewed spacecraft, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MCPV, n†йe Orion CEV) into space. ... The first stage is 8.4m wide, exactly the same width as the Space Shuttle?s External Tank. ... DonтАЩt get me wrong, giant rockets are very cool and I want to see humanity expanding across the Solar System, but this seems an odd way to go about it. ... NASA's New Orion Spacecraft to Fly in 2014 | ...

Mariner 10 . ... Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner spacecraft series, and the first to use the gravitational pull of one planet ( Venus ) to reach another ( Mercury ). ... It measured 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) diagonally and 0.457 meters (1.5 feet) in depth. ... Views of Mariner 10 . ... Venus/Mercury Mission . ... Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... Manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-17M carrying an international crew of Expedition ISS-44/45 consisting of Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko , Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and US astronaut Kjell Lindgren has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). ... The manned transportation spacecraft of the new series Soyuz TMA-M developed and built by RSC Energia is an upgraded version of the Soyuz TMA spacecraft. ...

Three education activities and teachers' workshops will take place at the San Diego meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 7 - 11 June. ... Many astronomers (about 40% of AAS members according to the recent ASP/AAS survey) now have some involvement in K-12 education. ... Consequently, NIST's Metric Program offers an array of products designed to educate the public on the history and merits of the metric system. ... Visit the Metric Program on the web at http://www.nist.gov/metric . ...

USA Solar Mission . Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was designed to provide coordinated observations of solar activity, in particular solar flares, during a period of maximum solar activity. ... Complementary studies were made as part of the SMM guest investigator program, and coordinated in situ measurements of flare particle emissions were made from the ISEE 3 spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on February 14, 1980. ...

... This means it is the end-user's responsibility to insure that the telescope does not move into a configuration that may damage it, or damage accessories attached to it. ... This driver does take these limits into account, and attempts to keep the telescope away from the pier. ... If you are using this system to control an unattended telescope, I strongly recommend that you add mechanical switches in series with the DC supply on the motor drive. ...

HELEN . High resolution echelle spectrometer . ... 1 -slit, 3 - collimator, 4 - flat mirror, 5 - gratins (see CEGS optical scheme), 6 - prisms, 7 - camera ( f=875 mm ), F - focal plane (CCD camera mounted here) . ... Spectrometer and CCD camera attached to the 1 metre "Karl-Zeiss-Jena" telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory (a satellite of 6-m telescope) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At present it is placed on the coude focal plane (F/36) of the 1-m telescope of SAO. ...

... Made in Holland by Wim Brul. Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/system/drivers/misc Your name: Wim Brul Email address: w.m.brul@hccnet.nl Program contact name: (same) Program contact email: (same) Program URL: http://home.hccnet.nl/w.m.brul/usbprobe/index.html Would you like the contact email address included in listings? yes Operating System/Version: OS/2 Warp 4.x or eComStation Additional requirements: USB base drivers Replaces: /pub/os2/system/drivers/misc/usbecd22.zip ...

... Main . ... The RadioAstron is an international space VLBI project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. ... List of organizations which were taken part in developing of the project and now support the RadioAstron mission is presented here . The RadioAstron Newsletter # 29 , July 18, 2015. RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 4 for observations from July 2016 to June 2017 inclusive. ... 2.7, December 17, 2015 : English version. ... Main ASC . ...

... 25a. Triad . ... Triad, launched September 2, 1972, was an experimental spacecraft designed to move in an accurately predictable low-altitude orbit, allowing its position to be used as a reference point in navigation. ... While the "proof mass" thus moved in an accurately predictable orbit, the spacecraft itself was subject to air resistance and sunlight pressure, causing it to move slightly differently. ... This experiment worked until the spacecraft ran out of fuel. ...

... Known as Lunokhod 1, it weighed just under 2,000 pounds and was designed to operate for 90 days while guided by a 5-person team on planet Earth at the Deep Space Center near Moscow, USSR. ... Can this blinking star tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Many astronomers also believe it may also tell us the age of the universe! ... Many believe that the Hubble Space Telescope's recent distance measurement to this galaxy accurately calibrates the expansion rate of the universe. ...

... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... VLT/Paranal . ... Survey Telescopes . ... The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is the latest telescope to be added to ESOтАЩs Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. ... It is the largest telescope in the world dedicated to sky surveys in visible light. The VST was designed and built by the INAFтАУOsservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy as part of a joint venture between INAF and ESO. €а . ... VLT Survey Telescope . ...

The design of IAO-Diploma has academic (conservative) style. ... The first row consists of three cells. ... Second cell - logo of EAAS - Galaxy, negative image. ... The second row consists of one cell, two lines. ... Second line - words 'International Astronomy Olympiad'. ... There should be a text in English with the name of the awarded student, his or her team, explanation of awarding including the degree of Diploma and the Number of the International Astronomy Olympiad like: Adam Kohl . ...

... A wonderful site where the debate about the nature of light sits. ... Shadow and Light science activities - A short list of activities for students about light and shadow designed by an undergraduate Education major in New Foundland. ... Projecting Shadows - Fantastic interactive site about how to make shadows from the Light/Block/Shadow technique. ... The Energy Story: Solar Energy - Aimed towards children, this is a short introduction about solar energy. ... You Light Up My Life | ...

... Space flight . ... The L-39 two-seat training jet plane is intended for flights in regular and complex meteorological conditions at day and night time, as well as for acrobatic flying. ... A cockpit canopy is pressure-tight with a single layer glazing, the back-folding parts can be thrown off under abnormal condition by pyrotechnical systems. ... Comparable on size and assigned tasks with the American F-16 and F/A-18 fighters, the MIG - 29 is presently in the service of 23 countries of the world. ...

Analysis of general features of the chaotic system behavior and investigation of the properties of concrete chaotic sources. ... Analysis of information properties of chaotic systems and chaotic oscillations as concrete objects for information processing and comunications. ... This hypothesis gives a possibility of designing simple mathematical structures accomplishing various processes of information processing using chaos. ... Activities | ... E-mail: chaos@mail.cplire.ru ...

... SpaceX Dragon attached to space station in spaceflight first . ... The SpaceX Dragon is seen berthed to the International Space Station's Harmony module. ... The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday, May 25. ... The Dragon capsule lifted off May 22 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article...

SKA news for Australian Industry: 18 December 07 1. New ASKAP Antenna Brief Now Available The ASKAP Antennas Requirements specification is now available, outlining the desired design and performance criteria for the ASKAP antennas. ... See the conference web site 4. ASKAIC Briefing 22 October 2007 ­ presentations now on the web The presentations from the last Aus Industry briefing day are now on the web ­ please see http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/ ...

Construction Cover Frame: September 14, 1999 . Currently being served up at Chez French is the assembly of the framing for the cover to the telescope to be used during construction. ... These photos show 1/3 of the framing assembled. ... The frame is attached to the enclosure rail ties when the enclosure is OFF the telescope. ... The balance of the framing is shown as well as the attachment hardware. Photos of the complete frame will be made available upon assembly. ...