PRESS-RELEASE . ... The Descent Module (DM) of the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft has returned to Earth the commander and flight engineer of the 15th expedition of the International Space Station (ISS), as well as the space flight participant Malaysia’s national Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor who in the period from October 12 to October 21 2007 worked under the 13th visiting expedition program (VE-13). ... The Flight Director is RSC Energia First Deputy General Designer V.A. Soloviev. ...

... International Space Station (ISS) . The International Space Station Oral History Project includes interviews with individuals who have contributed significantly to the success of the ISS Program. ... Astronaut, Space Shuttle Mission Specialist, STS-133, ISS Assembly Mission ULF5 and ISS Expedition 19/20, . ... Astronaut , Space Shuttle Pilot, STS-123, ISS Assembly Mission 1J/A and STS-134, ISS Assembly Mission ULF6 . ... Launch Package Manager , Russian Vehicle Project Office, ISS Program . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Astrophysics graduate student programs . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... To get started we first log on to lbacop-mm , second the correlator control computer lbaccc , third elleba for more correlator programs and displays, fourth we start the S2 units (the VCRs) and phase rotator control computer (the PRCC) and finally we need to synchronise the clocks. ...

... Missions . ... Future Missions and . ... Planning Scheduling . ... Multi-Objective Scheduling for NASA’s Future Deep Space Network Array . ... Adaptive Resource Modelling for Autonomous Planning and Scheduling . ... Research Trends in Autonomous Space-Based Planning and Scheduling . ... Planning and Scheduling External Occulter Space Missions . ... Planning Application for Three Mars Missions with Ensemble . ... Flexplan: An Operational Mission Planning and Scheduling COTS used Internationally . ...

TOOLS OF TEST GENERATION FOR SATELLITES CONTROL PROGRAMS Andrey Tyugashev, Ekaterina Myasnikova, Elena Sopchenko S.P. Korolyov Samara State Aerospace University (National Reseach University) The paper presents a research in the field of test automation for testing spacecraft control programs. ... Programmers or designers of spacecraft systems write tests manually. ... Tests are carried out by issuing the control actions on the spacecraft and condition monitoring systems parameters of the spacecraft. ...

... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The Sych-2 satellite is being developed as a part of the space optical-range Earth observation system by the State Design Office of Yuzhnoye and built by the Industrial Association Yuzhny Machine Building Plant in cooperation w ith other space industry entities upon the state order of the National Space Agency of Ukraine . ...

... Taken from the NASA/JPL information summary "Our Solar System at a Glance". The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) automated spacecraft for solar system exploration come in many shapes and sizes. ... Electrical power is required to operate the spacecraft instruments and systems. ... Between 1959 and 1971, NASA spacecraft were dispatched to study the Moon and the solar environment; they also scanned the inner planets other than Earth -- Mercury , Venus and Mars . ...

Ground Support of RadioAstron . Control and Tracking Stations . RadioAstron satellite control (command transmission, telemetry, orbit measurements) will be conducted from Evpatoria and Bear Lake control stations. ... Coarse orbit measurements will be carried out from control stations. Each measurement takes ten minutes. ... Orbit measurements at tracking stations give only radial component of spacecraft velocity but the measurements are going continuously during observing sessions. ...

... You are a hot-shot rocket pilot. ... So whenever there is a difficult rescue mission to be carried out in space, they call on you. ... You will use computer simulators, which accurately model the motions of a rocketship. ... They should run on any computer with a web browser and an internet connection. ... Your spacecraft is a yellow sliver. ... Your mission is to rescue Luke. ... His spacecraft has run out of fuel, and unless you rescue him, will continue to drift there for billions of years. ...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...

MARS-96 . ... Scientific goals . ... At the end of the 1980's, the successful broad scientific exploration program of Venus was fulfilled, the successful mission to Halley Comet was completed and the mission to Phobos, having limited success, was also realized, At this time, Mars was chosen as the main object for future planetary exploration within the Russian Space Program. ... Earlier missions to Mars showed that this planet in its earlier history was much more similar to the Earth than that is now. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Rockets . ... Posted on January 5, 2012 | 3 Comments What exciting space events has 2012 in store for us? ... Continue Reading.. Posted on October 6, 2011 | ... Posted on September 15, 2011 | ... Posted on July 14, 2011 | No Comments Have you ever wondered how to build a solid fuel space rocket? €аHave you ever wanted to witness a rocket launch? €аIf the answer is yes, then Armagh Planetarium is [ ] . ...

... The software systems are described following the forward and backward data flow to/from the satellite: starting from the Observation Proposal reception and archiving, the long term observation scheduling up to the detailed weekly planning and telecommands sequence uplinking, and vice versa the scientific and housekeeping raw telemetry acquisition and archiving, quick look data analysis, data reformatting and distribution as a Final Observation Tape to the Observation Proposal PI. ...

... But today the space program in the United States is in trouble. ... Popular support has largely evaporated. ... If you want to see America's space program restored to its former glory, you can help. ... If your country has its own space program (see below ) please support it and programs of international cooperation like Cassini/Huygens . ... The National Space Society promotes change in social, technical, economic, and political conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space....

... B ut today the space program in the United States is in trouble. ... If you want to see America's space program restored to its former glory, you can help. ... TPS is particularly active in promoting cooperative projects between NASA and the Russian space agency. ... For more information see The Planetary Society WWW page . The National Space Society promotes change in social, technical, economic, and political conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space. ... Plea .. ...

... p12mProg program design . p12mProg commands . mode we use to run the p12m controller . ... The p12mProg is the AO control program for the 12meter telescope. ... Send commands to the 12m controller over ethernet (using some modbus over ethernet routines) . ... turn on,off, set modes, track objects . ... ephmFileNm: name of ephemeris file that was loaded . ... For more info on ephemeris tracking, see : pnt ephm command for 305 meter . ... The p12m controller settings used by the p12mProg are: . ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... The contemporary world opinion, while welcoming the efforts of different states aimed at realization of manned space flights, still considers these efforts insufficient, over-bureaucratized and too slow. ... The more up-to-date is the basic training program for a cosmonaut/astronaut or a manned space flight participant (hereinafter referred to as the student) that is being offered to your interested attention. ... Pre-flight space training (PFST). ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... Fifteen years ago, on February 20, 1986 the launching of the Core Block marked the beginning of the Mir Orbital Station construction. Currently the Mir Station consists of 6 modules. ... The Mir Station total mass is near 130 tons. ... For sinking unburned Mir Station fragments after reentering atmosphere a Southern Pacific Ocean area limited by the following point coordinates: 53 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 132 њ W; 30 њ S, 127 њ W; 30 њ S, 90 њ W; 53 њ S, 90 њ W is choosen. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Outreach . Projects . ... Science . ... Participating in Project ASTRO, a national program to assist teachers in grades 4 through 12 in teaching astronomy . ... June, 1990: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "Engineering Big Science Projects" . ... May 4, 2007: National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Science Lunch Talks: "The Ohio State University KELT Telescope -- Early Results" . ...