Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

Return to Flight Space Shuttle Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center July 26, ending a two-and-a-half year wait for the historic Return to Flight mission. ... Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Steve Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, did three successful spacewalks at the International Space Station and Discovery transported tons of equipment and supplies to and from the station. ... Discovery was about 600 feet from the station. ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

... Explorers 1/3 . ... Orbit . ... Launch of Explorer 1 . ... The USSR was first, sending off its first "Sputnik" ("satellite") on October 4, followed by Sputnik II on November 3. ... The spacecraft, named Explorer 1, was launched 31 January 1958 and was designed and built by a group of scientists from the University of Iowa, led by James Van Allen . ... the launch of Explorer 1;Click . ... Explorer 2 failed to orbit, but Explorer 3, launched March 26, was successful, and it did carry a tape recorder. ...

... HST . VO: Data Discovery and Exploration . ... Staff Directory . ... Missions . ... Data . ... Hubble Heritage Project . Future Missions and . ... Missions Office . ... Research . Research Staff Directory . Journal Clubs and Research Groups . ... Events . ... The first part of this training session will provide and overview of NVO components, tools and applications the second part will show a NVO study of Super Star Clusters in neaby galaxies: Proposal and Demo Copyright | ...

... Credit Copyright: NASA , Kennedy Space Center Explanation: Space Shuttle Discovery launches while the Space Shuttle Columbia is readied for a future mission. Space shuttles are launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... This mission is most famous for carrying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. ... Publications with keywords: space shuttle Discovery - space shuttle Columbia . Publications with words: space shuttle Discovery - space shuttle Columbia . ... Discovery in Twilight . ...

... S.P.Korolev RSC Energia – MCC-M, Korolev, Moscow region . At noon, Moscow Time, Soyuz TMA-11 descent vehicle returned to Earth. The spacecraft crew consisted of a Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (the spacecraft Commander and Flight Engineer 1 of ISS-16), and US astronaut Peggy Whitson (Flight Engineer of the spacecraft and ISS-16 Commander) and a citizen of Republic of Korea So Yeon Yi (space flight participant of visiting expedition 14). ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

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): . ...

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... October 29, 1998 . John Glenn: Friendship 7 To Discovery . ... Explanation: Rehearsing for his historic flight on February 20, 1962, Mercury program astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. works in a cramped training capsule preparing for a few hours' voyage through space . Dubbed Friendship 7 , his own snug spacecraft was launched by an Atlas rocket and carried Glenn three times around planet Earth at an altitude of about 120 miles, returning him safely to a "splashdown" in the Atlantic Ocean. ...

During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the 'asteroid' was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... it was renamed periodic comet P/2004 CB (LINEAR). ... Back to Previous News . Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ... Follow-up Astrometry with the 1.0-m at SSO . Previous News Items . Anglo-Australian Near Earth Asteroid Survey 1990-96 . ...

Next: The Nature letter of Up: The discovery of pulsars Previous: Neutron stars . Three sources of scintillation of radio sources: . ... interplanetary gas . ... Hewish and Bell [ 14 ] observed the recordings . ... Figure 2: Discovery observations of the first pulsar. (a) The first recording of PSR 1919+21; the signal resembled the radio interference also seen on this chart. (b) Fast chart recording showing individual pulses as downward deflections of the trace. ... Jon Bell . ...

... Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des actualit†йs . ... les plus belles images de l'Univers d†йcrypt†йes pour vous . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Discovery cтАЩest fini ! ... Pour c†йl†йbrer ce dernier vol, la NASA a assembl†й plusieurs films r†йsumant les instants marquant des la derni†иre mission de la navette Discovery : . ...

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... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Swift: 10 years of discovery, conference reminder . ... ASICC, MAO NAS of Ukraine . ... You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... Отправленные: Понедельник, 19 Май 2014 г 12:30:38 . Тема: > > : Swift: 10 years of discovery, conference reminder . В?д: SWIFT 10 Years Meeting [ This email address is being protected from spambots. ... Swift: 10 years of discovery? ... The meeting "Swift: 10 years of discovery? will be held on December 2-5, . ... MAO NASU . ...

DEEP IMPACT MISSION . First Look Inside a Comet . Participation Certificate . ... Alexander V. Wolf . ... Thank you for your participation in the Deep Impact Discovery Mission to Comet Tempel 1. A compact disc bearing your name will be mounted on the impactor spacecraft that will collide with Tempel 1 making this the first mission ever to look deep inside a comet. You are now part of the future discovery of clues about the beginning of our solar system as your name makes a Deep Impact! ...

Lectures . ... Home Lectures Lecture Series 2010-2011 Lecture Series 2010-2011 ? Top Ten Discoveries of the Phoenix Misson to Mars? by Suzanne Young . ... Lecture Series 2010-2011 . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Amateur Astronomers Medal . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... US state, Canadian province, or country . ... space flight . ... NASA's shuttle Discovery heads to space station on its final mission . ... The final flight of space shuttle Discovery lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 4:53 p.m. EST Thursday, February 24, to deliver a new module and critical supplies to the International Space Station. ... STS-133 is the 133rd shuttle flight, the 39th flight for Discovery, and the 35th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance. ...