... Credit: ISS Expedition 22 Crew , Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Crew , NASA Explanation: This space job was almost complete. Floating just below the International Space Station , astronaut Nicholas Patrick put some finishing touches on the newly installed cupola space windows last week. ... Publications with keywords: international space station - ISS . Publications with words: international space station - ISS . ... The International Space Station from Above . ... ISS and Astronaut . ...

... Pre-university education . ... Facilities and equipment . ... SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Contacts . ... The scientists of Samara State Aerospace University have completed dynamic tests of the first Russian university nanosatellite SamSat-218D created by SSAU students. ... It has already passed the whole set of tests and transferred to the Rocket and Space Centre Progress . ... The whole test cycle of the nanosatellite SamSat-218D (Module Contact-Nanosatellite") will be completed in July. ...

... Steven L. Smith . NASA International Space Station Program Liaison to the European Space Agency . ... SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Distinguished Service Medals (two), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and IBM Outstanding Community Service Award. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. ... DECEMBER 2013 ...

... 2011 March 9 . The International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-133 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. ... The ISS and many of its modules and expansive solar panels are visible in the above picture taken by the Discovery Crew after leaving the ISS to return to Earth. ... Work for APOD while researching the universe: Graduate student research assistant sought . Tomorrow's picture: open space . ...

ELEVENTH CREW REQUIRED RESOURCES EIGHTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW ENEIDE ISM PROJECT IMAGE VIDEO . ... PRIME CREW . ... Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force, . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1989. Completed basic training with the US Air Force at Reese Air Force Base in Texas, US, in 1990. ... In 1997 he enrolled in US Air Force flight safety school and during the period of 1997 to 1998 he served as a regimental flight safety officer at the Italian Flight Center. ...

NASA - NASA's Top Space Exploration Stories Of The Year http://www.nasa.gov/lb/home/hqnews/2005/dec/HQ_05449_year_in_re.. ... For images and information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight) NASA'S NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT NASA announced plans for its next generation spacecraft and launch system, which will be capable of delivering crew and supplies to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the moon and supporting up to six crewmembers on future missions to Mars. ...

... After delivery of all engineering models and SRT test sets to LA main ASC activities were moved to LA as well. ... Special attention was paid to the problem of tests on the electromagnetic compatibility between service and scientific on-board payload. ... The SRT was attached to special supporting frame, and LNA cooling system (NSOTR) was installed on the Focal Container. ... FC Focal Container - hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ... TVT Thermo-Vacuum Tests . ...

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 . ...

... Комментариев нет 22 августа 2010, 13:58 Blogger , English , Астрономия . ... Neptune will finally complete its first full orbit of the sun since it was discovered in 1846a approximately one year from now, according to NASA estimates. ... Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-21 . ...

The process of determining the number and characteristics of sources in astronomical images is so fundamental to a large range of astronomical problems that it is perhaps surprising that no standard procedure has ever been defined that has well understood properties with a high degree of statistical rigour on completeness and reliability. ... In this analysis we present results from testing such algorithms as implemented in the SExtractor, Selavy (Duchamp), and sfind tools on simulated data. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: Research Contents . ... Solar Variability and Climate . Other Activities . ... Applied to data of flares on Gliese866 he was able to estimate the area of hydrogen emitting flare regions as 1-13% of the stellar surface. ... As partners in the project, Armagh Observatory has been asked to contribute to the selection process in exchange for priority access to the data which will eventually flow from the satellite. ...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main research and development work completed in 2010 and ready for implementation . Elaboration of automatic technology for analysis of abnormal changes of vegetation status based on satellite data . ... Satellite MODIS-Terra image, obtained on May, 17 2010. ... Main research and development work completed in 2009 and ready for implementation . Main research and development work completed in 2008 and ready for implementation ...

... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

... Science User Portal . ... The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached another milestone with the delivery of the last antenna forming the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) to the ALMA high site. ... Named Morita Array after Japanese Astronomer . In March 2013, it was decided to officially name the Atacama Compact Array the Morita Array after Professor Koh-ichiro Morita, a member of the Japanese ALMA team and designer of the ACA, who suddenly passed away on 7 May 2012 in Santiago. ...

New data - Magnetograms of Geophysical Observatory "Paratunka" 1967-2006 ! ... Solar Activity and Interplanetary Medium . Cosmic Rays . Ionospheric Phenomena . Geomagnetic Variations . Other STP Data . List of CD-ROMs in WDC for STP, Moscow . ... STP Data Online . ... Daily Forecasts of Geomagnetic Activity Geofor , (IZMIRAN) . Weekly Bulletin of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Forecast , (IZMIRAN) . ... STP Data from other WDC's and Institutes and Observatories: . ...

... The one year crew. (image credit: NASA/Bill Stafford) . The тАЬOne Year CrewтАЭ has specific objectives to their mission all in a bid to find out if the human body and mind is capable of long missions to an asteroid, back to the Moon or even to Mars in the future. ... On-board the Russian space station Mir four cosmonauts clocked up more than a year in space in the 1980s and 1990s.€а (1942-) has the record for the longest single space flight of 437 days or 14 months in space in 1995. ...

... Each IYA Discovery Guide includes: . ... The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition of amateur astronomy clubs bringing the science, technology, and inspiration of NASA's missions to the general public. ... The Night Sky Network's International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Discovery Guides are supported and sponsored by the NASA Forums and missions listed below: . Space Telescope Science Institute's Origins Education Forum . ... NASA Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe . ...

... Schools . ... International programs . Summer Schools . ... On-line International courses with transferable academicљcredits . ... To complete the program there will be also excursions around Kharkiv region, which are connected with topics of the modules. ... V.љN.љKarazin Kharkiv National University isљaљfully accredited university inљKharkiv, Ukraine. ... V.љN.љKarazin Kharkiv National University mails official transcripts toљyour school ofљrecord upon the completion ofљthe program. ... APPLY . ...

Description and Technical Details . In 1980s two medium-size horizontal solar telescopes 50/35000 cm with large spectrographs Czerny-Turner made by Carl Zeiss Jena were installed in the Ondњejov observatory. The Czerny-Turner-spectrographs in the Ondњejov observatory called HSFA1 and HSFA2 according to the German name Horizontal-Sonnen-Forschungs-Anlage ("horizontal device for solar research") have been explored for more than two decades. ... Diffraction grating - Richardson, Spectra-Physics . ...

... russian ) . ... Came to work at the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN) . ... Chairman of the "Solar Physics" section of Space Council of Russian Academy of Sciences . Vice-Chair of «Solar System» Section of Space Council of Russian Academy of Sciences and "Geophysical Research" Section of Scientific Technical Council of Federal Space Agency. Space Council of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Scientific interests . ...