... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

... TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION . ... Following a 188-day flight program the Expedition 9 crew of the International Space Station (ISS-9) consisting of the commander Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut, and the flight engineer Michael Fincke, U.S. astronaut, returned to Earth in Soyuz TMA-4 descent vehicle. ... The Russian Soyuz TMA-4 manned transport spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) Orbital Complex. ... The Soyuz-FG - Soyuz TMA-4 system was erected on the launcher. ...

... Another piece of asteroid discovery news, from Terry Moseley: "Dave Grennan from Dublin has just discovered a Main Belt asteroid from his observatory in Raheny. ... Dave's discovery comes just after Dave McDonald's find of 2008 TM9 a few weeks ago. ... This is only the third asteroid ever discovered in Ireland. ... This has been an amazing year for astronomy in Ireland, and is a superb lead-in to IYA 2009!" ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... 16.05.2006 . ... Credit: STS-114 Crew , NASA Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth . Last August, the station was visited and resupplied by space shuttle Discovery . ... After departing the ISS , the crew of Discovery captured this spectacular vista of the orbiting space city high above the Caspian Sea . ... Publications with keywords: ISS - space shuttle Discovery . Publications with words: ISS - space shuttle Discovery . ...

... 2006 May 16 . The International Space Station from Above . Credit: STS-114 Crew , NASA . Explanation: The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest human-made object ever to orbit the Earth . Last August, the station was visited and resupplied by space shuttle Discovery . ... After departing the ISS , the crew of Discovery captured this spectacular vista of the orbiting space city high above the Caspian Sea . ... Tomorrow's picture: safe space . ... About APOD | ...

... Satellites of the planets are assigned a provisional designation (indicating year of discovery) by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams ( CBAT ) upon satisfactory demonstration of the existence of a new object. ... In the past, Comets were first given a provisional designation, consisting of the year and a lowercase letter indicating the order of discovery in the year (e.g., 1994a was the first comet discovered or recovered in 1994, 1994b the second, etc.) ... Names .. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... 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! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... Pre-application form . Excel file with explanations how to fill; please, save the table in format not later Excel-1997-2003.) ... Rules and Regulations for a participant of the Olympiad that have to be translated into native languages of participants (if using Word, please, save the translation in format not later Word-1997-2003), attention for additions during last years ( blue and red text ): . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... ESOcast . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope . ... Now members of the public have a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes and follow astronomers on a planet hunt as it happens. ... ESOcast 80: Follow a Live Planet Hunt . ...

... Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education . ... Moscow, August 26-31, 2012 . ... Registration . ... To participate please fill in the following registration form and return it to our contact addresses by the deadline May 1, 2012. REGISTRATION FORM . ... Name (as in the passport) . ... Birth date . ... If you need a RUSSIAN VISA, please, indicate this in the registration form and send us the scanned copy of your passport (including the page with photo) before May 1, 2012 by e-mail. ...

... Portrait of Galileo Galilei (in 1636) by Justus Sustermans. ... We are about three-quarters of the way through the IYA, the International Year of Astronomy. It is thus timely to think about the successes of the year and, as this ASP annual meeting title indicates, forge a path to a future of continued public engagement in astronomy. In this context of public understanding and appreciation of science, it is important to note the world view into which Galileo Galilei was born (1564). ...

Next: ``Robots Are Us'': Automated Information Discovery . Previous: Introduction . ... The Symbiotic Relationship: Assessing User Needs . M. Cummins . ... B. G. Corbin . Library & Information Services: an Astronomer's Wishlist . ... Following the Road to Effective International Sharing of Astronomical Information: an End-User's View . ... Three quarters of the Friends of LISA committee: Ron Enders, Brenda Corbin, and Ellen Bouton . ... And the fourth quarter: Marlene Cummins . ...

Arecibo is joining 16 other telescopes around the world to form a 'global telescope' to celebrate the start of the International Year of Astronomy. The observations, coordinated from the Netherlands, will follow three quasars for a 24-hour period. Arecibo will join the observations on January 15 between 11 am and 1:15 pm and between 5 and 8 pm (Puerto Rican time). ... Information on activities in Puerto Rico during the International Year of Astronomy can be found at Astronomy2009pr.org . ...

... The command is: % ratty [-s system] [-I incdir] [-D symbol] [-b] [-?] input output ``Input'' is a text file containing a mildly extended FORTRAN, whereas ``output'' is the resultant standard (?) code. ... The string following this flag indicates the target compiler. ... VAX/VMS FORTRAN compiler. cft . ... RATTY assumes that target compilers other than these are strict FORTRAN-77 compilers. ... The string following this flag indicates an alternate directory to search for include files. ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

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... Team . ... V.V.Sokolov "The gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and global star forming rate at large redshifts" . ... I.V.Sokolov, A.S.Moskvitin, Eda Sonbas, O.V.Verkhodanov, O.P.Zhelenkova "A galaxy cluster in the GRB 021004 field" . ... The monitoring of GRB afterglows and the study of their host galaxies with the SAO RAS 6-m telescope from 1997". ... A.S.Moskvitin, T.A.Fatkhullin, V.V.Sokolov and V.N.Komarova, "Spectral and photometric monitoring of CCSNe at SAO RAS" . ...

... 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. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... One spacecraft seen from another (Image credit: NASA/ESA) . ... It shows the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler soaring into orbit in the nose of an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Currently, the ISS is supported by five spacecraft: the Space Shuttle and Soyuz (which carry people too), the Russian Progress , Japanese HTV and ESAтАЩs ATV. Each ATV carries seven tonnes or so to the ISS. ...

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