... 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 . ...

... Credit: STS-128 Crew , NASA Explanation: After undocking, the space shuttle Discovery crew got a memorable view of the developing International Space Station (ISS). ... The Discovery crew brought mission specialist Nicole Stott to the ISS , and returned astronaut Timothy Kopra to Earth. ... Publications with keywords: ISS - Earth . Publications with words: ISS - Earth . ... Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station . ... APOD: 2009 April 6 The International Space Station Expands Again . ...

... NASA Astronaut, USA . ... HONOURS: NASA Medals for Space Mission (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999). ... He is a veteran of five space flights and has logged altogether 178 days 23 r 44 in 15 s including three space walks of the total duration: 18 hr 49 min. ... The mission duration was 9 days 6 hr 8 min 24 s. In the third mission from February 3-11, 1995 he was a mission specialist onboard Discovery (STS-63); it was the first rendezvous (up to 10 m) of STS-63 with the Russian Space Station Mir. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2010 April 9 . Discovery's Dawn . ... Explanation: On April 5, visitors to Kennedy Space Center saw these colorful clouds, twisting and drifting through dawn skies. Of course, the clouds were rocket engine plumes from the predawn launch of the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station . ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery is pictured here docked to the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. It's going to be hard to top this mission," NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. ... The crew got phone calls from two world leaders. ... Commander Eileen Collins and the crew of the STS-114 mission, Jim Kelly, Charlie Camarda, Wendy Lawrence, Steve Robinson, Andy Thomas and Soichi Noguchi of Japan, landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., at 7:11 a.m. CDT on Aug. ...

... 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 . ...

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astronomy . Astro Courses . ... IYA 2009 . ... Armagh Planetarium is proud to be associated with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . IYA 2009 is a global year of events celebrating all things associated with the absorbing science that is astronomy. ... IYA 2009 Autumn/Winter events . ... Here at Armagh Planetarium one of our most important objectives is to promote formal and informal science education and there will be activities celebrating IYA 2009 throughout the year. ...

... Samara region . ... International relations . Scientific Publications . ... International Scientific Conference "Problems and Perspectives of Engine Building" will be held on June 25 to 27, 2014 at SSAU. ... Environmental issues in engine building, energy and spaceship industries. Production and progressive technologies in engine building. ... Phone: (846) 267-43-22, (846) 334-79-22 (Fax); (846)267-48-34 (for issues regarding conference fee documents and hotel booking. ...

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... Plasma Phenomena in the Solar System: Discoveries of Prof. K.I. Gringauz - a view from the XXI century . ... The conference is devoted to the 90-th anniversary of Professor Konstantin I. Gringauz - a pioneer of in-situ plasma measurements in space, who discovered solar wind, plasmapause, and cometopause. ... 1.Physical processes on the Sun and solar wind formation. ... 3.Solar plasma interaction with the Earth and planets; physical processes in magnetospheres. ...

... 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 ...