... 2002 December 8 . The International Space Station Expands Yet Again . Credit: STS-113 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance yet again. Earlier this month the Space Shuttle Endeavor visited the ISS and installed the fourth of eleven pieces that will compose the Integrated Truss Structure . ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998 and the core structure should be in place before 2005. ... About APOD | ...

... Commander of the ISS . ... Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia . ... From September 1989 to December 1992 he passed training for mission to the Mir Station as a member of the test cosmonaut group. In January - June 1993 he passed training under EC-14 program on the Mir Station as a commander of the backup (third) crew. From July 1993 to January 1994 he passed training for mission on the Soyuz-TM transport vehicle and Mir Orbital Complex under EC-15 program as the backup crew commander. ...

... 2000 December 20 . Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center . ... Explanation: Why are these stars moving so fast? Shown above is a time-lapse movie in infrared light detailing how stars in the central light-year of our Galaxy have moved over the past eight years. ... If these fast stars are held to the Galactic Center by gravity, then the central object exerting this gravity must be both compact and massive. ... About APOD | ...

. " The Arecibo Observatory is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations . expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on January 29, 2014 | ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments Teachers from across Northern Ireland have come together to learn how to build and launch their own rockets. ItтАЩs all part of an initiative deriving from a new тАШSpace Science [ ] . ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... A Space Station Meets its Destiny . ... The Witch Head Nebula . ... This suggestively shaped reflection nebula is associated with the bright star Rigel in the constellation Orion. ... The false-color picture shows the bright infrared emission from dust and molecular gas in part of the Orion star forming region surrounding the Horsehead Nebula. ... This color "picture" of globular star cluster M55 may not look like any star cluster you've ever seen. ...

. Album : asv-album :: Travels to distant places and countries :: 2004/06 Leiden, Hague, Amsterdam (Netherlands) :: 01/06/04 Moscow-Leiden. Flight, trip to Leiden, first walk . Up . << Prev . In the Leiden railway station, near ticket office. Exit to the center of the city . Next >> . Created with the tool album a MarginalHack written by David Ljung on Tue Jun 23 14:47:53 2015 .

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

... Posts tagged ?Penn State? ... via David van Dyk, information about 3 events in astrostatistics hosted by Penn State?s Center for Astrostatistics: . Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VII (June 6-10, 2011) . ... June 7-12, 2010 . ... Tags: 2010 , AstroStat , June 2010 , Penn State , summer school . ... Tags: 2009 , Announcement , AstroStat , June , Penn State , summer school . ... Tags: astrostatistics , Babu , Cast , Feigelson , Penn State , R , statistics department , summer school . ...

. My astronomical research interests center on galaxy structure and evolution. Current topics include: . Polar-ring and interacting galaxies (see also new catalogue ) . Galaxy warps: statistics, properties and origin . Spiral galaxies at z~1: radial and vertical structure of stellar disks, statistics of interactions . Surface photometry and kinematics, dynamical modeling . Observational cosmology . Joomla Counter since Sep 1997

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