... Engineering experiments aimed at testing and developing engineering solutions for a future interplanetary vehicle were a prominent activity during missions of Salyut and Mir space stations. ... In October 1998, cosmonauts placed on the outside surface of Mir space station some samples of film-type solar array, which constitutes a key element of the Martian vehicle, in order to study how they are affected by actual space environments. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is integrated software package to deal with a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... compiling a list of all numbered minor planets which can be seen at certain moment within specified sky region and visualization of their mutual positions; . ... As AMPLE is able to reproduce virtually any table of "the Ephemerides of Minor Planets" , it may be considered as computer version of the EMP. ...

... CORBA Client/server architecture needs tools to manage communication between the different components. ... A CORBA class is defined by its interface, specifying in the Interface Data Language (IDL), the methods, their parameters and return values to be used on the client side and to be implemented on the server side. ... 214 Wenger and Frisґ ee IDL file (CORBA class description) IDL compilation Client code STUB code SKELETON code CORBA class implementation Server Client server code Figure 1. ...

Research Activities . Integrated superconducting submm receivers and spectrometers. Technology for fabrication of superconducting integrated circuits based on high quality submicron Nb and NbN tunnel junctions with high current density. Development, study and optimization of the superconducting phase locked Local Oscillator for integrated spectrometer. ... Development of the superconducting elements for operation at frequencies up to 1 THz. ... Activities | ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... AstroGrid Registry . ... 1.DB client and WebDav . ... If you are using the recommended xml database eXist (which also is bundled up with the registry). ... Also it supports WebDav which allows you to connect various Applications like XMLSpy or Oxygen as well as your typical File Manager normally support WebDav meaning you can view the whole database just like any other network drive on your system. ... ex: http://software.astrogrid.org/schema/vo-resource-types/VOResource/v1.0/VOResource.xsd . ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Elements of osculating planetary orbits. Explanations. Each row contains at 0h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial of specified date in system of mean equator and ecliptic J2000.0 the ecliptic osculating elements of heliocentric orbit: inclination of orbital plane (degrees), longitude of ascending node (degrees), argument of perigelion (degrees), semimajor axis (astronomical units), mean motion (degrees per day), eccentricity (dimensionless), mean anomaly (degrees).

SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Reducing Cost of Ops Miller Krueger 7-8 May 1997 Techniques used to Reduce Cost and Improve Quality for Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Glenn Miller and Tony Krueger Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, MD 9/4/97 SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Reducing ... STScI has encouraged a culture of continuous improvement and innovation to improve user service and reduce costs. ...

... 2011 September 7 . SDSS J102915+172927: A Star That Should Not Exist . ... Explanation: Why does this star have so few heavy elements? Stars born in the generation of our Sun have an expected abundance of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium mixed into their atmospheres. Stars born in the generation before our Sun, Population II stars , the stars that created most of the heavy elements around us today, are seen to have some, although fewer, elements heavier than H and He. ...

... Developments and challenges · CABB · · · · · · · miriad Addition of the 7mm band Spacecraft tracking with the ATCA New 13mm receiver for Parkes Final version of the Digital Filter Bank at Parkes Remote operation of ATNF telescopes eVLBI ATNF 2012 ATNF 2012 Operations 2007-2012 2007 2008 2009 NASA tracking 2010 2011 2012 7mm 13mm CABB 12m Test bed MIRA-6 MIRANdA Review Plan Implement 4 ATNF observatories ... There must be a cost to changing our operations. ...