... French Leger inspected the new rotator at Ideal Machine (Tacoma, WA) and took these pictures. ... The turning machine (on right) and turn table (on floor) at Ideal Machine are pictured. the platen used for the rotator is shown laying flat on the table. ... The rotator's ring shown on edge. ... The rotator's inner ring packed for shipment. The inner ring's flange mounting tab for attaching to the outer ring (lower edge of ring). ... Access holes on inner ring and then latch mounts. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... Flights Chronology . ... Project History . ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... ISS 45/46 . ... Missions Archive . ... News . ... News archive . Contribution of RSC Energia to the Russian Rocket-Space Technology . ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... Recent milestones in the Webb project include final delivery of all four science instruments to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). ... The instruments have become part of the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) and are undergoing a series of cryogenic vacuum testing there. ... Once the ISIM tests at Goddard are completed, the next testing step involving the instruments is to integrate the ISIM with the mirror components and test the Optical Telescope Element and Integrated Science (OTIS...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Instrumentation Development . ... Science Users Information . ... La Silla Paranal Observatory . ... Paranal Instrumentation . Decommissioned Instruments . ... VLT/VLTI Science Verification . ... ESO exercises strict control over the interfaces between the VLT observatory and its instruments. ... The instruments below are now maintained (and documented on the ESO web) by the Directorate of Operations/La Silla Paranal Observatory: . ...

GALFA - H I Projects . The table below summarizes approved GALFA H I projects. Some project names link to project web sites. All scheduled project IDs link to the relevant proposal abstract in the telescope schedule database , which also lists scheduled observations for each project. If these exceed the requested observing time, a project is deemed completed ; otherwise, it is either in progress or not yet scheduled , depending on whether observations have begun. ... Goldston . ...

... Projects . Data transfer . ... PPTA projects and allocations . ... Time active (d) . ... Not active . ... PPTA data release 2 . ... unallocated Study timing noise in PPTA pulsars . ... unallocated Reprocess P140 data with PPTA pipeline . ... unallocated Consider the optimal observing strategy for PPTA pulsars . ... unallocated Application of cyclic spectroscopy to PPTA pulsars . ... Profile Domain Pulsar Timing: Developing and applying techniques to PPTA data. ... Tue, 24 Nov 15 03:36:53 +0000 . ...

MARS-96 . ... Scientific goals . ... At the end of the 1980's, the successful broad scientific exploration program of Venus was fulfilled, the successful mission to Halley Comet was completed and the mission to Phobos, having limited success, was also realized, At this time, Mars was chosen as the main object for future planetary exploration within the Russian Space Program. ... Earlier missions to Mars showed that this planet in its earlier history was much more similar to the Earth than that is now. ...

... Stellar Evolution . Nucleosynthesis in Stars . The Evolution of Star Clusters . JAVA Physics Lab . Alternative Energies Class . Steve Kevan's Physics 251 Class . ... Talk on Solid State Physics of CCD detectors . Talk on Cosmological Issues . ... Digital Spectra of Stars . NETexperts E-mail List . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu ...

... A growing collection of images showing progress with the Telescopes and Telescope Domes restoration project is available on the Armagh Observatory web-site (see star.arm.ac.uk/history/Domes/ ). The project has been progressed satisfactorily and close to its original budget. ... The outer copper skin of the dome has been replaced with new pre-patinated copper sheeting. ... The Sinden Optical Company has made considerable progress with the restoration of the 1835 Grubb 15-inch reflector. ...

Проект существует с июля 2002 года. Цель проекта - дать краткий обзор наиболее интересных статей, появившихся в библиотеке электронных препринтов astro-ph . Также в обзоры будут включаться статьи, появившиеся в списке astro-ph из других разделов. ... Параллельно в 2002-2003 гг. создавался списки обзорных статей, в которых подробно освещаются те или иные часто обсуждаемые вопросы (например, статья А. Линде hep-th/0107176 является одной из лучших обзорных статей по инфляции). ...

... Timothy L. Kopra (Colonel, U. S. Army, Ret.) NASA Astronaut . ... In this position, he primarily served as an engineering liaison for space shuttle launch operations and International Space Station hardware testing. ... He then served in the Space Station Branch of the Astronaut Office, where he was involved in the testing of crew interfaces for two space station pressurized modules as well as the implementation of support computers and operational Local Area Network on the station. ...

... Within the transnational Access program of SOLARNET, European investigators can apply for observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA , which are installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory ( DST/NSO ). ... Periodic calls for proposals will be published for requesting SOLARNET observing time with the European instruments IBIS and ROSA, installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the US National Solar Observatory (DST/NSO). ... SOLARNET Access . ...

The 2016 Project ASTRO introductory workshop will take place September 16-17, 2016 (Friday and Saturday). Participating teachers and astronomers are required to attend. ... Home Phone: . ... Relevant teaching experiences: Please include professional development activities, curriculum development, in-service activities, and collaborative projects. Grades and subjects you will be teaching next year. ... yes . ... When during the year do you plan to teach astronomy (approximate months)? ...

The construction of NIFS is progressing well with preparations in hand for the next two cooldowns. The detailed design of all the NIFS mechanisms has been completed and the mechanisms are under construction. ... The NIFS OIWFS filter/aperture wheel and OIWFS gimbal mechanism have been manufactured by the University of Hawaii and delivered to the Australian National University. ... Vinko Medic polishing the OIWFS optable in preparation for cold-testing the NIFS mechanisms in the cryostat. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Integration of the NIRSpec instrument . ... SKA AAVS0 array . ... One of the major milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been, in September 2013, the completion by ESA of NIRSpec, the first multi-object spectrograph to be operated in space. ... Cambridge, and in particular the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, is heavily involved in NIRSpec by hosting one of the Instrument Science Team members (R. Maiolino). ...

... What's GOODS . ESO Data Products . Other Data Products . ... ESO Spectroscopic dataset on GOODS/CDF-S . ... Click onto the program id to get its description. ... Program . ... 170.A-0788(B) . FORS2 . Cesarsky . Spectroscopic survey in the CDF-S with FORS2 . ... PreImaging for 170.A-0788(B) . 171.A-3045(B) . VIMOS . ... Extension to the CDF-S program with MOS MR/LR_Blue grisms . ... PreImaging for 171.A-3045(B) . ... Send comments to <goods@eso.org> . ...

... 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 . ...

... Up: Telescope and Instrument Control Systems . Previous: CFH12K: Control Software and Data Handling . ... The MERLIN 1 array is being upgraded with new correlator hardware and improved monitoring, operating and control software. ... The project aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of MERLIN operations by upgrading the real-time correlator control computer and providing new software for aiding astronomical data-quality and array subsystem monitoring. ... Display lag data in real time. ...

... 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. ...

... 2007 December 3 . A Complete Solar Cycle from SOHO . ... A solar cycle is caused by the changing magnetic field of the Sun, and varies from solar maximum , when sunspot , coronal mass ejection , and flare phenomena are most frequent, to solar minimum, when such activity is relatively infrequent. ... This picture is composed of a SOHO image of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet light for each year of the last solar cycle , with images picked to illustrate the relative activity of the Sun. ...