... SSAU History . ... The Ground Control Complex for Small Spacecraft of Samara State Aerospace University took control of the satellites Aist-1 . ... The data received from SSAU scientific equipment on board of the satellites Aist-1 was processed by the engineers of the Rocket and Space Centre and then was transferred to the university scientists. ... On April 19, 2013 the first small spacecraft Aist-1 was launched from the space-launch complex Baykonur together with a research satellite Bion-M No. ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

Profile" is a proposed multi-spacecraft mission to the Earth's magnetosphere. ... Click here for that list, also listed as appendix to "Science Closure" of the "" Multiprobe Mission " below. The 1997 Fall Meeting of the AGU , held in San Francisco December 8-12, included a special session Science Closure and Enabling Technologies for Magnetospheric Constellation Missions At that session, a talk and a poster on "Profile" were presented by D.P. Stern: . ... Science Tasks for "Profile". ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... No Comments In our latest night sky guide we look at the stars of late spring and early summer and ponder just what does the brightness of a star really mean. ... Continue Reading.. ... 2 Comments The long dark nights continue through February, but this does give us a chance to see some interesting objects in our night sky. ... 1 Comment Orion the Hunter is the easiest to recognise constellation in the skies of the Northern Hemisphere. ...

... Best images of the SOHO spacecraft . ... Best images of the TRACE spacecraft . Passage of Venus in the face of the Sun . CORONAS-PHOTON spacecraft docking with the rocket Cyclon . ... Solar Satellites - towards the Sun . ... CORONAS-PHOTON testing in the Mirny sity (2009 January) . ... 1953-2016 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia . ... 7(499)132-65-96, Fax: +7(499)132-65-97 . ...

... Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Zeta Ophiuchi produces the arcing interstellar bow wave or bow shock seen in this stunning infrared portrait from the WISE spacecraft. ... Moon and Venus over Switzerland . ... The care package from Earth had arrived. Last week, Japan launched the robotic Kounotori2 spacecraft to bring needed supplies, including food, to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Hidden Treasures of M78 . ... The Whirlpool Galaxy in Infrared Dust . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Sea Launch . ... News . ... In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-04M was launched from Baikonur launch site at 07:01:23 AM Moscow Time. ... RSC Energia: Progress MS-02 docked with the ISS.' ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" ...

NEWS FEDERATION rus ENCYCLOPEDIA rus HISTORY rus MIR STATION RUSSIAN . ... Cosmonauts. ... Military Space . Space Science . ... Heroes Of Space Remember . Military Prospects Of Russian Space . Within the Russian Space Control System, orbital constellation named Stroy will be deployed soon. ... Military Ecologists Of Plesetsk Certified . Change Of Power At Baykonur . Russian government decided to transfer coordination of Baykonur operations from the Space Forces to Rosaviakosmos. ...

Automated Mission Planning and Scheduling (AMPS) Support of Autonomous Operations for the ST5 Constellation R ober t S hendoc k NASA/GSFC ­ SGT Inc. email: shendock@ gsfc.nasa.gov Jenny Williams NASA/GSFC ­ C SC Inc . ... New ground system technologies were utilized to satisfy flight requirements for both constellation and autonomous operations. ... This approach was supported by another of the new technologies, a model-based operations system, to adjust the plan in near real-time. ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 February 3 . Six Worlds for Kepler-11 . Illustration Credit: Tim Pyle, NASA . Explanation: Six worlds orbit Kepler-11 , a sunlike star 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation Cygnus. The new discovery is based on data from NASA's planet hunting Kepler spacecraft . ... Tomorrow's picture: wise star . ... About APOD | ...

Educator's Guide to Robotic Spacecraft . ... Spacecraft are complex, technological objects that have to function far from Earth in the harsh environment of space. ... If the students are familiar with spacecraft they can be prompted with body parts and attempt to identify the analogous spacecraft part. This will work well if the students have a high quality picture of a modern spacecraft. ... Identify a mission and a destination for a spacecraft and have teams of students design the spacecraft. ...