... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . ... Flights Chronology . ... Sea Launch . ... Land Launch . ... History of flights . ... Land Launch - Injection Profile . ... 1-st burn of Block DM-SLB (Injection into reference orbit) . ... LV two stages provide the orbital block injection into the open orbit with negative perigee; by three burns of the Upper Stage main engine the spacecraft is injected into the given target orbit. ...

... Venera 1 . ... Lander . ... 1 Mar 1966 . ... 12 Jun 1967 . 18 Oct 1967 . ... 5 Jan 1969 . 16 May 1969 . ... 15 Dec 1970 . ... 27 Mar 1972 . ... Lander/Orbiter . 8 Jun 1975 . 22 Oct 1975 . Mar 1976 (?) ... 9 Sep 1978 . 25 Dec 1978 . ... 30 Oct 1981 . 1 Mar 1982 . ... 2 Jun 1983 . 10 Oct 1983 . Jun 1984 . ... Lander/Probe . 15 Dec 1984 . 11 Jun 1985 . 6 Mar 1986 . ... VEGA/Venera-9..14 . lander . ... Block L, top view, with Mars-1 . Venera engine . ...

Lunar Orbiter to the Moon (1966 - 1967) . ... Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. ... The first three missions were dedicated to imaging 20 potential lunar landing sites, selected based on Earth-based observations. ... The Lunar Orbiters had an ingenious imaging system, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, a film processing unit, a readout scanner, and a film handling apparatus. ...

... Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. ... The first three missions were dedicated to imaging 20 potential lunar landing sites, selected based on Earth-based observations. ... The Lunar Orbiters had an ingenious imaging system, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, a film processing unit, a readout scanner, and a film handling apparatus. ... Launched: 04 May 1967 . ... Objective: Lunar mapping mission ...

... ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. ... Spacecraft . ... of 1st stage engines thrust . ... 2nd stage engine ignition . ... 1st stage separation . ... Payload (Block-D, SC, adapter, lower casing, middle casing) separation . ... 1st ignition of the Block D main engine's launching provision system (SOZ) . ... 1st ignition of the Block-D main engine . ... 2nd ignition of the Block-D main engine . ... Block-D did not impart the requirement impulse to the spacecraft and separated from the spacecraft. ...

... 2015 January 3 . Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit . Image Credit: Gene Cernan , Apollo 17 , NASA ; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne . ... The stereo anaglyph was assembled from two photographs ( AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466 ) captured from his vantage point on board the Lunar Module Challenger as he and Dr. Harrison Schmitt flew over Apollo 17's landing site in the Taurus-Littrow Valley . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit . ... 2.01.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: Gene Cernan , Apollo 17 , NASA ; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this awesome stereo view of another world. The scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon. ... Publications with keywords: landing - stereo - stereo . Publications with words: landing - stereo - stereo . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... SHANNON W. LUCID (Ph.D.) . nasa astronaut (former) . ... She is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews. ... A veteran of five space flights, Dr. Lucid has logged 5,354 hours (223 days) in space. ... Dr. Lucid retired from NASA in January 2012. ... In completing this flight, Dr. Lucid logged 838 hours and 54 minutes in space. ... FEBRUARY 2012 ...

... Ж.Ф. Родионова, А.А.Карлов, Т.П. Скобелева и др. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, 119899, Moscow, Russia; jeanna@sai.msu ru. ... Moscow State University, Vorobjovy Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia. Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 34, October 8-9, 2001, Moscow, Russia . ... Rodionova J1., ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, jeanna@sai.msu.ru . ... 1 Sternberg State Astronomical Institute Lomonosov Moscow University, Russia; marss8@mail.ru . ...

STScI . JWST . L2 Orbit . ... Missions . ... Data . ... Science Blog . ... JWST Overview . ... Image Gallery . ... Early Release Science Program . ... During the feasibility studies (1995-96), NASA and the STScI considered a wide variety of orbits for JWST. The most promising was an orbit about the Sun-Earth second Lagrange point (L2), approximately 1.5 million km from Earth, outside the orbit of the Moon. ... Address: STScI, JWST Mission Office, 3700 San Martin Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218 . ...

... Observing . ... Observing Podcasts . Observe the Solar System . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . Springtime observing for small telescopes . ... Seasonal Observing . ... Observing Basics . ... At the end of the Cassini mission, could the probe be put into orbit around Titan to observe it on a permanent basis? ... Scientists would be thrilled to have Cassini permanently remain in orbit around Titan. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

3) Planets and Brown Dwarfs . ... By its nature, this method is most sensitive to massive planets orbiting close to their stars. ... That means that some of the more massive extrasolar planets could actually be brown dwarfs (although the statistics of the finds suggest that most of them are not). ... Another possible difference between brown dwarfs and massive planets is how they are born. ... They would base the fundamental definition on the mode of formation: a planet is built from planetesimals. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Having been launched at 11:15 Moscow time from Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Dnepr LV (a converted SS-18 ICBM) successfully injected 5 RapidEye spacecraft into orbit. ... Dr. Vladimir A. Andreev, Director General of ISC Kosmotras, speaking on behalf of the Company, extended his congratulations on the successful launch to the launch customers, namely British SSTL, Canadian MDA and German RapidEye AG. ... Dnepr LV Performance . ... Launch Sites . ...

... Американская межпланетная космическая станция "Феникс" (Phoenix Mars Lander), 26 мая совершившая успешную посадку на Марс вблизи его северного полюса, спустя две недели еще только .. ... Феникс": сбой на Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter привел к потери связи . ... Телескопическая камера High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, установленная на орбитальном аппарате Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, сумела сфотографировать зонд "Феникс" в ходе его посадки на поверхность Марса.. ... Все ключевые слова . ...

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): . ...

Next: RSOG Pre-Observation Products . ... Mission Elements . ... The main mission elements (ME) are: . The RSOG, based at ASC, which is responsible for the science operation of the RadioAstron Mission. ... The Main Ballistic(Navigation) Center (MBC) belonging to Lavochkin Association coordinates preparation and exchange of orbit determination and orbit reconstraction ptoducts. ... Experiment codes of five characters are used in naming GRT related files. ... RSOG . ... Corr (GTS?) ... Corr (RSOG?) ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Concept Spacecraft . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin September 30, 2011 Posted in: Human Exploration . Gemini Spacecraft: The red and gold spheres in the Equipment Module are propellant tanks and the red cylinder in the nose is the parachute pack. ... Image credit: NASA) . ... Amazingly in 2011, an outfit called Space Operations Inc proposed launching updated Geminis (rebadged as Eclipse spacecraft) for commercial clients! ...

... You are a hot-shot rocket pilot. ... So whenever there is a difficult rescue mission to be carried out in space, they call on you. ... You will use computer simulators, which accurately model the motions of a rocketship. ... They should run on any computer with a web browser and an internet connection. ... Your spacecraft is a yellow sliver. ... Your mission is to rescue Luke. ... His spacecraft has run out of fuel, and unless you rescue him, will continue to drift there for billions of years. ...

... Fifteen years ago, on February 20, 1986 the launching of the Core Block marked the beginning of the Mir Orbital Station construction. Currently the Mir Station consists of 6 modules. ... The Mir Station total mass is near 130 tons. ... For sinking unburned Mir Station fragments after reentering atmosphere a Southern Pacific Ocean area limited by the following point coordinates: 53 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 132 њ W; 30 њ S, 127 њ W; 30 њ S, 90 њ W; 53 њ S, 90 њ W is choosen. ...

ENERGOSPECTROMETER OF IONOSPHERIC PLASMA P3-3 . ... The major objective of the P3-3 experiment is complex investigation the main parameters of ionospheric plasma with high time and spatial resolution. ... Measured parameters: . ... The experiment produce regular data - measured with fixed time interval and «packet» data - measured once per specific time interval and producing blocks of TM-information. ... If all parameters will be measured once per second, the experiment will produce 10 MB per orbit. ...