... skies, the enjoyable day consisted of a tour of the 6", f/17 historic Gaertner Refractor and Observatory, winning raffle prizes, participating in the horseshoe throwing contest, rocket launches, and conversations with the amateur astronomers from the area ...
... He primarily works on adjustable Xray optics, but is also heavily involved in the Arcus Small Explorer proposal and the recently approved MaGIXS X-ray spectrometer rocket. ...
... The permanent presence of large-scale Birkeland currents which flow into and away from the lower ionosphere has been confirmed by many rocket and satellite experiments and these observations tend to support AlfvИn's original theory for their generation. ...
... Subsequent flight validation will take place early next year on an Air Force "Road Runner" mission to be launched on another new technology, Elon Musk's newly developed low cost Falcon rocket launcher. ...
... 2012 Astronomy Day Schedule 4:00 - Outdoor events begin with rockets, kites, solar telescopes 5:00 - Indoor events run from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm - science exhibitors 7:00 - Indoor Kite Flying in the Hockey Rink 7-9 pm - kites that need no wind! ...
... Following a series of sounding rocket flights in the mid 1970's, the detector was part of the Einstein Observatory focal plane - the HRI (High Resolution Imager) that flew in 1978 on the first ever non-solar X-ray telescope. ...
... Here's the schedule: 4:00 pm Outdoor events begin with rockets, kites, solar observing. 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:30 8:30 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Indoor events (lectures, demonstrations, etc) Telescope clinic Indoor Kite Flying in the Hockey Rink Public star ...
... a hyper spectral imaging telescope aboard NASA's ill-fated Lewis spacecraft · CIRRIS 1A, SPIRIT 2, space shuttle and rocket borne cryogenic IR spectrometers used by NASA/DOD to characterize the earth limb · SBV and SPIRIT 3 visible and IR telescopes ...