... Credit Copyright: STS-50, NASA Explanation: Twenty years ago this week, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first reusable spaceship . ... Seen above Columbia, 56 meters (184 feet) long with a 24 meter (78 foot) wingspan, is launched mated to an external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters producing dramatic exhaust plumes . ... The largest shuttle element not recycled for a future flight, the external tank falls back toward Earth breaking up and descending into a remote ocean area. ...

... 2001 November 15 . Recycling Columbia . ... Explanation: Twenty years ago this week, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first reusable spaceship . Its second trip to low Earth orbit and back again began on November 12, 1981, following its maiden voyage by only seven months. Seen above Columbia, 56 meters (184 feet) long with a 24 meter (78 foot) wingspan, is launched mated to an external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters producing dramatic exhaust plumes . ... About APOD | ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . Robot Exploration . ... Originally Discovery had been set to launch on 1 November, but this was delayed when fatigue cracks were found in the structure of its External Tank. ... A little bit of trivia is that Discovery has actually made the only shuttle-era Christmas time flight to date, this was STS-103 ,€а a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999. ...

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... Marshall D. Perrin, Vacca, William D., & Graham, James R. 2009, Astronomical Journal Evidence for an Edge-on Disk Around the Young Star MWC 778 from Infrared Imaging and Polarimetry . ... Marshall D. Perrin, Gaspard Duchene, Paul Kalas, & James R. Graham. ... Marshall D. Perrin, James R. Graham, Paul Kalas, James P. Lloyd, Claire E. Max, Donald T. Gavel, Deanna M. Pennington, & Elinor L. Gates Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Imaging Polarimetry of Herbig Ae/Be Stars 2004, Science [astro-ph] . ...

... For a timeline of the exploration of the magnetic environment of the Earth, Sun and Planets, see here . ... Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) builds the first astronomical telescope and observes for the first time craters on the Moon, satellites around Jupiter, and the way Venus goes through phases like the Moon (crescent, etc.) ... 17 December--First successful flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... 16 March--Goddard launches his first liquid-fuel rocket. ...

Next: Armagh Observatory Seminars, 1998 Up: annrep Previous: Armagh Observatory Staff, 1998 Contents . ... Bagnulo, S., Doyle, J.G. , Andretta, V., 1998, ``Observations and modelling of spectral energy distributions of carbon stars with optically thin envelopes'', MNRAS 296, 545-563. ... Banerjee, D., Teriaca, L., Doyle, J.G. , Wilhelm, K., 1998, ``Broadening of Si VIII lines observed in the solar polar coronal holes'', A&A 339, 208-214. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Sea Launch . ... S.P. Korolev RSC Energia is the prime manned space flight organization in the Russian rocket and space industry, responsible for the development of the ISS Russian Segment, its integration into the Space Station and its operation, including development and operation of its principal modules (Zvezda, Pirs, Poisk, Rassvet, etc.), manufacturing, launch and operation of Soyuz TMA and Progress M spacecraft. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 19, 1999 . Mercury And The Sun . ... TRACE Project . Explanation: Just days before the peak of the Leonid meteor shower , skywatchers were offered another astronomical treat as planet Mercury crossed the face of the Sun on November 15. Viewed from planet Earth, a transit of Mercury is not all that rare. ... About APOD > . ...

... CV & PUBLICATIONS | ... Nicholls, DC, Dopita, MA, Sutherland, RS, Jerjen, H, & Kewley, LJ " Metal-poor Dwarf Galaxies in the SIGRID Galaxy Sample. ... Nicholls DC, Jerjen, H, Dopita MA, & Basurah, H. (2014) " Nebular Metallicities in Two Isolated Local Void Dwarf Galaxies ", Astrophysical Journal 780, 88 * . ... Sweet SM, Drinkwater MJ, Meurer G, Bekki K, Dopita MA, Kilborn V, & Nicholls DC, " CHOIRS H I Galaxy Groups: The Metallicity of Dwarf Galaxies" , (2014) Astrophysical Journal , 782, 35 * . ...

... PI, "3D Modeling of Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-ray Emission," Smithsonian Competitive Grants Program for Science . ... PI, "Chandra Deep Field-South: Solar Wind Charge Exchange and the SXRB," Chandra Archive/Cycle 12 . ... PI, "Solar Wind Charge Exchange and the Soft X-Ray Background," Chandra Archive/Cycle 9 . ... High-energy astrophysics: Stellar coronae, solar wind charge exchange, soft X-ray background, local ISM . ... B.J. Wargelin , M. Kornbleuth, P.L. Martin, and M. Juda, . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... The success of PICARD launch re enforces our high level of appreciation of the quality of the DNEPR launcher and of the professionalism and efficiency of ISC Kosmotras. ... The distinguishing feature of the THEOS launch by a converted SS-18 ICBM (Dnepr LV) is that it was the first ISC Kosmotras mission from the Yasny launch site that headed southward to its Sun-synchronous target orbit. ...

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ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS03 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Search for Short-Period Planets Orbiting Bright White Dwarfs PI: Brett Morris (UW) OBSERVER(S): Brett Morris (UW) UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: Two students from the University of Washington's Pre-MAP (Doug Branton + One unknown student) COLLABORATORS: Doug Branton (UW/Pre-MAP) CONTACT INFORMATION: bmmorris@uw.edu, 631-860-5116 TIME REQUESTED: Weeks ...

The basic problems of the Laboratory are connected with researches of dynamics of minor planets and comets. ... THE ORBIT IMPROVEMENT of minor planets from optical and radar observations, . the utilization of minor planet observations for THE DETERMINATION OF ORIENTATION OF STAR CATALOGUES and DETERMINATION OF MASSES OF MINOR PLANETS BY DYNAMICAL METHOD, . THE ESTIMATION OF COLLISION PROBABILITY of minor planets with other bodies and with each other, . ...

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... Archive of publications: . ... 2004 . ... S.V.Kuzin , I.M.Chertok , V.V.Grechnev , V.A.Slemzin , A.P.Ignat'ev , A.A.Pertsov , I.A.Zhitnik , J.-P.Delaboudiniere , . Coronas-F/Spirit Observations Of Solar Eruptive Events On 23 October v 4 November 2003 Solar Extreme Events of 2003: Fundamental Science and Applied Aspects. ... Coronas-F/Spirit Observations Of Solar Eruptive Events On 17 And 18 November 2003". ... Analysis of a Solar Eruptive Event on November 4, 2001, Using CORONAS-F/SPIRIT Data ". ...

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