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... 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. ...

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... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented remote observing on the 10-meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. The data connection consists of ATM networks in Hawaii and California, running at OC-1 speeds (45 Mbit/sec), and high data rate (HDR) satellite antennae at JPL in Pasadena and Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. ... These networks were connected via NASA's ACTS satellite. ...

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Reports from around the world indicate that this year's annual Perseid meteor shower was the best display since the 1990s. The accuracy of the calculations by Jeremie Vaubaillon (Institute of Celestial Mechanics, Paris and California Institute of Technology) a frequent collaborator with Armagh astronomers, and the American astronomer Thomas van Flandern regarding the times of peak activity and numbers of meteors observed, were confirmed by observations. ... See also: Perseid 2009 Videos . ...

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... Remote Observing with the Keck Telescope: ATM Networks and Satellite Systems P.L.Shopbell, J.G.Cohen, and L. Bergman 1 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. ... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented re­ mote observing on the 10­meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. ... The ACTS network is being used to enable true remote observing, as well as remote eavesdropping. ...