... Tonight's Sky . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Car-sized rover nears daring landing on Mars . The Mars Science Laboratory mission is a precursor for future human missions to Mars. ... During the initial weeks after the actual landing, JPL mission controllers will put the rover through a series of checkouts and activities to characterize its performance on Mars while gradually ramping up scientific investigations. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... 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 * . ...

... This oral history is being conducted with Christopher Harris in Washington, D.C., for the NASA Headquarters History Office. ... The interview is part of a series to capture knowledge about NASA?s participation in the 2010 rescue of thirty-three Chilean miners. ... Harris: Okay. ... I?m curious if the State Department had received a request for help from Chile about this, would you have thought about going to NASA for these things if NASA hadn?t already been contacted as well by the Chilean...

Quick Start Software Installation Instructions for the Meade Autostar Suite Introduction Meade's Autostar Suite with Meade Deep Sky Imager/Autoguider and Planetarium software turns your Meade telescope, Autostar and PC into a more powerful and easy-touse astronomical instrument. ... Click "Next." ... 14 A dialog saying "DSI Driver Installed" displays. ... A window displays that tells you that Autostar Suite has been installed. ... To Install the Software To install the Autostar Suite software: 1. ...