... Stellar Evolution . Nucleosynthesis in Stars . The Evolution of Star Clusters . JAVA Physics Lab . Alternative Energies Class . Steve Kevan's Physics 251 Class . ... Talk on Solid State Physics of CCD detectors . Talk on Cosmological Issues . ... Digital Spectra of Stars . NETexperts E-mail List . The Electronic Universe Project e-mail: nuts@moo.uoregon.edu ...

... BOM2 and the basic block of solar limbograph including pointing and control systems ? ... Fine tracking platform (FTP) for Sun tracking by the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... Tracking system frequency ? ... Controller of the control system and solar fine tracking of the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... The basic relative construction of the elements and instrumental blocks of the "Astrometria" space experiment is shown on the block diagram of units within the complex of SL-200 solar...

INFRARED FOURIER-SPECTROMETER SICH-F . ... Instrument work regimes: 1) Inside. 2) Calibration at inside standard sources 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 3) Calibration at "free space" 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 4) Infrared radiation measuring 10 - 40 min. per a rotation. ... Spectrometer consists of the photodetector block and the block of signal processing and control. ... Diagnostic information and attach data will transfer by state telemetric channels. ... Detector temperature. ...

LAUNCHING . Rocket-Space Complex N1-L3 being . ... As a result of high-frequency vibrations in the engine №2 gas generator, a pressure reducing connector behind a turbine broke off and leakage of components occurred that caused a fire in the aft compartment and violated the engine control system operation that commanded to shut down engines at 68.7s. Despite the accident, this launch has proved the validity of the dynamic profile, launch dynamics, LV control processes using the ...

JSC Celebrates 40 Years of Human Space Flight . America's Nerve Center for Mission Operations . ... An overall view from the rear shows activity in the new Mission Control Center, opened for operation and dedicated during the STS-70 space shuttle mission. ... Shuttle design and construction involved close support from the mission operations team. ... The Spaceflight Control Center in Korolev is where the Russian flight controllers support operations of the Russian elements of the space station. ...

. You can compare any two versions of a file that is under the control of SCCS with the sccsdiff command: /usr/sccs/sccsdiff -r version -r version s. filename . Using this command produces a line by line difference between the two versions of the file. Results are shown in the same format as that produced by the diff command. Examples .

... Mass . 17a. Measuring Mass . ... A medium-size (1.25 inch wide) binder clip, as is used in offices to hold papers together--the type made of flat blue steel, with two wire handles. ... The theory predicts that the oscillation period should be proportional to the square root of the oscillating mass, including the mass of the clip. Note that gravity plays no part here: the oscillation period would be the same on the Moon or in zero-g. Denoting square root by SQRT, we have . ...

... In spite of the fact that the orbit assumes a zero gravity (the scientists count on it by growing super-clean crystals and other materials impossible on the earth), in fact, none spacecraft provides such conditions. ... This question is answered by the device developed by SSAU scientists - Micro-acceleration Compensation Space System (MCSS). ... Then, the computer will give commands to the magnets that compensate micro-accelerations. ... Tags: 'photon-m4' mcss . ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 7.01.2006 . ... The region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula Nebula, except that this tarantula is about 1,000 light-years across, and 180,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. ... Iapetus, the third largest moon of Saturn, was inspected again as the Saturn-orbiting robot Cassini spacecraft swooped past the enigmatic world again late last year. ... APOD: 2006 January 1- The Largest Rock in the Solar System . ...

The XImtool control panel is the main interface for the XImtool display program, on which SAOtng is based. The SAOtng GUI duplicates the most of the functionality of the control panel in its menu and accel buttons, but the control panel is offered as a window-based alternative to run-of-the-mill menus. ... Tile Frames . ... The text display window gives the field X,Y center, X,Y scale factors, and the X,Y zoom factors. ... Fit Frame makes the display window the same size as the frame buffer. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Search By Name Enter coordinates Use current location . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... space flight . ... space physics . ... Tour the Deep Sky . ... Rosetta comet probe enters hibernation in deep space . With virtually all systems shut down, the probe will now coast for 31 months until waking up in 2014 for arrival at its comet destination. ... The final command placing ESAт??s Rosetta comet-chaser into deep-space hibernation was sent earlier today. ...

CAL/OPS meetings M. Kirsch ESA/ESOC with input from the XMM FCT XMM-Newton | ESA/ESOC | HSO-OAX | ... Page 8 special events Collision avoidance in place (November 2011 ­ March 2012) Reaction wheel cage instability: · · XMM_SC-72, 2011-08-16, Reaction Wheel 1 unexpected increase in torque and current during stable pointing Switch of reaction wheel configuration from 1-2-3 to 2-3-4 in December 2011 4WD project · Wheel4 tested up to 3750 rpm in July MCS migration Fuel migration XMM-Newton | ...

... 12.03.2001 . ... March 12 2001 09:00 (Moscow time) . The operations sheduled with OC "Mir" for March 11 are fully complete. The station continues in free drift. ... The onboard systems perform nominal, the Complex arrays generate enough electricity, the thermal mode is normal. Today on the Station (core block) the Motion Control System (MCS) digital central computer was powered on, it is being loaded with command software. The next status report is scheduled for March 13 2001. ...

... MIDAS Command Language (1.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Help and debugging in MIDAS (0.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Table system of MIDAS (1.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Approximation in MIDAS (1.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Data structures in MIDAS (1 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Input/output formats of MIDAS (0.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) . ... Fortran/C programming in MIDAS (1.5 lesson - its text , control tasks ) ....

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program controls the data acquisition according to the specified schedule of the sessions. ... The calibration of AVHRR instrument data is performed during acquisition . The program can be started in parallel with the satellite pass visualization, that allows the user to monitor a session and store data only relevant to specific regions in manual selection mode. ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Every few months, one of a series of questions comes up on the USENET group sci.astro involving tides, or the rotation of the Moon, or the recession of the Moon from the Earth. ... Why the Moon's rotation period is the same as the length of time it takes to orbit the Earth (same as number 1, but phrased differently). ... But when this happens, the time it takes for the Earth to rotate once will be slowed to exactly the same time it takes for the Moon to go around the Earth once! ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...