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... RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL MONITORING . ... S.P.Korolev RSC Energia has designed and built the experimental model of automatic radiation and ecological station (ARES). ... Inspection control, including delivery of ARES to areas with high risk of ecological pollution and conduction of long-term (weeks, months) continuous observations in automatic mode; . ... Satellite data relay system. ... The control of automatic ecological control stations via satellite channel was developed in 1996-1997. ...
... THANK YOU NASA. ... I decided to return to a full-time job (after a 15-year hiatus raising my children). I took a civil service exam, was called the next day and assigned as a GS-5 to the Flight Operations Division, NASA Space Task Group, to Chris [Christopher C.] Kraft and Charles [W.] Mathews (Chief) located in separate buildings, on the West Side of Langley Air Force Base. ... Chris Kraft was also the Mission Flight Director for the Mercury Astronauts. ... Return to JSC Oral History Website . ...
. This is a new popup window - close it when you are done . Submitted by Bernie Volz on 05/13/2006 17:40:33 . Sharon Scofield - Mario's setup . Mario is known to use a local beer as counter weights. Either way he drinks the beer after totality: . - If it was clear, he celebrates. - If it was cloudy, he drowns his sorrows. Logon to post a follow-up comment or review comments from others . Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. About Us Contact Us
... Vocational training, adult education, school of classes for special types of children, and kindergartens also form part of the program in most states. ... Many systems also preside nursery schools. ... Out of more than three million students who graduate from high school each year, about one million go on for higher education. A college at a leading university might receive applications from two percent of these high school graduates, and then accept only one out of every ten who apply. ...
Define region . ... Area/perimeter . Define a region of interest on a graph or graphs. Select the region, there are 5. ... Inside polygon . Points inside a closed, non-intersecting polygon are considered inside the region. ... In the polygonal region type, define the region by successive clicks with the left mouse button, use the right mouse button to register the polygon. ... Select the region to use. ... Click on Area or Perimeter and use the mouse to define the region. ...
... 22.Reference Frames . ... Inertial Forces . 23a. The Centrifugal Force . ... When calculating the motions of the oceans and the atmosphere, it is much easier to use reference points on the rotating Earth and add a centrifugal force to all equations. ... The rest arises because the Earth is not a perfect sphere: the centrifugal force of its rotation causes its equator to bulge out , making the surface there more distant from the Earth s center and thus weakening the gravitational pull. ...
... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...
Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... In the file of explanations, source of data or bibliographic reference is indicated. ... File of data (Data) *.txt. ... Les donnИes standard de la base NSDB (Standard Data) . ... Any bibliographic reference has the following fields (please, don't mix up these reference fields hereafter called "fields" with the search fields where you will enter the data and which are hereafter denoted as "search fields" or "text fields"): . ...
... Reports on progress and error are always recorded in the log file of the program. ... UT date of the measurement finish in YYYY-MM-DD format UT time of the measurement finish in hh:mm:ss format Average flux in A aperture Average flux in B aperture Average flux in C aperture Average flux in D aperture Normalized variance of flux in A aperture Normalized variance of flux in B aperture Normalized variance of flux in C aperture Normalized variance of flux in D ...
... astro-ph . ... Han, Z. Han, J. L. Han, Cheongho . ... Hansen, Carl J. Hanna, Chad R. Handa, Toshihiro . ... Hancock, B. Hankins, T. H. Hansen, Frode K. Hansen, James P. Hanson, J. C. Hancock, Paul J. Hanley, John . ... Haniff, C. Hanlon, W. F. Hanlon, L. Hancock, M. Hanawa, Tomoyuki . ... Hands, A. D. P. Hanninen, Jyrki . ... Hancock, T. Hanlan, Patricia C. Han, B. Zhang J. L. Handt, J. Hands, Simon . ... Hanaoka, Y. Hanakoka, N. Hansen, Terese . ... HAN . ... Hans, O. Hands, T. O. Hancock, Colin . ...
... Events INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... Development prospects and use of engines for aviation, space - rocket systems, motor transport mechanical engineering and stationary power supply installations . ... Propulsion engineering, power engineering and space vehicle ecology problems . ...
The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...
Supernova 1987A in LMC . One day in 1987, an astronomer by the name of Ian Shelton was making observations of the Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic cloud at Las Campanas Observatory, and he noticed something strange on his image. ... SN 1987A got as bright as 2.7, the only other recent SN even to come close was 1885A in M31 which got up to mag 6. ... Mag 4.5 . ... IAUC 4318 2/25/87 Type II? ... IAUC 7354 2/1/00 New structure in the inner ring . ... IAUC 7360 2/7/00 HST observation of new spot . ...
GENERAL INFORMA T ION ABOUT How does my LOMO® Night Vision Device Work? ... LOMO® NIGHT VISION DEVICES & FAQs When using a Night Vision Device, you are actually looking at an image that is projected by the intensifier tube located inside the unit (Fig. ... Light enters the Night Vision Device through the objective lens and hits the photocathode in front of the intensifier tube. ... Infrared (IR) Illuminator Microchannel Plate (Gen.2 Only) When do I use my LOMO® Night Vision Device? ... Fig. ...
... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...
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