Note: you can click on a picture to see it enlarged ...you float into the ODS (Orbite Docking System) from Shuttle's airlock through tunnel extension ( also serves as EVA airlock ). The tunnel leads further to the Shuttle's back where Spacelab is placed. ... You move upwards.....and see a closed hatch. It's time to open it! Yet another closed hatch - but it's not the Shuttle's, it belongs to the Russian space station Mir. Open it - and you are in the Mir's docking module . ...

Shakht N.A., A.A.Afanas'eva, D.L. Gorshanov, E. V.Poliakow (Pulkovo Observatory, Russia): Title: Long-term photographic observations for selected objects of Pulkovo program: measurements and results. Abstract: The selected objects, observed at Pulkovo observatory during long time period have been of intense interest among astronomers, and now they are the most important aims for space investigations. ... Now we believe, that they also are interesting for observation during space mission Gaia. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Winer Observatory) was incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity to perform basic research in astronomy, provide educational outreach programs, and provide site and maintenance services for small telescopes through cooperative agreements with other astronomical institutions. ... The picture at the top left of this page is of our facility near Sonoita, Arizona, approximately 50 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. ...

International School "Frontiers in Numerical Gravitational Astrophysics" . Erice ( Italy ), june 27-july 5, 2008 . ... you and/or your students may be interested in the Course "Frontiers in . Numerical Gravitational Astrophysics" that will be held in Erice (Italy) . ... Univ. of Roma, La Sapienza , Italy . ... Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA . ... FRONTIERS IN NUMERICAL GRAVITATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS| . 2nd Course of the International School on | ... Joshua Barnes (Univ. of Hawaii, USA) . ...

... We guess it's almost impossible to create the site nowadays where all space relative philatelic materials (postage stamps, stationary, postal marks etc.) would be registered and presented. ... We tried to make such a step in April 2005, placing at the site first images of postage stamps with portraits of astronauts (cosmonauts, spacionauts, taikonauts:). ... All illustrative material (or simply speaking, all scans of stamps) are grouped in four sections: Countries , Years , Astronauts and Flights . ...

Astronomy Department was found in Kyiv University in 1834 together with other twelve departments of the Faculty of Philosophy. ... At that time V.Struve was a World famous astronom, and helped V.Fedorov in creation of Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory. ... M.Khandrikov successfuly modernized the Observatory. ... Researches of the history of Kyiv Observatory say about an important contribution into development of orbits theory made by the famous Kyiv astronoms I.Illinsky and I.Putilin. ...

The results of a search for ultrarapid variability of galactic water maser sources at the wavelength 1.35 cm on a timescale of several minutes to 1 h are reported. A special observational technique was developed. ... Among those, several sources that have shown such variability were found. ... Clear evidence for such a variability type was found in at least two sources: W49N and W33B. Variability of this kind displays itself only in certain states of the water masers. ...

The most up-to-date information related to atmos 3.0 are collected here due to constantly increasing interest to MASS/DIMM processing software... atmos 3.0 is still beta , so the latest version is 2.97.5 (there is also 2.98.x branch which absorbs new features) . ... M' line: . ... free seeing and its relative error . ... dimm seeing and its relative error (if dimm data are present, zeros otherwise) . ... dimm turbulence power and its relative error (if dimm data are present, zeros otherwise) . ...

... Department Number . ... Astro Space Center . ... Telephone Number . 7(495) 333 3366 . FAX Number . 7(495) 333 2378 . ... amalin@lukash.asc.rssi.ru . ...

... Meantime catalogue represents data collected by MSU-E & MCU-SK devices from spacecrafts "Resurs" , "Okean-O" and "Meteor-3M". ... Select in particular fields on the main page of catalogue ' Search MSU-E ' or ' Search MSU-SK ' for immidiate search using selected criteria, then provide coordinate data, time as well as quality and percentage of clauds and submit your request. ... For browsing archived data refer to ' Data ordering ' item on the main page. ...