... The Space Station Captures a Dragon Capsule . ... Credit Copyright: Steve Swanson , Expedition 39 Crew , NASA Explanation: The space station has caught a dragon. Specifically, in mid-April, the International Space Station captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule sent to resupply the orbiting outpost. Pictured above , the station's Canadarm2 in the Pacific Ocean on May 18. ... Publications with keywords: ISS - Canadarm2 . ... International Space Station Transits Saturn . ...

... 2009 April 6 . International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-119 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. In a recently completed mission, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included a new truss and new solar panels. ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... THIRD RUSSIAN VISITING CREW . ... The main crew of the third visiting mission had a consultation on ESCD experiment included into the program of scientific experiment of cosmonaut M.Shuttleworth, as well as on the kits of equipment that are to be delivered to and returned from orbit on-board Soyuz TM-34 and Soyuz TM-33 spacecraft. ... Upon completion of this work there was a review of this inspection with participation of the leading specialists of the Corporation. MAIN | ... CORPORATION | ...

... NASA Astronaut . ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in April 1996, Dr. Pettit reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. ... He lived aboard the International Space Station for 5-1/2 months during Expedition 6, was a member of the STS-126 crew, and again lived aboard the station for 6-1/2 months as part of the Expedition 30/31 crew. ... Expedition 30/31 (December 21, 2011 to July 1, 2012) launched to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-03M craft from Kazakhstan. ...

... A new exhibition - 'Planet Earth: Our Place In Space' - was recently opened at the National Museum of Ireland in Co. ... These specimens will be used to explain what meteorites tell us about the early solar system and also what we know about the earth as a planet. Minerals and rocks will further illustrate what the earth is made of and its nature as a planet. ... For more information about the exhibition see National Museum of Ireland . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... International workshop “The Europa Lander: science goals and experiments” is organized by the Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences, on February 9-13, 2009, in Moscow, Russia. The workshop will last 5 days including the days of arrival/departure and some sightseeing events, and focus on the scientific goals and technical aspects of the project, key issues of Europa science with the special emphasis on astrobiology and requirements to scientific instruments. ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Short history of IKI with respect to it's directors and main missions . ... Main results . ... Venue: Space Research Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences . ... The interview with the director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academician Lev M. Zelenyi . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, Russia, 117997...

... Schools . ... International programs . Summer Schools . ... On-line International courses with transferable academicљcredits . ... To complete the program there will be also excursions around Kharkiv region, which are connected with topics of the modules. ... V.љN.љKarazin Kharkiv National University isљaљfully accredited university inљKharkiv, Ukraine. ... V.љN.љKarazin Kharkiv National University mails official transcripts toљyour school ofљrecord upon the completion ofљthe program. ... APPLY . ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > APEX Science Verification > SHFI . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Telescope Time Allocation . ... ESO Data . ... The Science Verification (SV) observations of the APEX Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument were observed in March 2008. ... A selection of the APEX-1 proposals listed below have been observed during the week of joint SV observations in March 2008, and later during the ESO time of period...

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As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

... John Backus in New Mexico, 1976 . ... Other manufacturers came later with Fortran compilers for their machines and in 1962 IBM introduced the extended Fortran IV, which was the base for the 1966 agreed American standard ANSI X3.9 - 1966. ... An HTML version of the Fortran 77 Standard is now available! ... The purpose of the work on a new standard version was to make Fortran usable and efficient language for scientific and technical computations during the nineties. ... Parallel execution . ...

Main Program Travel Where to go in Moscow Information . ... The 2014 year marks the 100th anniversary of Yakov Zeldovich . ... John Carlstrom (University of Chicago) . ... Lyman Page (Princeton University) . ... The conference will be held at the Space Research Institute (IKI) in Moscow, Russia, on June 16-20, 2014 . ... International Conference: Cosmology and High Energy Astrophysics (Zeldovich-90) 20-24 Dec 2004, Moscow, Russia . ... 2014 Space Research Institute, Moscow Русская версия ...

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Funding Proposal Conference Series Publication: Providing Resources Internationally October 2007 Introduction Since 1988, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has published the renowned Conference Series as part of its century-old mission to provide resources for astronomers and advance the science of astronomy. ... The cost of a volume (one book) is US $77 plus tax, shipping, and handling. ...

NStars 1: photometric surveyse --- | ... There are a number of 2MASS sources which have (faint) counterparts on POSS II F (R) or N (I), but don't have an entry in the GSC 2.2. ... It is possible that some images might have no GSC counterpart due to proper motion taking the source outside the 6 arcsecond search radius between the palte-taking and the 2MASS observation. ... Figure a1.1: The (F-J)/(J-K) two-colour diagram for faint sources with GSC2.2 counterparts. ... Intermediate sample . ...

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... Students were asked to complete a questionnaire after the end of the course. ... All students completed the questionnaire. 38% of the students commented that it forced them to thoroughly learn and understand the course material. ... Took lots of thought and made you apply lecture material. 31% of students commented that this exercise forced them to think hard. ... I conclude that the exercise succeeded in making students thoroughly think through and learn the course material. ...

This is a study of the interstellar matter associated with the Pleiades star cluster. ... Since that time, the project has been extended to include more thorough tests of dust scattering models, more detailed analyses of the gas kinematics, and power spectrum studies of the multiscale structure of the nebulosity. ... The Pleiades Reflection Nebula. ... Gibson, S. J., & Nordsieck, K. H. 2003, Astrophysical Journal , 589 , 347 . ... B&W preprint: local gzipped PS . Color preprint: local gzipped PS | ...