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... 2001 April 14 . Man Enters Space . ... Explanation: Forty years ago, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space. ... Gagarin was strictly a passenger on this flight . ... Coupled with other accomplishments , this flight confirmed the early Soviet lead in the space race -- the first US astronaut would not be launched until almost a month later and then on a comparatively short suborbital flight. ... About APOD | ...

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... The package includes a new ``hybrid'' symplectic integrator capable of handling close encounters, described at the conference: The Impact of Modern Dynamics in Astronomy , Namur, Belgium (Chambers 1998). ... NRC Research Associate, NASA/Ames Research Center , Moffett Field CA, USA, planetary accretion, formation of the asteroid belt and extra-solar planets. ... G.Laughlin and J.E.Chambers (2002) Astronomical Journal, , in press. ... American Astron. ... Home page of planet hunters Marcy and Butler ....

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... Marshall D. Perrin, Vacca, William D., & Graham, James R. 2009, Astronomical Journal Evidence for an Edge-on Disk Around the Young Star MWC 778 from Infrared Imaging and Polarimetry . ... Marshall D. Perrin, Gaspard Duchene, Paul Kalas, & James R. Graham. ... Marshall D. Perrin, James R. Graham, Paul Kalas, James P. Lloyd, Claire E. Max, Donald T. Gavel, Deanna M. Pennington, & Elinor L. Gates Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Imaging Polarimetry of Herbig Ae/Be Stars 2004, Science [astro-ph] . ...

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Courtesy of NASA's National Space Science Data Center . ... On-orbit dry mass: 1106.00 kg . Venera 4 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (67-058B) towards the planet Venus with the announced mission of direct atmospheric studies. On October 18, 1967, the spacecraft entered the Venusian atmosphere and released two thermometers, a barameter, a radio altimeter, and atmospheric density gauge, 11 gas analyzers, and two radio transmitters operating in the DM waveband. ... Space History . ...

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