The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... Up: Science Software Applications . ... It has extensions for creating GUI (Tk) and object-oriented ([incr tcl]) applications. Several Tcl-based tools that may be used for astronomical and other scientific applications have been created and are discussed. One example is ptcl , which registers PGPLOT functions as Tcl commands, creating a powerful interactive plotting package. ... Both programs use the same C code, Tcl commands, and [incr tcl] classes; only the GUIs are different. ...

Motif and X-Windows . The applications described in this section are some of the many applications available. ... A DECterm session can be created by choosing the DECterm submenu item the Session Manager's Application menu or by using the CREATE/TERMINAL command at the system prompt. ... The CDA Viewer application displays the contents of compound documents consisting of graphics, images, and text. ... Ghostview is an application that displays PostScript documents using ghostscript. ... DECterm . ...

... Often it is convenient to edit one visibility dataset (``the template''), and then to apply the flagging from this to another. For example, forming and flagging a ``channel-0'' dataset might be less painful than flagging a huge spectral line dataset. ... The task that can do these sorts of operations if uvaflag - it matches visibilities in the template and the input, and flags those visibilities in the input that are flagged in the template. ... Dataset to be flagged. tvis=multi.chan0 . ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.4 > Virtual Hosts . ... IP-based virtual hosting is a method to apply different directives based on the IP address and port a request is received on. ... As the term IP-based indicates, the server must have a different IP address/port combination for each IP-based virtual host . ... In the terminology of Apache HTTP Server, using a single IP address but multiple TCP ports, is also IP-based virtual hosting. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . Colors of Mercury . ... 1.03.2013 . ... Washington Explanation: The colors of the solar system's innermost planet are enhanced in this tantalizing view , based on global image data from the Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft. Human eyes would not discern the clear color differences but they are real none the less, indicating distinct chemical, mineralogical, and physical regions across the cratered surface. ... Publications with keywords: Mercury . ...

... Posts tagged ?model based? ... arXiv:stat.ME:0910.2585] . Variable Selection and Updating In Model-Based Discriminant Analysis for High Dimensional Data with Food Authenticity Applications . ... Category: Algorithms , arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Data Processing , Jargon , Methods , Spectral , Stat | ... Tags: bimodality , chi-square minimization , Classification , CMD , Estimation , machine learning , massive data , model based , PCA , spectral analysis , spectroscopic , survey , VO . ...

... Table 1: Acceptable temperature difference Invar36 0 .0 5 C А (the CTE was selected as 0.7 for the FEA) Stainless Steel 304 0.002 CА(the CTE was selected as 17.2 for the FEA) Aluminium6061 0.0015 CА(the CTE was selected as 23 for the FEA) (2) Analysis of the temperature gradients of the mount generated by an ambient temperature difference of 0.5 CА on both sides of the mount Invar , S.S. or Al ... Stainless steel material is added to Table 4 and 5 for comparison with Invar. ...

... Molecular beam epitaxy . Surface analysis . ... Molecular beam epitaxy and fundamental studies of semiconductor heterostructures (with quantum wells, quantum dots and superlattices) based on: . narrow gap III-V compounds for optoelectronic and electronic applications; . wide gap II-VI compounds, as well as ZnO, for visible range and UV optoelectronics and basic studies in the field of spintronics; . ...

... The Australian National University] [Department of Physics] [Paul Francis] [Main Roleplay Page] . These exercises are my attempt to adapt the technique of Problem Based Learning to the context of introductory astronomy and astrophysics classes. ... As students grapple with the puzzle, they are forced to learn the subject matter of the course. ... This exercise is designed for 1st year University students with a reasonable high-school background in Maths and Physics. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Dnepr LV (a converted SS-18 ICBM) with THEOS SC aboard was successfully launched from Yasny Launch Base several minutes ago. ... A new fuelling station and clean room 2 were used during the THEOS launch campaign at Yasny Launch Base. ... ISC Kosmotras' stock of orders contains signed contracts for five more launches scheduled for up to 2011 both from Baikonur Cosmodrome and Yasny Launch Base. ... 01.10.2008 . ... Dnepr Program...

... InformChaos Lab took part in CeBIT-2015 (Hannover, Germany) with "Active Ultra Wideband Wireless Networks". ... Lev Kuzmin received Dr.Sci. degree for his thesis "Wireless information transmission over UWB chaotic carrier" from IRE RAS. ... Artem Nikishov received Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology for the thesis "Generation of microwave chaotic oscillations in self-oscillating systems with several active elements". ... Our Products page is renewed. ... News | ...

... IR-Light Emitters & Detectors . Russian High Technologies . ... Infrared detectors and light emitters are key components that are used for applications including radiometry, guidance, gas analysis, medicine etc. ... Devices are operating in spectral range of 1.0-5.0 um and have high efficiency. ... Light Emitters . ... Spectral response of PRX 27.. ... Applications . ... Among the features there are high speed response, high efficiency, wide temperature range. ... IR-Light Emitters and Detectors | ...

... Dr. Denis Bulaev . ... Talks . ... Invited Talks . Anomalous spin relaxation in nanotubes (in Russian) . ITP Seminar , Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS , Moscow, Russia, September 6, 2007. Spin qubits based on quantum dots in III-V semiconductors and graphene (in Russian) . ... Spin properties of electrons and holes in quantum dots (in Russian) . ... Electric dipole spin resonance and spin decoherence for heavy holes in quantum dots . ... Spin qubits in graphene quantum dots . ...

... Northern Eurasian GOFC/GOLD Fire Network Workshop in support of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative ( NEESPI ) . Satellite-based fire monitoring network in Northern Eurasia: Methods, Data Products, Applications . ... Operational systems of fire monitoring and fire situation in Northern Eurasia (Issues of system building and functioning, fire situation, available data and problems) . ... Marchenko N., Landscape-ecology methods for forest fires monitoring in Northern Eurasia. ...

Nuffield Research Placements offer up to 1000 funded places a year, so that students across the UK can get an insight into the world of scientific research. The Nuffield Foundation offers bursaries to first year post-16 science students in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, helping students to take part in science based projects, lasting 4-6 weeks, in universities, industry or research institutions during the summer holidays. ... 2012 James Murphy : (pdf) . ... 2007 Emma Riley: (ppt) . ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...

... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium . and Users Meeting . on September 20-23, 2016. ... 13th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users Meeting on September 20-23, 2016. ... Year book "Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2016" on-line . ...

UNIX TO OS/2 2.0 MIGRATION WORKSHOP" DESCRIPTION & SURVEY This library file provides a more detailed description of a proposed workshop that would assist customers in porting their UNIX applications to the OS/2 2.0 environment. ... Examples of what some of the lectures would cover include: - Memory management - Event handling - Graphical User Interfaces - Tools to build applications Many examples of how you would implement a common piece of UNIX code in the OS/2 2.0 environment will be discussed. ...