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. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 om at eld August 16, 2005 Abstract Creates a tracking shifted at eld and applies it to an OM OSW image. ... The tracking shifted at eld is created by extracting a window from the OM In Orbit Flat eld. This window is made slightly bigger than the OM OSW Image to accomodate the tracking shifts of pixels within the In Orbit Flat eld. ... The at elded OM OSW Image is also output for use in subsequent pipeline tasks. ... Intermediate OM In Orbit Flat eld le. ...

... A data set contains a science frame, all its associated raw calibration frames and the master calibration frames created by combining and processing the raw calibration frames. ... Either one creates a MIDAS catalogue which contains the names of all single calibration frames to be combined in to the master frame, or, in the case of pipe line reduction, one use the Association Table. ... The names of single calibration frames are however also available in the Association Table. ...

INTMINS . The INTMINS Project is based on: . The Agreement between Space Research Institute (IKI) Russian Academy of Science (Director IKI - A.A.Galeev) and INSPIRE Project (President - W.W.L.Taylor); . ... INTMINS ( INT erball - M ir- INS pire) is an acronym created out of the names of three projects that are working together to investigate the propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves from electron and plasma beams in the Earth’s ionosphere. ... ENERGIYA is in charge of MIR. ...

... HST Overview . ... The COS/STIS team at STScI has created a stand-alone automated script to apply Charge Transfer Inefficiency (CTI) corrections to STIS CCD data. ... The script will automatically generate CTI corrected dark reference files, apply CTI corrections to the science data, and output the usual CALSTIS products with CTI corrections applied. ... The image below shows a comparison of the current HST archive products (June 2015), and results using the new CTI correction script (version 1.0). ...

... 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. ...

THE NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC for 2015-2016 (in Russian-English) . Preface . The Institute of Applied Astronomy of the RAS (IAA RAS) submits the next issue of ?The Nautical Astronomical Almanac for the years 2015-2016? biennial (NAA-2). ... Calculations of ephemerides in NAA-2 for 2015-2016 have been executed by the following researchers of Laboratory of Astronomical Yearbooks of IAA RAS: . ... The Explanation for NAA-2 (2015-2016) is revised by M.V.Lukashova, M.L.Sveshnikov. ...

... 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. ...

... CentralProcessor 0.11 documentation . ... This allows flexible logging to stdout, file, or other sinks. Here is an example of a typical log output: . ... Log level . ... DOCTYPE log4j: configuration SYSTEM log4j.dtd log4j: configuration xmlns:log4j= http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/ appender name = console class= org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender param name = Target value = System.out / layout class= org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout param name = ConversionPattern ...

... Keplers Supernova Remnant in X Rays . ... Some type of star exploded to create the unusually shaped nebula known as Kepler's supernova remnant , but which type? ... Recent X-ray data and images of Kepler's supernova remnant taken by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory has shown relative elemental abundances more typical of a Type Ia supernova , indicating that the progenitor was a white dwarf star that exploded when it accreted too much material and went over Chandrasekhar's limit . ...

... 2001 April 25 . Space Laser Creates Artificial Star . ... So rather than try to eradicate existing stars with a laser, these astronomers create an artificial star of their own right where they need it -- with a laser . Subsequent observations of the artificial laser guide star can reveal information so detailed about the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere that much of this blurring can be removed by rapidly flexing the mirror. ... About APOD | ...

... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Yasny launch base is located in Orenburg Region, Russia. ... Admin & Hotel Complex including hotels, dining facilities and office premises; . Assembly, Integration and Test Building (AITB) incorporating clean room facilities and fueling station; . ... Yasny launch base AITB is divided into four main areas: Clean room 1 (CR1), Clean room 2 (CR2), Fueling Station and Offloading & Storage Area. ...

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... News . ... Pre-university education . ... Samara University scientists have developed a technology of new-designed photoelectric converters for solar batteries of spacecraft. ... The new solar batteries will be as much effective as their contemporary nanoheterostructured counterparts surface-supported by germanium, and the cost will be five times cheaper. ... Scientists of Samara University (joint SSAU and SSU) developed a technology basis of new silicon-based photoelectric converters (FEC). ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

Catastrophism : . ... During the late 18th and early 19th century, a German mineralogist, Abraham Gottlob Werner, proposed that all of the Earth's rocks were formed by rapid chemical precipitation from a "world ocean," which he then summarily disposed of in catastrophic fashion. Though not directed toward the genesis of landforms in any coherent fashion, his catastrophic philosophy of changes of the Earth had two major consequences of geomorphic significance. ... Thermal Plate Tectonics : . ...

seeing -- Create a simulated ground-based star image based on a model of atmospheric turbulence seeing output xdim ydim gamma fwhmx fwhmy . output = "" [image] . The name for the output image to be created. xdim = 512 [integer] . The X dimension for the output image. ydim = 512 [integer] . The Y dimension dor the output image. gamma = 1.6666 [real] . ... For a discussion of the significance of this please see the discussion below and the references given. fwhmx = 5.0 [real] . ...

... Science Users Information > Libraries > telbib information . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO Annual Reports . ... Statistics derived from the ESO Telescope Bibliography include only papers based on data from telescopes and instruments for which observing time was recommended by the ESO OPC (Observing Programmes Committee). telbib is compiled by scanning the major astronomical journals for scientific papers that contain any of the ESO-defined keywords (e.g., telescope and instrument names...

... Contacts: Evgeny A. Loupian, Dr. Sci., e-mail: evgeny@smis.iki.rssi.ru Sergey A. Bartalev, Dr. Sci., e-mail: bartalev@smis.iki.rssi.ru Web interface for burnt area mapping using Landsat data Stellar Tracker In 2013 IKI RAN together with the NPK "Electrooptics" completed the phase of the five-year research on studying the ways to build a stellar inertial navigation system (SINS) for aviation applications. ... Fig. 1 shows the SINS layout created on the basis of the astronomical camera. ... Fig.1. ...