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. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2011 February 3 . Six Worlds for Kepler-11 . Illustration Credit: Tim Pyle, NASA . Explanation: Six worlds orbit Kepler-11 , a sunlike star 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation Cygnus. The new discovery is based on data from NASA's planet hunting Kepler spacecraft . ... Tomorrow's picture: wise star . ... About APOD | ...

... Six Worlds for Kepler 11 . ... Credit Copyright: Tim Pyle, NASA Explanation: Six worlds orbit Kepler-11 , a sunlike star 2,000 light-years distant in the constellation Cygnus. The new discovery, based on data from NASA's planet hunting Kepler spacecraft , makes the Kepler-11 system the fullest exoplanetary system known. ... Their presence, sizes, and masses have been determined by carefully watching the planets dim the light of Kepler-11 while transiting or crossing in front of the star itself. ...

... Planets . ... The planets were found using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6m telescope at ESOтАЩs La Silla Observatory. ... A planet in orbit around a star causes the star to regularly move towards and away from observers on Earth. ... One newly discovered planet, HD 85512 b, is best hope found so far for a habitable exoplanet. ... The HARPS team so far have found that about 40% of stars similar to own Sun have at least one planet smaller than Saturn (which is 95 times more massive than Earth). ...

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? ...

... 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. ...

... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Revised Acknowledgement for Publications Based on ESO Data . ... Science Archive Facility . ... When findings based on ESO data are published, acknowledgement is requested through a specific statement, to be found here . ... Please add this acknowledgement to your future papers which are based on ESO data, regardless of whether these are new observations using proprietary data or data obtained from the ESO Science Archive . ...

... Sensitivity of a Global Search for Planets in Space-Based Astrometric Databases . ... Missions . ... Future Missions and . ... Missions Office . ... Research . ... Space-based astrometric missions, such as Hipparcos and the proposed GAIA and SIM missions, can yield frequently sampled, accurate position measurements for a large number of stars with uniform accuracy. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we assess the probability of identifying planets around nearby stars in such databases. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Next: Step 3: Postprocessing to Up: How Pieflag works Previous: Step 1: Amplitude-based flagging . ...

... Over the past decade and a half, astronomers have used both ground-based and space-based telescopes to discover more than 400 "extrasolar" planets. The Kepler space-based mission uses a technique called transit photometry to search for these planets. In January 2010 the Kepler mission team announced the discovery of five new planets. ... The ultimate goal of the Kepler mission is to search out the existence of Earth-like planets. ... A Collection of Resources to Get Behind the Headlines . ...

... 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. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... On February 15-16, 2009, a work meeting was held at the Yasny launch base between representatives of International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras and JSC National Company Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary , which mission is to develop, manufacture and operate, in the interests of national economy, the world market competitive space related equipment and infrastructure. ... Mission profile . ...

Lunar Orbiter to the Moon (1966 - 1967) . ... Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. ... The first three missions were dedicated to imaging 20 potential lunar landing sites, selected based on Earth-based observations. ... The Lunar Orbiters had an ingenious imaging system, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, a film processing unit, a readout scanner, and a film handling apparatus. ...

... Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. ... The first three missions were dedicated to imaging 20 potential lunar landing sites, selected based on Earth-based observations. ... The Lunar Orbiters had an ingenious imaging system, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, a film processing unit, a readout scanner, and a film handling apparatus. ... Launched: 04 May 1967 . ... Objective: Lunar mapping mission ...

... exoplanets . ... Ground-based detection of super-Earth transit paves way to remote sensing of small exoplanets . ... The transit of exoplanet 55 Cancri e is the shallowest detected from the ground yet, and the success bodes well for characterizing the many small planets that upcoming space missions are expected to discover in the next few years. ... Until now, the transits of only one other super-Earth, GJ 1214b circling a red dwarf, had been observed with ground-based telescopes. ...

Main Astronomical Observatory of NASU (GAO NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine) . ... Main Astronomical Observatory of RAS (GAO RAS, Pulkovo, Russia) . ... Institute of Astronomy of RAS (INASAN, Moscow, Russia) . Institute of Space Investigations of RAS (ISI, Moscow, Russia) . ... Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS (IAA, St.Petersburg, Russia) . ... National Optical Astronomical Observatories (NOAO, USA) . ... Space Telescope Science Institute (STScT, USA) . ... Strasburg Centre of Astronomical Data . ...

Launch Vehicle Molniya . ... The new four-stage launch vehicle was derived from rocket P-7. ... A control system for stages I and L designed by NII headed by N. A. Pilyugin was also provided on stage L. An automatic interplanetary station for a mission to Venus has been developed in the second half of 1960. ... On April 24, 1964 the automatic interplanetary station was launched to Venus and without critical comments regarding the launch vehicle. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... 0.01 10 Prob./0.01 -1 a) -1 b) 10 10 -2 10 -2 10 -3 10 -3 10 -4 10 -4 10 -5 10 -5 10 -6 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 ER/Ebeam 10 -6 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 EL/Ebeam Snowmass 05 3 23 August 05 ­ David Strom ­ UO · Use very tight acollinearity cut for energy tune-up OPAL Prob. ... 0.01 1 10 10 10 10 10 10 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 EL / Ebeam 8.75 < R < 11.75 Snowmass 05 4 23 August 05 ­ David Strom ­ UO · Make detector uniform so that no fiducial cuts in etc will b e needed. ...

... The extended project as the existing one aims to investigate, control and exploit the properties of interfaces between isostructural functional oxides for the realization of new nanosized electronic and optoelectronic devices. New participants will contribute to the characterization and understanding of physical properties of interfaces made of perovskite materials. In particular high frequency dynamical properties, fluctuation phenomena and dielectric spectrum will be carefully studied. ...

... The data of the Table are based on the data published by C.-I. Lagerkvist, A. W. Harris and V. ZappalА (See: “Asteroids II machine-readable data base: March 1988 floppy disk version”, National Space Science Data Center, Greenbelt MD). The Table was updated for publication in the volume for 2014 by B. Warner (Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs, U.S.A.), A. W. Harris (Space Science Institute, U.S.A.), and P. Pravec (Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic) . ...