May 25, 2009. Baikonur launch site, . ... At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Soyuz TMA-15 transport manned vehicle under the International Space Station program. A rollout of the Soyuz spacecraft from the assembly-test facility to the launch site was provided. ... The launch of the Soyuz-FG integrated launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft to the ISS Orbital Complex is planned for May 27, 2009 at 14:34:49 Moscow time. ...

... Free Telescopes for Schools in Northern Ireland . ... The Society for Popular Astronomy is leading a project to give 1000 telescopes to secondary schools, with support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Royal Astronomical Society, to encourage schools to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. ... ТЗ School display on astronomy . ... Register with all Ireland astronomy schools competition 2009. ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 29.09.1995 . ... Credit: NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) . Explanation: The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was launched by a NASA Delta rocket in 1978 to provide a space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. A collaborative project among NASA, ESA and the British SRC (now PPARC) agencies, IUE's estimated lifetime was 3 to 5 years. ... September 1995 . ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ... Publications with keywords: ultraviolet . ...

... ASKAP is coming! ... Streamline scheduling and observing modes 6 ATNF Operations Structure Telescopes Systems Science Services Computing infrastructure Scientific software Archives Visitor services Receivers, LO, conversion National Facility Operations Science Operations Engineering Operations Digital, servo Cryogenics Mechanical, Drives, Electrical Site 7 Science Operations Centre · · · · · Located at Marsfield Fully supported ... Will use information from OPAL. ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

... U.S. statements regarding today's United Nations 62nd General Assembly declaration of 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy . J. Craig Wheeler, president of the American Astronomical Society, said, "I am thrilled that we have received official United Nations designation for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. The American Astronomical Society has been a vigorous and leading supporter of this initiative. ...

... The purpose of the meeting was to review the current status of project development and to discuss working plan for international cooperation on the stage of preparation to the launch. 22 foreign specialists participated in the meeting representing Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA. ... To define personal content of proposed working groups and to develop plan of their activity for 2003 year (15 November 2002, chairmen of working groups). ...

... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... 25 Comments Space is something that fascinates many.€а Every day there are technological advances, new research being carried out and even historical space related anniversaries.€а Where would we be without those valuable [ ] . ... No Comments A new image from the European southern ObservatoryтАЩs Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy €а(VISTA) telescope reveals the glowing clouds of gas and filaments of dust surrounding hot young [ ] . ...

... ESA/NASA Solar Probe . ... Mission Operations . ... Ulysses is a solar probe launched in 1990 that has made the first-ever measurements of the Sun from a polar orbit. ... Formerly called the International Solar-Polar Mission (ISPM), Ulysses is an exploratory mission carried out jointly by ESA and NASA. ... NASA provided the launch aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (together with the upper-stage motor) and the spacecraft power generator, and is responsible for the remaining experiments. ...

Preliminary The first circular The First International Symposium SPACE EDUCATION and UNIVERSITY SATELLITES (UNIVERSAT- 2006 ) June 26 -30, 2006 Moscow , Russian Federation FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The Organizing Co mmittee cordially invites you to take part in The First International Symposium on Space Education and University Satellites (UNIVERSAT- 2006 ) which will be held in ... The key topics are listed below within the session : I. Space Sciences University Education 1. ...

... The Site Safety Officer is responsible for continued safe functioning of facilities and equipment including telescopes, and the safety of personnel involved in or near maintenance activities. ... All employees are responsible for prompt reporting of conditions requiring maintenance. ... Preventive maintenance programs will be designed to insure a safe and healthful working environment for every employee and to minimize the need for emergency repairs. ... EMERGENCY REPAIRS . ... WRITTEN PROCEDURES . ...

... NASA Headquarters, Astrophysics Division, Washington DC . The Astrophysics Program at NASA is mission oriented. With seven flying missions and twenty additional (international collaborations) planned, NASA provides an ever increasing amount of exciting astrophysical data, and supports a large portion of astrophysics data analysis. ... The future contains many changes that offer us significant challenges. ... Other restructuring plans affect the data analysis plans for several flying missions. ...

Main Program Travel Where to go in Moscow Information . ... Moscow is a great metropolis with the very rich cultural environment, so the Organizing Committee does plan to provide participants with а possibility to visit some of the most interesting places as a part of official cultural program of the conference. ... We plan to visit the Novodevichy Cemetery on Saturday, June 21. ... International Conference: Cosmology and High Energy Astrophysics (Zeldovich-90) 20-24 Dec 2004, Moscow, Russia . ...

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... XmTel is a telescope control interface designed to to communicate with a telescope server, and Elwood Downey's XEphem, through the INDI protocol. It will also operate as a free-standing program for control of telescopes that use the NexStar and LX200 command sets (but see below). ... XmTel is accompanied by routines which support the necessary communication and commands for running Celestron NexStar and Meade Instruments LX200 telescopes. ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .

... Customer Service . ... space flight . ... space physics . ... Eicher book signing at Northeast Astronomy Forum . ... NASA signs agreement for a European-provided Orion service module . ... As part of a new agreement between the two space agencies, the European Space Agency will provide the service module for NASAт??s Orion spacecraft. ... NASA signed an agreement in mid-December for the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraftт??s Exploration Mission-1 in 2017...

... RSC Energy General Designer . ... The possibility of continuing the exploitation of the complex in the conditions of the inevitable obsolescence and depreciation of the on-board equipment providing the achievement of the necessary level of safety has been one of the most important and always controlled problems during all the term of exploitation of the complex Mir. ... The technical condition of the complex Mir gives the opportunity to continue its exploitation in a piloted mode till 2002 and more....

Instrument . ... Scanning TV-sensor with on-board data recording system for global coverage mode . ... recording, direct transmission . ... IR-radiometer for global coverage and direct data transmission modes . ... The scientific instrument package onboard the Meteor-3 spacecraft provides for regular instant acquisition of images of cloudiness and Earth surface in visible and infra-red bands, data on air temperature and humidity, sea surface temperature and clouds temperature. ...

... Simulators . ... Functional Cargo Block (FGB) simulator; . ... Each partner participating in the ISS construction elaborates and develops simulators and trainers of its own segment on a home base; . Training of astronauts on the station segments' operation is carried out on the basis of countries - customers, investigators and researchers; . ... Info: Industry news On-line Data Company ATLAS news Events We in press Contact . Copyright 2000-2016 ATLAS Aerospace . ...