... Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Captain, USN, RET.) ... After his second mission, he led the International Space Station (ISS) Operations branch of the Astronaut Office. ... In October 2014 Lopez-Alegria became an independent consultant; he is based in Washington, D.C. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Mission Specialist (MS)-2, STS-73 Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995). ... The primary mission objective was delivery of the Expedition 6 crew to the ISS and the return of the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. ...

... Peggy Annette WHITSON . ... NASA – JSC National Research Council Resident Research Associate (1986-1988); Robert A.Welch Predoctoral Fellowship (1982-1985), Summa Cum Laude from Iowa Wesleyan College (1981); President’s Honor Roll (1978-81); Orange van Calhoun Scholarship (1980); State of Iowa Scholar (1979); Academic Excellence Award (1978). ... In 1988-1989 Whitson served as the Supervisor for the Biochemistry Research Group at KRUG International, a medical sciences contractor at NASA-JSC. ...

... Resources . ... The ASP's Role . ... The ASP is devoted to the improvement of science education and literacy through engagement in astronomy, and has made this a primary mission of the organization. ... The ASP invites you to join with us to offer formal and informal educators, amateur astronomers and all those with a passion for astronomy the resources and materials necessary to take full advantage of the International Year of Astronomy and the opportunities for the future that the year represents....

... Events INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF THE PROPULSION ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT . ... Development prospects and use of engines for aviation, space - rocket systems, motor transport mechanical engineering and stationary power supply installations . ... Propulsion engineering, power engineering and space vehicle ecology problems . ...

... Missions . ... Future Missions and . ... Planning Scheduling . ... Multi-Objective Scheduling for NASA’s Future Deep Space Network Array . ... Adaptive Resource Modelling for Autonomous Planning and Scheduling . ... Research Trends in Autonomous Space-Based Planning and Scheduling . ... Planning and Scheduling External Occulter Space Missions . ... Planning Application for Three Mars Missions with Ensemble . ... Flexplan: An Operational Mission Planning and Scheduling COTS used Internationally . ...

... On-line International courses with transferable academicљcredits . ... Teaching course ?Russian for Foreigners (Introductory)? ... On-line courses with transferable academic credits . ... V.љN.љKarazin National University (Ukraine) offers Russian language courses for international students who want toљstudy the language with highly trained experienced native instructors and receive university credits. ... V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is a fully accredited university in Kharkiv, Ukraine....

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... This has been designed for 8-12 year olds, however the challenge is for anyone and everyone who is curious about space exploration and what it takes to be an astronaut. How can I take part? ... All you need to do is complete a partnership agreement available here or alternatively contact Martina Redpath €а (email Martina(at)armaghplanet.com ) for more information and a guide to the activities. ... Take part in Mission X 2014 | ...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... The contemporary world opinion, while welcoming the efforts of different states aimed at realization of manned space flights, still considers these efforts insufficient, over-bureaucratized and too slow. ... The more up-to-date is the basic training program for a cosmonaut/astronaut or a manned space flight participant (hereinafter referred to as the student) that is being offered to your interested attention. ... Pre-flight space training (PFST). ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Staff list | ... Email discussion lists . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Virtual Radio Interferometer . ... CSIRO ATNF Data Archives . ... Astronomers give virtual observatory a real future . ... The International Virtual Observatory (IVO) - an amalgamation of . ... They agreed to create an International Virtual Observatory Alliance, . ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Baikonur Cosmodrome Yasny launch base Downloads . ... Swedish Space Corporation s (SSC) PRISMA and French Space Agency s (CNES) PICARD satellites have been delivered to the Yasny launch base. ... Concurrently with the preparation of the launch from the Yasny launch base, ISC Kosmotras carries out TanDEM-X launch campaign at Baikonur cosmodrome. ... Dnepr LV . ...

... In principle, a student from Northern Ireland has the opportunity to study in a country of their choice for every student placed in a business or academic institution in Northern Ireland under this programme. A range of secondary and third-level students were supervised under the Observatory's work-experience and summer student training programmes, including the Nuffield-Sentinus scheme. ...

... Our tours this year include: Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Bauman Moscow State Technical University Orevo Laboratory, Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP), Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Lavochkin Scientific and Industrial Association, Energomash Scientific and Industrial Association, Scientific and Industrial Association "Zvezda", Khrunichev State Research & Production Space Center, Monino Air Force Museum. Bauman Moscow State Technical University . Moscow) . ...

... history, facts, technology, space ships . Posted by Askar under Space stations . Звезда? - российский Служебный модуль Международной космической станции (МКС). ... первый полностью российский элемент МКС, внешне похож на базовый блок орбитального комплекса ?Мир? и состоит из четырех герметичных отсеков ? ... Модуль оснащен четырьмя стыковочными узлами: два по продольной оси (один на переходном отсеке, второй ? ... Russian Astronauts . ... Russian Space Stations . ... Space stations . ...

The XXVIII RadioAstron Meeting . ... November 18, Tuesday Meeting in ASC - Joint Working Groups Meetings . ... 9:00 - 13:00 Ballistic and Navigation, Mission Operations, Science Program . ... E.Fomalont, J.Romney (20 min) . Problems in development of technique to schedule science experiments in RadioAstron mission . ... Action items of the RISC meeting #27 and teleconferences . ... General status of the mission . ... Preparation of agenda/topics for the executive (RISC) meeting 20 Nov (30 min) . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... 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. ...

... The International Conference "Mode Conversion, Coherent Structures and Turbulence" will be held in the Space Research Institute of RAS during the period from 23 up to 25 November 2009. ... The international conference MSS-09 is organized by Space Research Institute with participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Dynasty Foundation, the Russian foundation of fundamental researches, the European Geosciences Union, the Education and the Scientific Council on Nonlinear Dynamics of RAS. ...

Main Program Travel Where to go in Moscow Information . ... We highly recommend to use Aero-Express train to get from the airports to Moscow (see also Moscow guide in Moscow where to go ). Space Research Institute (IKI) is located in the south-west region of Moscow. ... Moscow Metro Map . ... You should get off at Kalyzhskaya subway station using the southern exit. ... International Conference: Cosmology and High Energy Astrophysics (Zeldovich-90) 20-24 Dec 2004, Moscow, Russia . ...

... Master . ... SAI MSU . Conference was supported by PLC "MO "OPTIKA" . ... Morning session . Chair Hugo Levato (ICATE, Argentina) . ... Vladimir Lipunov ( MSU , SAI ) . ... Evgeniy Gorbovskoy (MSU, SAI) & . А lexander Belinskiy (MSU, SAI) . ... Chair Claudio Mallamaci (OAFA, Argentina) . ... Using MASTER Net in the MSU educational process . ... Chair Victor Kornilov (MSU, SAI) . ... Nikolay Budnev (ISU ) . ... Excursion to the Moscow Kremlin . ... Joint MASTER and Russian Pereplet session. ...

... Then in 1959 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration asked the United States military services to list their members who met specific qualifications. The search was underway for pilots for the exciting new manned space flight program. In seeking its first space pilots, NASA emphasized jet aircraft flight experience and engineering training, and it tailored physical stature requirements to the small cabin space available in the Mercury capsule then being designed. ...