... Engineering experiments aimed at testing and developing engineering solutions for a future interplanetary vehicle were a prominent activity during missions of Salyut and Mir space stations. ... In October 1998, cosmonauts placed on the outside surface of Mir space station some samples of film-type solar array, which constitutes a key element of the Martian vehicle, in order to study how they are affected by actual space environments. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... 2008 June 11 . Dextre Robot at Work on the Space Station . Credit: STS-124 Crew , Expedition 17 Crew , NASA . Explanation: What's the world's most complex space robot doing up there? Last week, Dextre was imaged moving atop the Destiny Laboratory Module of the International Space Station (ISS) , completing tasks prior to the deployment of Japan 's Kibo pressurized science laboratory. ... Behind Dextre is the blackness of space , while Earth looms over Dextre's head. ... About APOD | ...

... Tracy Caldwell Dyson (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut . ... Caldwell Dyson has worked inside the Mission Control Center as spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for both space shuttle and space station operations, serving also as the lead CAPCOM for ISS Increment 11. ... Caldwell Dyson operated EndeavourтАЩs robotic arm to maneuver the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) and handover the S5 truss segment to the space station, and served as the intravehicular (IV) crew member, directing the four spacewalks. ...

... Mass . ... Following several successful moon landings,NASA decided to use its last Saturn V not to fly to the moon but to place in low Earth orbit a large space station, named Skylab. ... It was followed that year by three manned flights using the smaller Saturn IB, each carrying 3 astronauts for a prolonged stay aboard Skylab. ... Mass measurements aboard Skylab were part of the medical experiments conducted there. ... Measuring body mass in the M172 chair (see illustration) was not a simple matter...

... The previous plan; The new ground services each mission requires; The ground services each station can provide; The constraints and priorities to be considered for planning. ... The authors grasp the essence of this planning problem in two ways. ... This extension of the system would require a new table defining the priorities of each service similar to that shown in table 2 of the paper, but this time, it would include the priorities for each configuration of each ground station for every mission. ...

This group of four pages describes how the Arecibo 430 MHz radar makes simple measurements in the ionosphere. ... Radar Reflections From the Ionosphere . ... Or How are radio and TV stations like radars?) ... Consider two radio stations located on a mountain transmitting to a nearby city. ... A radar is like a radio station, but it has a receiver that picks up radio waves reflected from objects (targets). ... Although a radio station transmits continously, a radar can transmit short bursts of waves. ...

... Dextre Robot at Work on the Space Station . ... 11.06.2008 . ... Credit: STS-124 Crew , Expedition 17 Crew , NASA Explanation: What's the world's most complex space robot doing up there? Last week, Dextre was imaged moving atop the Destiny Laboratory Module of the International Space Station (ISS) , completing tasks prior to the deployment of Japan 's Kibo pressurized science laboratory. ... June 2008 . ... APOD: 2008 April 1- New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called Dextre the Magnificent . ...

... In spite of the fact that the orbit assumes a zero gravity (the scientists count on it by growing super-clean crystals and other materials impossible on the earth), in fact, none spacecraft provides such conditions. ... This question is answered by the device developed by SSAU scientists - Micro-acceleration Compensation Space System (MCSS). ... Then, the computer will give commands to the magnets that compensate micro-accelerations. ... Tags: 'photon-m4' mcss . ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY...

... 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) . ...

... Average resolution at altitude H=668 km . ... Swath width at H=668 km and inclination of beginning of swath 20.48 degrees . ... Resolution at H=668 км . ... Наименование параметра . ... 1 канале . ... Полоса обзора при H=668 км . ... 1-5 спектральной зоне, не более . ... 1 спектральной зоне . 0,48-0,52 мкм . ... 0,915-0,997 мкм . ... 1-4 канал . ... 1-4 каналов . ... Спектральные характеристики каналов (по уровню 0,5): . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

To the Deputy Head of the Administration of Russian Federation President Mr. A.V.Ogarev . ... First the international space station (ISS) Alpha, which is under construction now, will compare to the OS Mir on the amount of information only in 5-7 years. ... Thirdly, the participation of Russian Federation in the international space projects, including work on the international space station (ISS) Alpha, is to be aimed first of all at the providing of Russian interests. ...

... Calibration information standardisation 2. Pre-launch calibration gold-standard 3. ... Role of ICWG STANDARDISATION IN GROUND CALIBRATION: tracking (configuration and quality) ------------------------------------- There was some discussion of the mechanisms for imposing or enforcing requirements on instrument development in the different (inter)national contexts relevant to the development of our missions. ... This includes standardisation of ground calibration data formats. ...

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) . ...

Galileo showed convincingly that heavy objects fell no faster that light ones. ... If an iron ball was pulled down with a much greater force than a wooden one of the same size, why didn't it fall any faster? ... 1) It is harder to lift. ... It is the fact that the loaded wagon has a greater mass that gives it a larger inertia , a larger tendency to oppose any change in its state of rest or of constant motion in a straight line. ... One important quantity was the body mass of the astronauts. ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Students and postgraduate students . ... Curriculum and courses' programs . ... The Chair of solid state physics of MIPT was created on the basis of Institute of solis state physics (ISSP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in 1964. ... From the very beginning the training of specialists with profound knowledge of fundamental bases of solid state physics, and both structural, and its electronic aspects was the main objective of the Chair. ...

Next: Release of 10 Feb. ... Add some items to SAVE in tpsch to keep from having problems with tape change time warnings. ... Set proper S2 default tape speeds. ... Remove complaint about more than 2 drives (triggered by S2) and chech tape initialization NDRIVES against max given in catalog. 24mar97 RCW. ... Add OKMODES routine and MODETEST input to discourage, but allow in special cases, the use of untested Mark IV and VLBA recording modes. ... Add blank default for FORMAT. ... 18 July 1997 RCW. ...

. Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences is situated . near Saint-Petersburg. It was founded in 1839. 196140, Saint-Petersburg, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1 . English version . Russian version . This page has been accessed times since May 1, 1999.

... The one year crew. (image credit: NASA/Bill Stafford) . The тАЬOne Year CrewтАЭ has specific objectives to their mission all in a bid to find out if the human body and mind is capable of long missions to an asteroid, back to the Moon or even to Mars in the future. ... On-board the Russian space station Mir four cosmonauts clocked up more than a year in space in the 1980s and 1990s.€а (1942-) has the record for the longest single space flight of 437 days or 14 months in space in 1995. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Mad Science . ... Site Info . ... Public Talks . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" ... First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom !" ... These are emitted by powerful objects like black holes, exploding stars, and super-dense neutrons stars. ... Finally, am I really a bad astronomer? ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Space flight . ... Space Hotel . ... The program of deployment of small orbital station (SOS) consisting of a family of spacecrafts and module-spacecrafts represents a consecutive realization of flight scenarios with consecutive building up of functions. ... Scenario 1 - the regular and revised spacecrafts of class "Soyuz" - TMSC and MNMSC (MNMSC-cargo, MNMSC-MR) are used, pls. see fig fig.8 . ... The terms of transition to this scenario are determined by terms of readiness of one or another module....