Tidbinbilla is a locality to the south-west of Canberra that features the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, operated by the United States ' National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) as part of its Deep Space Network.

She is also part of the band Bandella, which also includes fellow NASA astronaut Steven Robinson, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, and Micki Pettit ( astronaut Don Pettit's wife ).

* Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, an on-going NASA meteorological experiment, part of NASA's Earth Observing System ( EOS ) program

During this time period NASA used joysticks as control devices as part of the Apollo missions.

Since it was first proposed as a part of Mars Direct, the Mars Habitat Unit has been adopted by NASA as a part of their Mars Design Reference Mission, which utilizes two Mars Habitat Units-one of which flies to Mars unmanned, providing a dedicated laboratory facility on Mars, together with the capacity to carry a larger rover vehicle.

Since 1996, however, the collection has also included oral histories of senior NASA administrators and officials, astronauts, and project managers, part of a broader project to document the lives of key agency individuals.

Challenger itself was replaced by the, which first launched in May 1992 and was constructed from structural spares that had been ordered by NASA as part of the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis.

It was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform test flights in the atmosphere.

* On April 17, 2012, the Space Shuttle Discovery was ferried to Dulles mounted to a NASA 747-100 as part of its decommissioning and installation in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Mariner 9 ( Mariner Mars ' 71 / Mariner-I ) is a NASA space orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program.

Non-launch costs account for a significant part of the program budget: for example, during fiscal years 2004 to 2006, NASA spent around $ 13 billion on the space shuttle program, even though the fleet was grounded in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster and there were a total of three launches during this period of time.

Belonging to AT & T as part of a multi-national agreement between AT & T, Bell Telephone Laboratories, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National PTT ( Post Office ) to develop satellite communications, it was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral on July 10, 1962, the first privately sponsored space launch.

Named after Joseph Sweetman Ames and founded on December 20, 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ( NACA ) laboratory, ARC became part of NASA in 1958 as part of the turnover from the dissolution of NACA, having now ( at the last estimate ) over $ 3. 0 billion in capital equipment, 2, 300 research personnel and a $ 600 million annual budget.

Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program.

File: Aerial jordan. jpg | Northern part of the Jordan Rift Valley as seen from space ( NASA )

* " Detect, see, avoid ", an aircraft anti-collision technology program, part of the NASA ERAST Program

Pavilion Lake has the largest known freshwater stromatolites and has been researched by NASA as part of xenobiology research.

This was managed by NASA Ames Research Center as part of the Pioneer series of spacecraft that included Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11.

) While not a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, McAuliffe was to be part of the STS-51-L crew, and would conduct experiments and teach lessons from space.

According to NASA, it was in part because of the excitement over McAuliffe's presence on Challenger that the accident had such a significant effect on the nation.

His parents were working-class Rusyn emigrants from Mikó ( now called Miková ), located in today ’ s northeastern Slovakia, part of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.

The travelling involved in the archaeology had a large influence on Christie's writing, which is often reflected as some type of transportation playing a part in her murderer ’ s schemes.

This was a part of Agrippina ’ s scheming plan to make Lucius the new emperor.

In the seventh week after Easter May 878, around Whitsuntide, Alfred rode to ‘ Egbert's Stone ’ east of Selwood, where he was met by " all the people of Somerset and of Wiltshire and of that part of Hampshire which is on this side of the sea is, west of Southampton Water, and they rejoiced to see him ".

Alfred ’ s emergence from his marshland stronghold was part of a carefully planned offensive that entailed raising the fyrds of three shires.

In other words, Alfred succeeded to Ceolwulf ’ s kingdom, consisting of western Mercia ; and Guthrum incorporated the eastern part of Mercia into an enlarged kingdom of East Anglia ( henceforward known as the Danelaw ).

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

Because of its pioneering efforts, Acadia is a laureate of Washington ’ s Smithsonian Institution and a part of the permanent research collection of the National Museum of American History.

In terms of natural regions, the west of Aalen ’ s territory is on the foreland of the eastern Swabian Jura, and the north and north-west is on the Swabian-Franconian Uplands, both being part of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains.

Aalen ’ s territory ranges over all lithostratigraphic groups of the south-German Jurassic: Aalen ’ s south and the Flexner massif are on top of the Weißer Jura ( White Jurassic ), the town centre is on the Brauner Jura ( Brown Jurassic ), and a part of Wasseralfingen is on the Schwarzer Jura ( Black Jurassic ).

Ahimsa was already part of the " Fourfold Restraint " ( Caujjama ), the vows taken by Parshva ’ s followers.

In 1963, Rowney ( now part of Daler-Rowney Ltd since 1983 ) was the first manufacturer to introduce an artist ’ s acrylic color in Europe, under the brand name Cryla.

With his father's declination of the position as minister of the court ; during his young boyhood ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá witnessed his parents ' various charitable endeavours, which included converting part of the home to a hospital ward for women and children.

The poet also describes the horror of death in battle, a theme continued from the second part of the poem, through the Last Survivor ’ s eyes.

This was in part due to the sudden switching of troops from the Rhine to reinforce Prince Eugene in Italy, and part due to the deterioration of Baden ’ s health brought on by the re-opening of a severe foot wound he had received at the storming of the Schellenberg the previous year.

Villeroi still believed ( on 22 May ) the Allies were a full day ’ s march away when in fact they had camped near Corswaren waiting for the Danish squadrons to catch up ; for his part, Marlborough deemed Villeroi still at Jodoigne when in reality he was now approaching the plateau of Mont St. André with the intention of pitching camp near Ramillies ( see map at right ).

In many tourist or travel destinations, a bus is part of the tourist attraction, such as the North American tourist trolleys, London ’ s Routemaster heritage routes, or the customised buses of Malta, Asia and the Americas.

Conventional wisdom may be applied to the questions and advice given by Job ’ s friends or family, yet it is Job ’ s responses that make this book part of the dissenting wisdom or “ anti-wisdom wisdom ”

Growth was limited by economic conditions caused by the great depression but thanks in part to the introduction of the metal can in 1936 Budweiser ’ s sales began to climb again.

Due to failure to curb deepening unrest in the northern part of the country, Gambi was in July 2006 replaced with Bozizé ’ s old friend from the military academy, Jules Bernard Ouandé.

Constans managed to extract the prefecture of Illyricum and the diocese of Thrace, provinces that were originally part of what was meant to be ruled by his cousin Dalmatius as per Constantine I ’ s proposed division of the Empire after his death.