Significant recent spacecraft are the NASA-ESA Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory ( STEREO ) pair of spacecraft launch in 2006 into solar orbit and Radiation Belt Storm Probes ( RBSP ) to be launch in 2012 into a highly elliptical Earth-orbit.

The Observatory is the site of several episodes in the novel Boneland, by Alan Garner ( 2012 ), and the central character, Colin Whisterfield, is an astrophysicist on its staff.

At the Observatory Theater in Santa Ana, California on September 11th, 2012, the stage crew was spotted with small digital video cameras strapped to their chests.

A paper published in January 2012 discussed the European New Gravitational wave Observatory ( NGO ) mission ( derived from the previous LISA proposal ) and referred to this derivative proposal by an informal name “ eLISA ”, and proposed that it will survey in the low-frequency gravitational wave band ( about 0. 1 mHz to 1 Hz ) with sufficient sensitivity to detect interesting individual astrophysical sources out to cosmological distances represented by a redshift z = 15.

In 2012, measurements from the Herschel Space Observatory suggested that Sedna's diameter was, which would make it smaller than Pluto's moon Charon.

In January 2012, Gemini Observatory started a new round of instrumentation development.

Image of the Transit of Venus, 2012 | 2012 transit taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft

* National Solar Observatory – Transit of Venus June 5 – 6 2012

However, in 2012, a dust disk was found around the star, by the Herschel Space Observatory.

In June 2012 he has been appointed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs chairperson of the newly instituted Observatory of Religious Liberty, created by the Ministry in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory currently rates Veniaminof as Aviation Color Code GREEN and Volcano Alert Level NORMAL as of 14: 30, 2 February 2012 ( UTC ).

It was moved to Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in 2011 and is expected to start operating in early 2012.

In 2012, the Millennium Run Observatory ( MRObs ) project was launched.

The Spitzer Space Telescope has estimated this object to be about 575 km in diameter, but 2012 estimates from the Herschel Space Observatory estimate the diameter as closer to 339 km.

In February 2012, they received planning permission for the site and the centre is scheduled to be opened by late 2013.

The two airmen had been NCOICs in medical units deployed to the War in Afghanistan and received the medals in March 2012.

In July 2012, Cuba received its first American goods shipment in over 50 years, following the partial relaxation of the US embargo to permit humanitarian shipments.

In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups. The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011. Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art " Museum " Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO. com It opened May 21, 2012. Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire. comDale Chihuly's ' Glass House ' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting. net

A two-minute fight scene in the pub shown in August 2012 received just one complaint to Ofcom from a viewer who felt it was too violent ; Ofcom said they would investigate.

As an example, Mexico started to export irradiated guava to the U. S. in 2008 and mango, sweet lime, manzano pepper in 2009 ; and has received approval for citrus and star fruit with exports to initiate in 2012.

It received its New York premiere in 2012, produced by Repertorio Español.

In 2012, Kain received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

The € 98. 5m expansion of the Islamic Art galleries in 2012 received state funding of € 31 million, as well as € 17 million from the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation founded by the eponymous Saudi prince.

For studies starting in autumn 2012, Lund received 11, 160 foreign master's applications from 152 countries, which was roughly one third of all international applications to Swedish universities.

In May 2012, Land's End received widespread attention as the starting point of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.

It also charted very high in many charts globally and has already received certifications in U. K, Canada and Australia as of 2012.

He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.

On April 30, 2012, King published an article in The Daily Beast calling for rich Americans, including himself, to pay more taxes, citing it as " a practical necessity and moral imperative that those who have received much should be obligated to pay ... in the same proportion ".

In 2012 the university received 3261 applications for the 150 available places on their Master in Science programs.

On May 5, 2012, Gary Johnson received the Libertarian Party's official nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 election.

Despite the critically acclaimed Virtua Fighter 5 releasing to very little fanfare in 2007, its update Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has received much more attention in 2012 due to the renewed interest in fighting games.

In September 2012, Brad Birkenfeld received a $ 104 million prize for revealing how the wealthy use Swiss Banks to avoid taxes.

On June 29, 2012 Ono received a " Lifetime Achievement " award in Dublin.

* Matz received the 2011 Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation ( FSF ) at the 2012 LibrePlanet conference at the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston.

Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 22, 2012.

In 2012, Blur received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

* 2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist ( b. 1925 )

On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history.

Gavin appeared on the special for Betty White's 90th birthday on January 16, 2012

In the summer of 2011 a lot of the surviving cast and an ensemble of country artists taped a Country's Family Reunion special, entitled Salute to the Kornfield, which aired on RFD-TV in January 2012.

The Criterion Collection released a special edition version of the film on Blu-ray and DVD on June 12, 2012.

On January 20, 2012, hired John Bonamego, as special teams coordinator.

President Obama ordered in July 2012 the U. S. Treasury Department to issue two licenses, one giving special permission for investment in Burma and the other allowing financial services.

After La Russa retired as manager of the Cardinals in 2011, Smith became active in the organization again, starting with his stint as a special instructor for the team's 2012 spring training camp.

On June 2, 2011, the World Series of Poker and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté announced plans for an officially sanctioned special fundraising event, known as The Big One for One Drop, starting on July 1, 2012 with a record US $ 1 million entry fee.

On 19 March 2012 The Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history, which included 2000 AD.

* I'm Not The Me I Remember: Fighting Encephalitis A special report from Inspire and Encephalitis Global Inc. in recognition of Rare Disease Day 2012

The move was part of NNSA's efforts initiated in October 2006 to consolidate special nuclear material at five sites by 2012, with significantly reduced square footage at those sites by 2017.

In 2012, The NCSE announced they would be engaged in efforts to keep climate change education, and global warming issues, safe from threats from special interests.

In 2012, the Horror Writers Association gave I Am Legend the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award.

This second special election, held on May 8, 2012, returned the number of commissioners on the council back to the original number of three.

In 2012, a special committee finally inducted the Comets into the hall.

On June 15, 2012, high wire artist Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the falls in 116 years, after receiving special permission from both governments.

Footage, music and art from the seven day event became available as a special edition box set in July 2012.

The series returned for three special episodes which aired on 25 December 2011, 1 January 2012 and 23 July 2012 to mark the show's 20th anniversary.

The first new special aired on 25 December with the second episode airing on 1 January 2012.

The third, and final special coincided with the 2012 London Olympics, with Stella McCartney appearing in a cameo role.

On June 19, 2012, a special meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission was convened at Laurel Park at the request of Penny Chenery, who hired companies to conduct a forensic review of the videotapes of the race.

On 2 March 2012 Didier Lombard, who remained special advisor to Stéphane Richard, leaves the company.

It is available on CD and a special, limited edition format of vinyl featuring the new 2012 remaster with a 5. 1 mix and high resolution audio on DVD, including previously unreleased 5. 1 and stereo bonus 2003 Ken Scott mixes of Moonage Daydream ( instrumental ), The Supermen, Velvet Goldmine and Sweet Head.