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... the year. Awards The World Science Fiction Society 's Hugo Award , which he won in 2003 for his novel Hominids; The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 's Nebula Award , which he won in 1996 for his novel The Terminal Experiment; The John W. Campbell Memorial Award, which he won in 2006 for his ...

With an introduction by Hugo and Nebula award-winning author David Brin , and an exclusive CDROM showing the future of manned space exploration. ...

... 13-149 - NASA'S HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE REVEALS THE RING NEBULA'S TRUE SHAPE'' --WASHINGTON -- The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But ... "NASA centers and other national partners offer great Summer of Innovation opportunities, but the mini-awards allow smaller, non-traditional partners to inspire students in their local communities through creative ...

... translation of ''The Three-Body Problem'' 《三体》by Chinese author Cixin Liu received a Hugo Award and a Nebula nomination. The Chinese version appeared as a book in 2008 and was wildly popular ... '' (1971); David Bedford, ''A Dream of the Seven Lost Stars '' (1965), ''Tentacles Of The Dark Nebula '' (1969), ''Music For Albion Moonlight '' (1970), ''The Sword of Orion '' (1970), ''Some Stars Above Magnitude ...

... Observatory in Pasadena, California, and conducted spectroscopic and photometric studies of emission-line stars and nebulae. From 1956 to 1959 he served as a senior astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ... University's Department of Astronomy in 1959 and was awarded a professorship in 1964. In addition to teaching, he conducted research on planetary nebulae, peculiar emission-line stars, S-stars, and T ...

... that has made significant contributions to public awareness and understanding of space programs. The award was presented on Monday, April 16, during the opening ceremony of the 28th National ... of the fastest rotating stars and the highest velocity stars ever observed by astronomers. The nebula is close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving astronomers important ...

... interest to readers. Space Miscellany. 58 - BIS NEWS The BIS has created two new awards and presentations to the first recipients have been made. 67 - CORRESPONDENCE A selection of ... of recent spacecraft launchings prepared by Phillip S. Clark. Astronomy Arena. 287 - HST: CRAB NEBULA CENTRAL REGION REVEALED Hubble observations show dramatic changes arising from the presence of a ...

... frequency closely matching radio and optical pulsations with 5% of total x-ray power of nebula appearing in pulsed component. Pulsations included main pulse and interpulse separated by about 12 milliseconds ... boosters had been slated for April 1969 delivery. Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC also announced award of $1,239,045 contract modification to IBM for work in connection with 31 launch ...

... COLOR'' --WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's ... appears transparent and ethereal when seen at infrared wavelengths. The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that easily are ... Orion. The cloud also contains other well-known objects such as the Great Orion Nebula (M42), the Flame Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. It is one of the nearest and most easily ...

... kind and is expected to gather significant momentum in the cloud and open source communities. "Nebula technology was selected for inclusion in the OpenStack project because of its massively scalable architecture ... enable us to benefit from crowd-sourced development efforts. said Raymond O'Brien, Nebula's program manager. Nebula is an agency-wide program and was one of three flagship initiatives highlighted in ...

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