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  Explorer program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Explorer program was the United States's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite.
It was revived as a crash program to catch up with the Soviet Union after that nation's launch of Sputnik I on October 4, 1957.
The Explorer program was taken over by NASA, which continued to use the name for unmanned space missions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Explorer_program   (412 words)

  
 Explorer Information
Explorer-I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958.
The satellite instrumentation of Explorer-I was designed and built by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa.
Explorer-I was placed in an orbit with a perigee of 224 miles and an apogee of 1,575 miles having a period of 114.9 minutes.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/sputnik/expinfo.html   (1334 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Explorer program
Categories: NASA programs Explorer-I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States Earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958.
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is an Explorer satellite mission to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources.
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer is an orbiting space telescope that was launched on April 28, 2003.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Explorer-program   (3902 words)

  
 Baltimore County Police Explorer Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Baltimore County Police Explorer Program is directed by a committee of Baltimore County Police Department sworn personnel with the assistance of several interested adult civilians.
Explorers are required to participate in the numerous details performed by the Post, usually in the areas of traffic direction, security, and communications.
The program gives Explorers a working knowledge of the field of law enforcement as they observe police officers respond to calls for service and follow through on criminal investigations to a successful conclusion.
www.co.ba.md.us /Agencies/police/community/police_explore.html   (692 words)

  
 Explorer program
The Explorer program was the United States' first successful attempt to launch unmanned space missions.
NASA's Explorer spacecraft series is not simply the longest running series of spacecraft, it has produced highly-durable (i.e., well-engineered) spacecraft as well.
Of the 74 successful Explorer missions depicted, fully five of them had had missions which lasted 10 or more years, the longest of which (IMP 8) has been operational for over 26 years now and still produces valuable information about the solar wind.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/explorer_program.html   (408 words)

  
 YP: Explorer Program
The purpose of the Explorer program is to provide special training to the young people that are preparing themselves for a career in law enforcement.
The Explorer recruits must graduate from the Academy prior to wearing the Law Enforcement Explorer uniform and receiving identification cards verifying their association with the Los Angeles Police Explorer Program.
The Explorer program keeps young adults off the streets, encourages youth in the community to look to police officers as role models, and instills in them discipline and purpose in life.
www.lapdonline.org /youth_programs/yp_explorer.htm   (678 words)

  
 Lifeguard Explorers
This program’s primary purpose is to instill a sense of pride and safety for these young people and serve as a recruiting ground for future potential beach patrol officers, rescue personnel and emergency management personnel.
Explorers are expressly prohibited from engaging in any activities determined to be unsafe by the Training Teams Representative, the Explorer Advisory Board, the Post Advisor or as established by the Special Operations Team Leader or his/her designated representative.
Explorers that have not completed their three month probation and that have been issued a T-shirt shall wear a Class "C" uniform to all meetings and functions.
volusia.org /beach/explorers.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Sheriff's Office - Explorer Program - Jefferson County, Colorado
The explorer program is an educational program for high school students age 15 and up with an avid interest in law enforcement.
Explorers are also involved in various community functions such as bicycle rodeos, open houses and the Summerset Festival.
Explorers have the option to attend the Law Enforcement Advisor’s Association of Colorado Academy, which is offered in the spring and the fall.
www.co.jefferson.co.us /ext/dpt/officials/sheriff/explorers.htm   (323 words)

  
 City of Gardena ~ City Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Police Explorer Program is a program open to all youth from the community ranging from 14 to 21 years in age.
The Police Exploring Program is sanctioned by the Boy Scouts of America, and is maintained and staffed by members of the Gardena Police Department.
Police Explorer Cadets will be introduced into the Explorer Program and attend monthly meetings, while being assigned to a Senior Explorer to assist them throughout their Academy training.
www.ci.gardena.ca.us /government/police/explorer.asp   (358 words)

  
 Grand Prairie Police Department Explorer Program
This program is provided so that they may have an opportunity to experience police work first hand as well as develop leadership and citizenship skills that will impact them throughout their lives.
The Explorers also have the opportunity to attend the National Law Enforcement Explorer Competition, which is held every other year and presented by the Boy Scouts of America and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.
The Explorer program is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 21.
www.grandprairiepolice.org /community/explorer.htm   (327 words)

  
 Cadet/Explorer Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Law Enforcement Exploring Program for Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was started with the intention of providing the youth of our communities the opportunity to explore a career in law enforcement and develop a more positive relationship between youth and law enforcement officers.
Our explorers work closely with a number of non-profit groups that are trying to make a difference in our Keys communities.
Explorers have the opportunity to as they advance to obtain first-hand knowledge of law enforcement operations by riding with a Deputy Sheriff on patrol.
www.keysso.net /commrelations/juvenileprograms/cadet_explorer/cadetexplorer_program.htm   (278 words)

  
 Phoenix Police Department - Law Enforcement Explorer Program
Members are referred to as "Explorer" and, while the program is part of the BSA, the Explorer program is distinctively different from scouting.
Explorer is a co-educational, young-adult program developed and supervised by local community organizations, businesses and individuals providing an opportunity for young adults to explore a particular career field.
This successful program is designed to educate and involve young men and women in police operations and to interest them in law enforcement functions whether they enter the law enforcement field or not.
phoenix.gov /POLICE/explor1.html   (573 words)

  
 Explorer Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Pensacola Police Department's Explorer Program is designed for males and females ages 14 to 21 who have an interest in law enforcement and may be interested in pursuing a career in this field.
Explorers meet weekly to study various laws and participate in hands-on experiences such as traffic stops, traffic accident investigations and pistol shooting.
Explorers must maintain a 2.0 or higher grade point average, be in good character standing in the community, and must never have been arrested for a felony or a misdemeanor domestic violence.
www.pensacolapolice.com /divisions/cipdd/explorer_program.htm   (158 words)

  
 prcity: Police Explorer’s Program
This enables the Explorer to observe the actual functions of police officers as they perform their duties in the field and helps the Explorer decide if this type of occupation is suitable for them.
The program objectives and goals are to build leadership skills, build on levels of maturity, and to build self-confidence and discipline.
The social and recreational aspect of the program is designed to be both fun and developmental, and the activities are only limited by the imagination of those involved.
www.prcity.com /government/departments/police/explorers.asp   (599 words)

  
 FEMA - EXEMPLARY PRACTICES IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - Los Angeles City Fire Explorer Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Program Description: Fire Explorer Post 89 is one of 14 posts sponsored by the Los Angeles City Fire Department and chartered by the Boy Scouts of America.
The goal of all these explorer posts is to expose the young people to firefighting as an occupation and spark an interest in firefighting as a possible career.
Boys and girls in the program have received praise for their efforts during the 1994 Northridge earthquake and civil unrest and brush fires in 1992.
www.fema.gov /rrr/exp_05.shtm   (354 words)

  
 Senior Scouts (1935-49)
This program fit well with the rest of the Senior Scouting programs, and would serve as the model and inspiration for many of the others.
The program was aimed at those boys who were interested in journalism and writing, to help serve their units and councils with their articles and writings.
In September of 1949, with the demise of the Senior Scouting program to be replaced with the Explorer program, Senior Scout Outfits had to pick which of the 3 Explorer programs they would go to.
www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Falls/8826/seniorscout.html   (2162 words)

  
 Explorer Spacecraft Series
This was so because even the early Explorers performed a large variety of scientific missions ranging from energy particle exploration through atmospheric and ionospheric studies to investigations of micrometeroids, air density, radio astronomy, geodesy, and gamma ray astronomy--not to mention interplanetary and solar monitoring.
The one constant amidst this diversity was that the early "Explorers" were smaller, simpler, and less costly than the orbiting observatories also used in scientific exploration of physical and astronomical phenomena.
The listing at the end of this narrative shows the satellites that clearly belong in the "Explorer" series because they were relatively small and uncomplicated, performed a scientific mission, and -- until quite recently -- appeared in satellite situation reports and post-launch reports under the name "Explorer," accompanied by a mission number.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/explorer.html   (390 words)

  
 ChessExplorer - program for chess problems
Generally, the programs are created to test all possible moves and to find exactly all solutions that exists (mode "brute force" - using big force of modern computers).
Basic procedures was optimized in assembly language and this program tests more than 1,000,000 moves per second (sometimes more than 10,000,000 m/sec) on a standard computer.
Shareware program: after a trial period of one month, you must register it (see: Terms of using).
www.geocities.com /explorer127pl   (684 words)

  
 Welcome to Garden City, Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This successful program is designed to educate and involve young men and women in police operations and to interest them in law enforcement careers.
Explorers also obtain an awareness of the challenges and rewards of a career in law enforcement.
The program is open to boys and girls 14 through 21 years of age.
www.gardencitymi.org /department.asp?p=police&c=explorer   (444 words)

  
 CAREER EXPLORER PROGRAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Several plans for the running of the program are provided but I have chosen to run it over three days in the school holidays because it is a practical solution for students particularly those from the country who travel and stay in Melbourne for the program.
For detailed information on the program it is best to read the book, but to give you an idea of the range of activities in the program I will show one variation of how the program was organised last year.
RVIB also has several other programs that complement this program, two in particular that are geared towards students who will be moving into tertiary settings and which address practical issues such as accessing libraries, organising personal readers or meeting with equal opportunity counsellors on their campuses.
www.icevi.org /publications/icevix/wshops/0091.html   (1605 words)

  
 Explorer Program
The Explorer Program will build on our progressive camping program by providing challenging activities to our 12 and 13 year old two-week campers.
The Explorer Program will be based at Camp Kon-O-Kwee with campers staying in cabins or lodges.
This two-week camping program features traditional camp activities such as boating, swimming, pioneering, hiking, fishing, nature study, overnight campouts, arts and crafts, as well as exposure to climbing adventure initiative and ropes courses.
www.ycamps.org /explorer.html   (152 words)

  
 Fire Explorer Program
Some of the Explorers may find that they would like to pursue this as a career, some may find that it is not what they expected, while some may find that although they do not want to go into the field as a career, they may still enjoy it as a hobby or volunteer work.
The purpose of the Ride-Along Explorer qualification is to provide the Fire Explorers an incentive to further their education and training.
Explorers who have met the qualifications for Ride-Along have an opportunity to participate in, and experience actual firefighting duties including emergency responses, fire prevention inspections, public education, engine company training drills and exercises, and other misc.
www.ci.manteca.ca.us /fire/Explorers.html   (1759 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- NASA Winnows Explorer Program Proposals to Four
NASA announced yesterday it has selected four missions to be considered for the Explorer Program, which emphasizes relatively low cost spacecraft with narrowly focused goals.
Explorer Program candidates will be reviewed further and two missions will be selected by early 2003 for development as Medium-class Explorer, or MIDEX, flights.
The Astrobiology Explorer (ABE): a cryogenic telescope to determine the abundance, distribution and identities of the chemical building blocks of life.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/explorer_proposals_020418.html   (804 words)

  
 EXPLORER PROGRAM
The Explorer Scout Program is designed for youth ages 16 to 21 who have an interest in law enforcement as a career.
This is a co-educational program and all members must join the Boy Scouts of America.
In 2004, the Explorer Program consisted of a volunteer advisor and four Explorers.
www.ci.san-ramon.ca.us /police/explorer.htm   (228 words)

  
 USCM | Police Explorer Program | Toledo, OH
The program was started prior to 1984 and was answer to young people needing after school activities and wanting to learn about law enforcement from those that are professionals in the field.
Number of youth participating and their continued involvement with the program also assists in determining the effectiveness of the program.
Be prepared to budget funds for the program because it is more difficult signing youth up if they are told by associates that is expensive or one big fund raiser after another to have a decent program.
www.usmayors.org /USCM/best_practices/bp98/09_1998_Preventing_School_Violence230.htm   (415 words)

  
 Explorer Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Explorer Program allows youths to learn leadership and organizational skills as well as work closely with local law enforcement agencies.
Explorers also participate in and direct activities such as drill and ceremony, camping and fund-raising events.
The program is advised by members of the 97th SFS and Altus Police Department but will be ran by the youth involved.
www.altus.af.mil /PA/patriot/archive/archive97-99/archive/arp98/24apr983.html   (197 words)

  
 Northpinellas: Explorer program needs oversight -- or closure
It is hard to imagine a more serious situation in a police department: Officers are said to be having sex with members of the Police Explorer program for young people.
Now, the very future of the Explorer program -- which is affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America -- is in question.
It is a good program that, if run correctly, engenders good will in the community and introduces young people to possible careers in law enforcement.
www.sptimes.com /News/040900/news_pf/NorthPinellas/Explorer_program_need.shtml   (488 words)

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