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For NASA's Aquarius, Quest For Salt A Global EndeavorPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2011 With more than a few stamps on its passport, NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC)-D spacecraft will soon embark on its space mission to "taste" Earth's salty ocean. After a journey of development and assembly through NASA facilities; a technology center in Bariloche, Argentina; and testing chambers in Brazil, the Aquarius instrument, set to measure the ocean's surface salinity, recently made the trip from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, to Californi ... read more |
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  Russian Space Agency Events Unchanged As Chief's Retirement Announced Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said on Wednesday the agency's scheduled events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's historic first space flight will go ahead as pl ... more | .. |
 First Consistent Geological Interpretation Of East Africa Rift System Astrium GEO-Information Services has completed a geological interpretation study of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) and the surrounding area that is increasingly becoming an exploration hotspot f ... more | .. |
  A New Space Policy For Europe Improving the safety and daily lives of European citizens thanks to radio navigation, guiding tractors by satellite for high-yield crops, optimizing response to humanitarian crisis... This is not sc ... more | .. | ||
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 SeaWiFS' Thirteen Years Of Observing Our Home Planet Mary Cleave left the NASA astronaut corps in the early 1990s to make a rare jump from human spaceflight to Earth science. She was going to work on an upcoming mission to measure gradations in ocean ... more | .. |
 Global Hawks Mark Year Of Science Flights This week marks the first anniversary of the NASA Global Hawk project's initial science mission. On April 7, 2010, Global Hawk No. 872 took off from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards A ... more | .. |
 NASA Airborne Radar Set To Image Hawaiian Volcano The Kilauea volcano that recently erupted on the Big Island of Hawaii will be the target for a NASA study to help scientists better understand processes occurring under Earth's surface. A NASA ... more | .. |
 Salt-Seeking Spacecraft Arrives At Launch Site An international spacecraft that will take NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Aquarius/SAC ... more |
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 Arctic Ice Gets A Check Up Scientists tracking the annual maximum extent of Arctic sea ice said that 2011 was among the lowest ice extents measured since satellites began collecting the data in 1979. Using satellites to track ... more | .. |
  India's GSAT-8 Delivered To French Guiana A dual-purpose Indian satellite to be orbited on another of Arianespace's Ariane 5 missions during 2011 arrived in French Guiana today. GSAT-8 - which also is known by the INSAT-4G designation ... more | .. |
  Make Your Satnav Idea A Reality Submit a great satnav idea and win a prize with ESA support to create your own business. Previous winning ideas today guide visitors around exhibition centres, help position offshore ships with cent ... more | .. |
  Oregon volcano to be monitored The U.S. Geological Survey says it wants to monitor a volcano in Eastern Oregon to record any future rumblings of activity as soon as possible. ... more |
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 Record Loss Of Ozone Over Arctic ESA's Envisat satellite has measured record low levels of ozone over the Euro-Atlantic sector of the northern hemisphere during March. This record low was caused by unusually strong winds, known as ... more | .. |
 Response To Japan's Disaster Relief Efforts When a crisis occurs on the scale of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, we all want to help. We thought you might like to know that GeoEye has been supporting the relief efforts by pr ... more | .. |
  Picatinny Fields First Precision-Guided Mortars To Troops In Afghanistan This month, U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan received 120mm GPS-guided mortar precision capability. The Program Executive Office for Ammunition fielded Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges ... more | .. |
 RIT Researchers Help Map Tsunami And Earthquake Damage In Japan Japan needs maps. Not just any kind-detailed informational maps georegistered with latitude and longitude and annotated with simple, self-evident details: this bridge is out, this port is damaged, t ... more |
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 Earth Movements From Japan Earthquake Seen From Space Satellite images have been essential for helping relief efforts in Japan following the massive quake that struck on 11 March. Now scientists are using ESA's space radars to improve our understanding ... more | .. |
Google's citizen cartographers map out the world Google on Thursday revealed that an army of citizen cartographers is behind its widely used mapping service, helping the Internet search giant chart the world, including often inaccessible places. ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellites Detect Extensive Drought Impact On Amazon A new NASA-funded study has revealed widespread reductions in the greenness of the forests in the vast Amazon basin in South America caused by the record-breaking drought of 2010. "The greenne ... more | .. |
  Unique Aerospace Invention Ready For Debut The first Reentry Breakup Recorder (REBR), an instrument designed and constructed by engineers at The Aerospace Corporation, is set to plunge to Earth on March 29, shortly after 7 p.m. Two REB ... more |
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 Galileo Labs: Better Positioning With Concept Final burst for the European satellite navigation system Galileo - the first satellites are to be in position in the year 2012 and start their work. Fraunhofer Galileo Labs are showcasing the first ... more | .. |
 GPS Study Shows Wolves More Reliant On A Cattle Diet Cattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part of their diets. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Appoints David Ryan VP/GM Intelligence Systems Division Northrop Grumman has named David Ryan vice president and general manager of its Intelligence Systems Division, one of five divisions within the company's Information Systems sector. He reports to Li ... more | .. |
 Compact-Sized GLONASS/GPS Receiver SkyTraq introduces a compact 25mmx25mm, high-performance low-power GLONASS/GPS receiver. It is compatible to a popular 25mmx25mm-sized GPS receiver model, user can use it as direct drop-in rep ... more |
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 Measurements Of Winter Arctic Sea Ice Shows Continuing Ice Loss The 2011 Arctic sea ice extent maximum that marks the beginning of the melt season appears to be tied for the lowest ever measured by satellites, say scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder ... more | .. |
 Against The Tide: Currents Keep Dolphins Apart Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Ind ... more | .. |
 Secretary Salazar Charts Future For Landsat Satellite Program The Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced plans to make the Department of the Interior the permanent manager of the Landsat series of Earth observation satellites. "Bringing the ... more | .. |
  Migrating birds linked to avian flu spread International and U.S. researchers say wild migratory birds may have a role in the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. ... more |
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 Scanner eyes Earth's coastlines from space Images of Earth's coastal regions from a space-borne scanner are helping scientists monitor events from oil spills to plankton blooms, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 NASA Global Hawk Takes Earth's Temperature Over Pacific Ocean A Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 11 as part of a campaign to study atmospheric rivers. Known as Winter ... more | .. |
 Russian Investigators Probe Roscosmos Workers For Glonass Loss The Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday it is probing workers at Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, for negligence that may have caused the loss of three Glonass-M satellites in D ... more | .. |
 NASA IR Satellite Imagery Shows Cyclone Cherono Dwindling Three days of NASA infrared satellite imagery provides a clear picture to forecasters of the effect wind shear has had on former Cyclone Cherono. Wind shear increased near Cyclone Cherono this weeke ... more |
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