http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral. http://www.physorg.com/news179331658.html Space & Earth Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:30:04 EST news179331658 Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169718228.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:57:53 EST news169718228 (AP) -- As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events. http://www.physorg.com/news169132958.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:23:16 EST news169132958 Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and small business Geosemble Technologies are improving Air Force situational awareness with software that presents vast amounts of map data in a more manageable format for its commanders in theater. http://www.physorg.com/news168100217.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:31:01 EST news168100217 The crew of NASA's newest spacecraft "will not survive" an explosion of the Ares I rocket within the first minute of launch because blazing chunks of solid-rocket fuel would melt the parachutes on the crew-escape system, according to a new Air Force report. http://www.physorg.com/news167210662.html Space & Earth Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:00:01 EST news167210662 Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space. http://www.physorg.com/news162390281.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 May 2009 13:25:40 EST news162390281 You can put those maps away. The US Air Force has shot down fears that the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) is going to crash. http://www.physorg.com/news162133400.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 14:03:54 EST news162133400 (AP) -- Behind Dan DeRosa's smiling face lurks a dull headache that never goes away. He suffers from memory lapses and hears a shrill ringing in his ears akin to the lingering squeal of a heavy metal concert. http://www.physorg.com/news156664195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:50:34 EST news156664195 NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have just dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan to return to the Moon. http://www.physorg.com/news156441809.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:04:01 EST news156441809 Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat. http://www.physorg.com/news153672557.html Technology Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:49:59 EST news153672557 Representatives from NASA convened in New Orleans today to report at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting the results from a NASA-enhanced computerized system to assess environmental and health concerns for deployed U.S. forces. The Global Situational Awareness Tool (GSAT), developed and operated by the Air Force Special Operations Command, is a computerized set of linkable databases that characterizes and predicts health risks and other dangers to U.S. troops and multi-national forces in Afghanistan and other areas. http://www.physorg.com/news148218630.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:50:30 EST news148218630 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news143183463.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:11:03 EST news143183463 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan about 3 a.m. EDT Sunday to begin a six-month stay in space. http://www.physorg.com/news142780305.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:11:45 EST news142780305