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Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...

Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan. The flyby will take place ...

TRMM Satellite sees Cyclone Cleo coming to a close

Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rainfall in the once-known Cyclone Cleo has really diminished over the last 24 hours, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has confirmed it. Cleo is fading and the Joint Typhoon Warning ...

NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for California

Dec 16, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (9) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California’s new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite ...

NASA tech zooms in on water and land

Dec 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

In a pilot project that could help better manage the planet's strained natural resources, space-age technologies are helping a Washington state community monitor its water availability. NASA satellites and ...

NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

21 hours ago | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an unlikely place to build a NASA telescope: a leafy estate in Irvington, N.Y., that once belonged to the son of Alexander Hamilton. Inside a hangar-like building on the site, which is ...

Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Lights Up Sky

19 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It looked like a light show in Elkton, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as NASA ground tested a full-scale attitude control motor, or ACM. The motor operated with precision as its elaborate eight-valve ...

A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest off the West Australian coast

'Monster' iceberg shedding hundreds of offshoots

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (9) | 2

An island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts said Monday.

New Study Turns Up the Heat on Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming (w/ Video)

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact ...

NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking

Dec 17, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?

Journal highlights forest service early warning system

Dec 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A national early warning system designed to assist land managers in rapidly detecting threats to forest health is featured in the cover article of the October 2009 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS), ...

US launches space-mapping satellite WISE

WISE satellite blasts off on space-map mission

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 4

NASA launched Monday a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids.

Tropical Cyclone 05B forms southeast of Chennai, India

Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Cyclone 05B has formed out of "System 96B" in the Northern Indian Ocean and is forecast to approach southeastern India by Sunday, December 13 and make landfall on Monday.

Tropical Storm Laurence set for second Australian landfall