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Four rockets launch from Poker Flat Research Range

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Four NASA rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range during a three-hour span on the morning of Feb. 18, 2009. The rockets, carrying payloads that emitted glowing vapor trails that help scientists study ...


Two rockets fly through auroral arc

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range. The NASA rockets launched Jan. 29, just ...


Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...





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HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 15, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an ...


6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire have experiments ready on the launch rails at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, and another scientist is waiting in New Hampshire ...


Final rocket launches, measures aurora movement

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's been a long wait, but it was worth it. The Black Brant XII sounding rocket with the CASCADES II experiment launched and flew through an active aurora display March 20 at 3:04 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time. The successful ...


JOULE II rockets launch with success

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

From Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, four NASA rockets launched into an aurora display over northern Alaska, starting at 3:29 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Scientists hope to learn more about electrical heating ...


Online poker advocates lobby Congress to lift federal ban

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 9

Poker players are gambling on Congress seeing things their way.


Scientists launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions.


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LG Display to invest $2.6 bln for flat screens

Technology / Business

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

South Korea's LG Display Co., one of the world's top LCD panel makers, has announced it would invest 3.27 trillion won (2.6 billion dollars) to meet the growing demand for flat-screen televisions.


Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5

As the world's environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners prepare to attend the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to unite in the battle against climate change in ...


Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras

Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students ...


Ultra-flat loudspeakers with powerful sound reproduction

Ultra-flat loudspeakers with powerful sound reproduction

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bigger speakers, bigger sound - this is the music lover’s creed. Flat panel loudspeakers offer an alternative to those who would rather not or cannot clutter up their homes with speakers. ...



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