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Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight (AP)

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.


Space shuttle Atlantis back home in Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida.





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Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try (AP)

Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming.


Rain, wind keep space shuttle flying extra day (AP)

Bad weather further stalls shuttle landing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Bad weather in Florida has stalled space shuttle Discovery's landing once more.


NASA sails through countdown, weather outlook poor (AP)

NASA sails through countdown, weather outlook poor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA is sailing through the countdown for Saturday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour, with weather the lone concern.


Atlantis begins ferry flight home from Calif. (AP)

Atlantis begins ferry flight home from Calif.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis has begun its ferry flight home from California to Florida.


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UN sketches countries with climate risk profile

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disasters caused by climate change will inflict the highest losses in poor countries with weak governments that have dashed for growth and failed to shield populations which settle in exposed areas, a UN report ...


Flooded Corn

Farmers who plant -- or replant -- after June 20 may see yields drop by half

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A costly deadline looms for many growers in the Midwest, as every day of waiting for the weather to cooperate to plant corn and soybeans reduces potential yields. Illinois growers who plant corn or soybeans ...


Teens cool off from sports with each succeeding winter

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although winter's grasp has subsided to spring, its effects could have a long term impact on the exercise patterns of teenagers. According to a five-year study published in the Annals of Epidemiology, while teens are genera ...


Atlantis astronauts warily eye landing-day weather (AP)

Atlantis astronauts warily eye landing-day weather

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts checked their ship's flight systems and packed up Thursday in hopes of an on-time end to their triumphant Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, although the weather prospects ...


Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of ...


NCAR tests system to steer drivers away from dangerous weather

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are testing an innovative technological system in the Detroit area this month that ultimately will help protect drivers from being surprised by black ice, fog, and ...



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