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NASA signs off on Mars-bound Orion spacecraft: All systems go for December test flight
2014-10-31 19:45:52| Extremetech
NASA has announced that it has finished construction of the first Orion spacecraft. Orion, which is scheduled to take its first test flight aboard a Delta IV rocket on December 4, will be the first spacecraft to have the capability to take humans into deep space beyond the Moon, to land on asteroids, Mars, and who knows what else.
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Our Ozone Hole is Still Shrinking, Says NASA
2014-10-31 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: There's a big hole in our ozone right over the Antarctic right now, and it's slightly bigger than last year. However, according to NASA data, this hole is still significantly smaller than it was a decade ago and is likely going to keep shrinking. The ozone layer is an exceptionally important part of the Earth's atmosphere that shields life from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation that can cause skin cancer and damage plants. Not too long ago, it was discovered that there are a number of...
NASA Seeks Ultra-Lightweight Materials To Help Enable Journey To Mars
2014-10-28 07:12:09| rfglobalnet Home Page
NASA is seeking proposals to develop and manufacture ultra-lightweight materials for aerospace vehicles and structures of the future. Proposals will demonstrate lower-mass alternatives to honeycomb or foam cores currently used in composite sandwich structures.
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NASA Awards Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder For The Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Mission
2014-10-24 05:42:09| rfglobalnet Home Page
NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, of Azusa, California, for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Instrument for flight on the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission.
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September Was Warmest on Record, NASA Data Shows
2014-10-13 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Like August before it, September 2014 was the warmest September on record, according to newly updated NASA data. The warm month makes it even more likely that 2014 will become the warmest year on record. Temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) of various regions around the world in August 2014. This September was about 1.4°F above the 1951-1980 average temperature for the month, data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) showed. That makes it the warmest September in GISS...
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