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Webb Telescope Passes Mission Design Review MilestoneRedondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2010 NASA's Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope has passed its most significant mission milestone to date, the Mission Critical Design Review, or MCDR. This signifies the integrated observatory will meet all science and engineering requirements for its mission. "I'm delighted by this news and proud of the Webb program's great technical achievements," said Eric Smith, Webb telescope program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "The independent team conducting the review conf ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 22, 2010A US Air Force unmanned spacecraft blasted off on Thursday from Florida, amid a veil of secrecy about its military mission. The robotic space plane, or X-37B, lifted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket at 7:52 pm local time (2352 GMT), according video released by the military. "The launch is a go," Air Force Major Angie Blair told AFP. Resembling a miniature space shuttle, ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 25, 2010British oil giant BP used robotic underwater vehicles Sunday to try to cap a leaking well and prevent a growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico from developing into an environmental disaster. Satellite images showed the slick had spread by 50 percent in a day to cover an area of 600 square miles (1,550 square kilometers), although officials said some 97 percent of the pollution was just a th ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 22, 2010A US Air Force unmanned spacecraft has blasted off from Florida, amid a veil of secrecy about its military mission. The robotic space plane, or X-37B, lifted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket at 7:52 pm local time (2352 GMT) Thursday, according to video released by the military. "The launch is a go," Air Force spokeswoman Major Angie Blair told AFP. The lift-off appeared ... more |
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Ocean Salinities Show An Intensified Water CycleCanberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 22, 2010 Evidence that the world's water cycle has already intensified is contained in new research to be published in the American Journal of Climate. The stronger water cycle means arid regions have become drier and high rainfall regions wetter as atmospheric temperature increases. The study, co-authored by CSIRO scientists Paul Durack and Dr Susan Wijffels, shows the surface ocean beneath rainfall-dominated regions has freshened, whereas ocean regions dominated by evaporation are saltier. The pape ... read more |
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