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- In 1982, a human genome was a science-fiction fantasy, and the space shuttle was state-of-the-art science. The field of science has stretched ever more widely into everyday life since then, bringing us cellphones, Web browsing and the promise of a biotechnology bonanza. With help from longtime...
- Research articles 2007-08-20
- NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Next Generation Satellite
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> NASA and NOAA today announced a plan to restore a key ozone layer climate sensor to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, NPOESS, program. The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, OMPS, Limb will be returned to a satellite...
- Research articles 2007-04-11
- CCDs Find Applications in Diverse Space Missions
- Charge coupled device CCD image sensors e2v Technologies Elmsford, NY 914-593-6841 www.e2v.cora Imaging charge coupled devices CCDs from e2v are currently being used by NASA and the European Space Agency ESA in projects that will provide scientific data about Earth and other planets in our solar system. Twenty-five CCD image...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- NASA inks pact, releases ozone hole data.(GOVERNMENTCONNECTION)
- NASA and the Department of Homeland Security DHS signed an agreement to collaborate on research and development projects. The memorandum of understanding allows the DHS Science and Technology division and NASA to apply joint expertise and technologies to improve national and homeland security as well as...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- Aura delivering daily data on pollution.(Brief Article)
- NASA's Aura spacecraft is providing daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and other pollutants affecting air quality. Aura should help scientists monitor global pollution production and transport with "unprecedented" spatial resolution. "Data from NASA missions like Aura are a valuable national ...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- NASA'S AURA SATELLITE SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON AIR QUALITY AND OZONE HOLE
- NASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air quality. For the first time, Aura will help scientists monitor global pollution production and transport with unprecedented spatial resolution. Aura's measurements...
- Research articles 2004-12-14
- NASA Scientists Say Aura Data Will Aid in Ozone Research.
- NASA recently announced that its Aura spacecraft is supplying the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and other pollutants, providing new insights into how climate changes influence the recovery of the Earth's protective stratospheric ozone layer. According to NASA, Aura's data will...
- Research articles 2004-12-17
- NASA, HU Research Indicates Decline in Ozone Depletion.
- Local Virginia newspaper the Daily Press recently reported that researchers from NASA and Hampton University HU revealed during an HU seminar earlier this week that research from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II SAGE II satellite indicates that the rate of ozone depletion has decreased...
- Research articles 2004-10-08
- NASA launches satellite AURA to study weather, ozone layer
- WASHINGTON AFP ? The AURA satellite was launched successfully into orbit on its mission to study the Earth's atmosphere, climate change and regional differences in air quality, NASA said. After four technical delays and a month-long wait from its original launch date in mid-June, a towering Boeing Delta II...
- Research articles 2004-07-15
- Earth Observing Satellite Launch Scrubbed Again
- VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California ENS ? After several launch delays earlier this week to resolve equipment problems, NASA scientists this morning had planned to send latest the Earth observing satellite Aura into orbit, but at the last moment the launch was scrubbed for the second time this week. ...
- Research articles 2004-07-14
- Aura Earth Observing Satellite Launched into Orbit
- VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California ENS ? After two scrubs this week and several previous attempts ended by equipment malfunctions, NASA successfully launched the latest Earth Observing Satellite, Aura, at 03:01 this morning Pacific time. The Delta II launch vehicle carrying the Aura spacecraft successfully lifted off from Vandenberg...
- Research articles 2004-07-15
- NASA scores hat trick with Aura satellite.(Government Connection)(Brief Article)
- In summer 2004, NASA begins using a new satellite, Aura, that will supply "the best information yet about the health of Earth's atmosphere." Aura should provide insights into how atmospheric composition affects and responds to Earth's changing climate. Scientists hope to use...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- NASA Satellites Track Asia-Atlantic Smog Train
- GREENBELT, Maryland ENS ? Scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA have found that ground level air pollution created in one region of the world can be swept up by air currents and travel halfway around the globe. The pollution appears to catch an airborne wind current from...
- Research articles 2004-05-05
- Earth Observation Scientists Taking Pulse of the Planet
- TOKYO, Japan ENS ? Ministers of 47 nations and the European Commission have adopted a 10 year plan to develop a global climate observation system that will provide an overview of the Earth's atmospheric, oceanic and terrestrial ecosystems. The decision, taken at the Earth Observation Summit II in Tokyo, is...
- Research articles 2004-04-27
- NASA Creates New Map of Atmospheric Water Vapor.
- NASA recently announced that a team of agency scientists has created "the first detailed map of water, containing heavy hydrogen and heavy oxygen atoms, in and out of clouds, from the surface to some 25 miles above the Earth," to better understand the dynamics of how ...
- Research articles 2003-12-09
- NASA explores our Ever-changing earth: throughout NASA's history, Earth science has been one of the agency's primary missions. Now geotechnology professionals are reaping the benefits. (Earth Science).
- ON FEB. 1, 2003, THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WAS LOST DURING ITS RE-ENTRY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. FOR NASA, THE POTENTIAL FOR USING MAPPING AND IMAGERY TOOLS IN THE RECOVERY EFFORT WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR (SEE"GEOTECHNOLOGY STEPSTO CENTER STAGE DURING SHUTTLE TRAGEDY," PAGE 16). IN ITS OWN SMALL...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Insulating Foam Is Possible Culprit in Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster.
- Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The lead suspect in Saturday's space shuttle Columbia catastrophe is essentially the same material used to insulate homes, keep boats afloat and even coat the roofs of civic arenas, such as the ...
- Research articles 2003-02-05
- Hampton, Va., Researcher Wins $500,000 Government Grant for Atmosphere Work.
- By Michael Hines, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 12--HAMPTON, Va.--A local researcher will receive the highest government honor for young scientists today to recognize his work on understanding what amounts to the atmosphere's all-purpose cleanser. ...
- Research articles 2002-07-12
- York`s WINDII satellite project celebrates 10th anniversary in space Scientists lobby NASA to extend research on ozone layer.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 October 2001-YORK UNIVERSITY: York`s WINDII satellite project celebrates 10th anniversary in space Scientists lobby NASA to extend research on ozone layer C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19102001 TORONTO -- One of Canada`s major contributions to international space research,...
- Research articles 2001-10-22
- Optical bench to aid NASA satellite instrument
- Structure and optical bench Composite Optics San Diego, GA 858-621-5700www.coi-world.com NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in Pasadena, CA, is building the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer TES, which is scheduled to launch in June 2003 aboard NASA's Aura Spacecraft. The spacecraft is part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, a series of satellite...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
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