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Science Highlights from Mercury's OrbitLaurel MD (SPX) May 12, 2011 As the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury, MESSENGER has the opportunity to make many observations of the Solar System's innermost planet that had not previously been possible. Each of MESSENGER's eight science investigations has a one-year data collection plan that has been carefully designed to meet the goal of maximizing the science return for the mission. MESSENGER's Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) is composed of two cameras, a wide-angle camera (WAC) and a narrow-angle camera (NA ... read more |
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  Doppler effect found even at molecular level - 169 years after its discovery Whether they know it or not, anyone who's ever gotten a speeding ticket after zooming by a radar gun has experienced the Doppler effect - a measurable shift in the frequency of radiation based on th ... more | .. |
  All Eyes on the Shuttle Perhaps one of the most impressive images is that of a space shuttle lifting off the launch pad. But more than just an impressive sight, images play a critical role in shuttle flight safety. Each su ... more | .. |
  Israel to spend $2B on missile defense Israel's announcement that it will spend $2 billion on building up its anti-missile defense system over the next few years, on top of whatever it can squeeze out of the Americans, underlines the military's deep concerns that the country faces a new kind of war. ... more | .. |
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  China launches rocket to monitor space environment China successfully launched a space environment-monitoring rocket Saturday morning from the southern island province of Hainan as part of the nation's key "Meridian Project." The rocket was se ... more | .. |
  E. Timor rejected Chinese radar over spy fears: report East Timor rejected China's proposal to build a radar on its territory after concerns it would be used for intelligence purposes, according to WikiLeaks, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  TRMM Maps a Wet Spring, 2011 for the Central U.S. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been keeping track of the drenching rainfall that has been occurring in the central U.S. this springtime, and a newly created rain map from t ... more | .. |
 Bats lend an ear to sonar engineering Researchers have mapped out the diversity of bat ears in a hope to inspire the design of new intuitive methods of manipulating waves with physical shapes, such as SONAR and RADAR. Published in ... more |
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Stratolaunch secures major funding to scale hypersonic flight services
Orion to advance IARPA system for tracking small space debris
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  Northrop Grumman Unveils Newest Intel Gathering Aircraft System Military users will be able to get real-time high-definition video, view infrared imagery, use radar and even listen in on communications signals - all at the same time - using a new intelligence-ga ... more | .. |
  Technology in US helicopter not so secret: expert Pakistan or other countries may not have much to learn from the wreckage of a "stealth" US helicopter used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, a defense analyst said Monday. ... more | .. |
  A Water Ocean on Titan Oddities in the rotation of Saturn's largest moon Titan might add to growing evidence that it harbors an underground ocean, researchers suggest. Titan, which is larger than Mercury, is the only worl ... more | .. |
  ESA expands its Earth-exploring service Since 2006 ESA has been making satellite images of Earth available to anyone wanting to explore the planet in near-real time. ESA has now added nearly 13 000 radar images to the service, bringing th ... more |
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 Internet satellite images available to all The European Space agency says it added 13,000 satellite radar images to almost 45,000 camera images on the Internet for anyone wanting to explore our planet. ... more | .. |
  Spacecraft Earth to Perform Asteroid 'Flyby' This Fall Since the dawn of the space age, humanity has sent 16 robotic emissaries to fly by some of the solar system's most intriguing and nomadic occupants - comets and asteroids. The data and imagery colle ... more | .. |
  Bin Laden was 'on CIA radar for months' The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs culminated a clandestine operation that went into high gear earlier this year when the al-Qaida leader broke cover in northwest Pakistan, says a Pakistani Islamist expert with access to jihadist circles. ... more | .. |
Romania airbase to host US missile shield Bucharest said Tuesday US missile interceptors would be deployed in southern Romania, a key link in Europe for a defence shield, prompting Moscow to ask for "safeguards" from Washington. ... more |
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Keck backed team advances first graviton detector concept
Trump offers Egypt to mediate on Ethiopia dam
US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know | .. |
  The case for climate change NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the U.K. Meterological (Met) Office are combining forces - bringing together the expertise of observing Earth from space on the one hand, and the expertise of de ... more | .. |
 Researchers Find More Efficient Way To Steer Laser Beams For many practical applications involving lasers, it's important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from North C ... more | .. |
  Navy SEALs shine in risky bin Laden strike US Navy SEALs, legendarily tough, secretive specialists, led the bold commando operation in Pakistan that took down the world's most wanted man: 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, US officials said. ... more | .. |
  TRMM Satellite sees massive thunderstorms in severe weather system The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite again flew over severe thunderstorms that were spawning tornadoes over the eastern United States on April 28 and detected massive thundersto ... more |
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Israel urged to buy U.S. rocket defenses Amid Israeli concerns of a new war with Hezbollah and other foes, there are doubts the anti-missile systems Israel's defense industry has produced or is developing will be adequate to defend the nation against sustained missile and rocket attack. ... more | .. |
  First Contact: Investigating Astrobiology The origins of my new book - "First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth" - lie more in journalism than in science. As a relatively recent convert to space and science ... more | .. |
 NASA Mission Seeks to Uncover a Rainfall Mystery Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are ca ... more | .. |
 NNSA Announces New Space Debris Modeling All this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is highlighting its advanced supercomputing capabilities with a week of features demonstrating the science and technology work done ... more |
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Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
Solar cycles seen in Antarctic fast ice history
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 Profiling Polar Craters with the Mercury Laser Altimeter MESSENGER's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) uses a laser to measure the distance from the spacecraft to Mercury's surface. The instrument sends a laser pulse to Mercury and measures the time it takes ... more | .. |
  Radar shows promise for detecting concussions in athletes and soldiers Walking and thinking at the same time can be especially difficult for persons who've suffered concussions, and scientists hope to use that multitasking challenge - measured by a simple radar system ... more | .. |
  The Big Picture Wins Big Remember life before cell phones? Or GPS? Or tablet computers? Kind of hard, isn't it? Air traffic management researchers feel the same way about life before the Future ATM (Air Traffic Management) ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Begins Testing New Multi-Function Active Sensor Northrop Grumman has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ... more |
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 Tugboats in Space Rendezvous and docking in orbit is tricky. Take a huge, complex target like the International Space Station, and the task becomes even trickier. The problems of getting spacecraft to dock with ... more | .. |
  Why The PND Market Faces A 50 Percent Decline The PND (Personal Navigation Device) market is forecast to continue on a downward spiral over the coming years unless PND OEMs make radical changes. In a new study, "Personal Navigation Device ... more | .. |
  Russia's Progress M-09M spacecraft to be sunk in Pacific Russia's Progress M-09M cargo spacecraft will be sunk in the remote area in southern Pacific Ocean later on Tuesday after it undocked from the International Space Station on April 22, a spokesman fo ... more | .. |
  Aegis Combat Systems Installed on Two New U.S. Navy Destroyers The U.S. Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin has installed the Aegis Combat System aboard two new Navy destroyers, USS Gravely (DDG 107) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). The Aegis Combat Systems aboar ... more |
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