News tagged with radar
NASA Dryden Hosts Radar Tests for Next Mars Landing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are running diverse trials with a test version of the radar system that will enable NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2010 |
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What caused the Leamington tornado? UWO professor has a theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Weather experiments conducted by a University of Western Ontario professor and his research team may hold clues to what caused the violent winds that hit Leamington, Ontario earlier this week.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Students develop device to help blind manuever
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students have developed an innovative optical radar system that helps blind people maneuver around obstacles.
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Planetary scientists solve 40-year-old mysteries of Mars' northern ice cap
Scientists have reconstructed the formation of two curious features in the northern ice cap of Mars—a chasm larger than the Grand Canyon and a series of spiral troughs—solving a pair of mysteries dating back ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2010 |
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NASA sees one of Cyclone Laila's thunderstorms almost 11 miles high
A NASA 3-D look inside Cyclone Laila as it made landfall yesterday revealed a towering thunderstorm reaching almost 11 miles high! NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has been capturing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2010 |
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Researchers capture impressive tornadic data and images
At the University of Oklahoma, researchers captured unprecedented high-resolution radar data during the May 10, 2010, tornadoes using one of the most advanced weather radars in the world.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2010 |
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Rock and Roll: Titan's Gem Tumbler
(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears flash flooding has paved streambeds in the Xanadu region of Saturn's moon Titan with thousands of sparkling crystal balls of ice, according to scientists with NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2010 |
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Envisat monitoring changes in oil spill
ESA's Envisat has captured the changes in direction of the rapidly-growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as strong winds over the weekend pushed it around and hampered clean-up efforts.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 03, 2010 |
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ESA's Envisat monitors oil spill
These ESA Envisat images capture the oil that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank off the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, USA, on 22 April.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Problems plague new air traffic control computers
(AP) -- New computers crucial to modernizing the U.S. air traffic control system have run into serious problems and may not be fully operational by the end of this year when the current system is supposed to be replaced, ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Helicopter Helps Test Radar for 2012 Mars Landing
(PhysOrg.com) -- This spring, engineers are testing a radar system that will serve during the next landing on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2010 |
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ESA's CryoSat-2 ice mission delivers first data
ESA's CryoSat-2 has delivered its first data just hours after ground controllers switched on the satellite's sophisticated radar instrument for the first time. CryoSat-2 was launched on 8 April and has been ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Topography Reflects Baja Quake Site's Complex Geology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is clearly shown in this combined radar image and topographic view (above) generated with data ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Antenna glitch on historic space shuttle flight
The US space shuttle Discovery blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station for a historic mission that put more women in orbit than ever.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Engineers turn noise into vision
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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