Air Force base wildfire postpones hi-res satellite launch
A wildfire burning at a central California Air Force base on Sunday forced the postponement of a satellite launch, officials said.
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Looking from space for nuclear detonations
Sandia National Laboratories' Jaime Gomez was too busy to celebrate the successful launch of the latest nuclear detonation detection system—he was already deep into the next generation.
Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2016
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Drone pilots gather on NYC island for racing championship
Tyler Brennan is training to be a pilot in the Air Force, yet this weekend he'll be vying to be top gun at the National Drone Racing Championship.
Engineering
Aug 5, 2016
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Downed World War II aircraft missing for 72 years located in Pacific Islands
An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau by Project RECOVER—a collaborative effort to combine the most advanced oceanographic ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2016
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Super-secret X-37B space plane nears one year in orbit
For years now, the program to develop the X-37B spacecraft has been shrouded in secrecy. Originally intended as part of a NASA project to develop a reusable unmanned spacecraft, this Boeing-designed spaceplane was taken over ...
Space Exploration
May 16, 2016
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NASA moves to begin historic new era of X-plane research
History is about to repeat itself. There have been periods of time during the past seven decades – some busier than others – when the nation's best minds in aviation designed, built and flew a series of experimental airplanes ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2016
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Image: April 14, 1981, landing of first space shuttle mission
On April 14, 1981, the rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (then Dryden Flight Research Center), in southern ...
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2016
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Hawaii Air Force unit getting own power grid that uses trash
The Air Force unit that defends Hawaii skies will get experimental energy technology that uses trash to generate power and relies on its own small electrical grid—a system intended to keep the unit operating if a bomb, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 17, 2016
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Students to build a third space debris observation satellite
Too bad there is no frequent flier program for microsatellites. If there was, University at Buffalo students would accrue serious points.
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2016
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Blizzard brings much of US East Coast to a standstill
A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the U.S. East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet (90 centimeters) of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down Washington ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2016
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