Debris from a satellite destroyed in 2007 by a Chinese missile is in the vicinity of the International Space Station and astronauts are ready to take cover if required, a Russian official said Friday.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2010
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NASA on Thursday launched the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites, adding to a constellation of spacecraft that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth.
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An imager aboard a NASA satellite launched into Earth's orbit Thursday will photograph the sun's changing atmosphere and magnetic fields -- lending unprecedented insights into the dynamics of solar activity.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2010
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China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.
Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new system from an Italian company uses weather satellite data to estimate the potential of solar cell power plants and monitor their performance. The approach helps to give a faster return on investments ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 16, 2009
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Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 4, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Remote-sensing scientists call a satellite image that captures an entire hemisphere of the Earth in one view a "full-disk" image. The delivery of the first full-disk image from a newly launched weather satellite ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2009
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To address the needs of the agricultural monitoring community, IIASA scientists fused two of the latest high-quality, high-resolution, remotely sensed cropland products to produce an improved cropland map for early warning ...
Biotechnology
Aug 22, 2024
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Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft was deployed ...
Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2024
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