Drought-stricken regions of the Amazon forest grew particularly vigorously during the 2005 drought, according to new research. The counterintuitive finding contradicts a prominent global climate model that predicts the Amazon […]
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Satellites Can Do Even More
Satellite communications played a critical role in restoring telecommunication services to the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. When the land-based telephone and broadcast networks went down — satellites remained on the job. Satellites provided redundancy, ubiquity and resiliency that were unavailable from land-based networks.
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Bacteria able to carry out photosynthesis in ocean depths
A team of researchers, including a photosynthesis expert from ASU, has found evidence of photosynthesis taking place deep within the Pacific Ocean. The team found a bacterium that is the […]
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Stepping Into The Future – A Workshop in Memory of the Columbia 7
On April 29-30, 2003, The Planetary Society, the Association of Space Explorers, and the American Astronautical Society held a workshop at the George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute about the […]
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Long-time Mission Manager Dreams of Humans Exploring Mars Someday
After spending a career in planetary exploration, Charley Kohlhase dreams not of the past, but of the future. What does he envision someday? Humans living on Mars, continuing to study […]
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Space Shuttle engineering motor test will ‘push envelope’ to demonstrate
A full-scale static test of an engineering test motor for the Space Shuttle’ s Solid Rocket Booster is scheduled to fire for 123.1 seconds Thursday, Nov. 1, at a Utah […]
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Testimony of NASA AA for Space Science Ed Weiler Before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Statement of Dr. Edward J. Weiler Associate Administrator for Space Science National Aeronautics and Space Administration Before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science House of Representatives […]
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NASA Plans to Send Rover Twins to Mars
The traffic on Mars is expected to double in the near future. NASA today announced plans to launch two large scientific rovers to the red planet in 2003, rather than […]
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NEAR Rendezvous Burn a Success
Preliminary indications show the NEAR spacecraft is on a steady path to Eros, after a braking maneuver today adjusted its approach speed and trajectory toward the large asteroid. At noon […]
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National Space Policy Directives and Executive Charter NSPD-1, November 2, 1989
NATIONAL SPACE POLICY INTRODUCTION This document contains national policy, guidelines, and implementing actions with respect to the conduct of United States space programs and related activities. United States space activities […]
