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EPA Releases Plan for Next Phase of Cleanup at Radiation Technology Site in Rockaway, New Jersey

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 25, 2010

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan for the next phase of cleanup work at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The 263-acre site was used for testing and developing rocket motors and developing propellants U.S. EPA Radiation News


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EPA STATEMENT: Update on Ongoing Monitoring

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 24, 2010

WASHINGTON – As a result of the incident with the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, several EPA air monitors have detected very low levels of radioactive material in the United States consistent with estimates from the damaged nuclear reactors U.S. EPA Radiation News


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Fans react to Bin Laden news with ‘U-S-A!’ chants

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 22, 2010

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fans at the Mets-Phillies game began chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” as the news of Osama bin Laden’s death spread through Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night. ©2011 The Artesia Daily Press / Associated Press Artesia News


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Countdown for PSLV-C16 mission on

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The countdown for the launch of PSLV-C16 that will put the country’s latest remote sensing spacecraft Resourcesat-2 and two small satellites in orbit on April 20 began in the early morning on Monday at the spaceport of Sriharikota. “The 54-and-a-half-hour-long countdown started on schedule this morning at 3.42 AM. All the proceedings are smooth. The [...]


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EPA Names New York’s Tompkins County a “Climate Showcase” Community; Awards Grant for Study

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 21, 2010

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Tompkins County, New York has been awarded a 5,450 Climate Showcase Community grant for a project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving human health U.S. EPA Radiation News


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Russian Soyuz U launches cargo craft to space station

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 20, 2010

A Russian rocket left earth today carrying an unmanned craft loaded with fresh supplies bound for the orbiting International Space Station.The Soyuz U rocket with the Progress M-10M cargo craft lifted-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in western Kazakhstan on time at 9:05 a.m. EDT (1305 GMT), loaded with 2 1/2 tons of supplies.”The new Progress [...]


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JOINT EPA/FDA STATEMENT: Update on Ongoing Monitoring

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 19, 2010

WASHINGTON – In response to the ongoing situation in Japan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken steps to increase the level of nationwide monitoring of milk, precipitation, drinking water, and other potential exposure routes U.S. EPA Radiation News


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From the Director

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 18, 2010

by Ludovico D’Angelo, Director What does it mean to “do” astronomy?  This has been a question posed to me on several occasions. And I have various answers for this. Does doing astronomy mean looking at the stars and planets with your naked eye, a telescope or binoculars? Looking at computer screens full of data? Taking [...]


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Art in the Streets

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This show at MoCA is huge, and exciting. Congratulations to everyone involved in making this come off, Art In The Streets is a defining moment in Art History.


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Crew begins five month excursion aboard space station

Posted by brandoniswrite on May 17, 2010

Yuri Gagarin spacecraft nears space station docking. (NASA)Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station tonight aboard their spacecraft Yuri Gagarin to begin a five month stay and join three current residents in earth orbit.The coming days mark the golden anniversary of humankind’s first steps into the vastness of space.As the two crafts [...]


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