Delta IV rocket to launch Air Force navigation satellite
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 31, 2011
An unmanned rocket will deliver a next generation navigational satellite into earth orbit for the U.S. Air Force on Friday from America’s Space Coast.The Air Force’s 45th weather office indicated today that there is a 70% chance for favorable weather at launch time.”On launch day conditions aloft will consist of an upper level high pressure [...]
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Tags: Delta, force, launch, navigation, Rocket, Satellite
Calls pour in as debt stalemate continues
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans are again flooding congressional offices with phone calls, letting lawmakers know how they feel about the debt limit. Officials say the main phone circuit is near capacity, and that outside callers are occasionally getting busy signals. www2.wnct.com – National
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Tags: Calls, Continues, debt, pour, stalemate
To All SSEP Student Flight Teams on STS-135 – Stand By for Return and Analysis of Experiment Samples
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 30, 2011
What? You mean we’ve got to get ready to receive our experiment samples already? But we just got back from the truly spectacular launch in Florida, and we haven’t unpacked yet! (OK, maybe that’s just me:-) Switching to serious— With NASA’s recent one day extension to its mission, Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to [...]
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Tags: Analysis, Experiment, Flight, return, Samples, SSEP, stand, STS135, Student, Teams
STS-135: ET camera functions through ascent – no usable video of reentry
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 29, 2011
Providing stunning images of the grand finale of the Shuttle Program, the External Tank (ET) camera on ET-138 concluded a 22-flight legacy - beaming back images of the tank’s performance through ascent. However, a camera modification was ultimately unsuccessful in transmitting much more than static footage of the tank as it tumbled into Earth’s atmosphere for its [...]
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Tags: ascent, Camera, functions, reentry, STS135, through, usable, Video
China make it two in a week via successful Shi Jian 11-02 launch
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For the second time this week this week alone, China has launched a satellite – this time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shi Jian 11-02 satellite was launch at 07:42UTC by a Long March 2C (Chang Zheng-2C) launch vehicle from the SLS-2 launch pad – as the Chinese prepare for a busy August. [...]
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Tags: 1102, China, Jian, launch, successful, week
LF may raise law and order at all-party meet
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 28, 2011
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal’s opposition Left Front (LF) Thursday said its representatives may raise the law and order issue in the all-party meeting called by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Aug 3 to discuss matters like renaming of the state. News One
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SNAPSHOT: After 9/11, Fla. ‘Homeland’ changed, too
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HOMELAND, Fla. (AP) — Homeland: It hasn’t changed since 9/11, but its people have. ©2011 The Artesia Daily Press / Associated Press Artesia News
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Upside Down Casino Skyscraper
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 27, 2011
Stephen Sobl has designed a skyscraper casino and luxury hotel with concert halls, fine dining, boxing arenas and unbelievable views. As a skyscraper and literally turned upside down, this spiraling tower drastically plunges down towards the Colorado River. . . read more >> wordlessTech
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Tags: Casino, down, Skyscraper, Upside
NASA and Chevron Partner to Benefit the Energy Industry
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, Calif., have announced a partnership to develop a range of advanced technologies that can be used in harsh environments, both on Earth and in space. “We are proud that the same pool of talent that sends rovers to Mars, explores our universe [...]
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Tags: Benefit, Chevron, Energy, Industry, NASA..., Partner
Welcome Home Atlantis! LIVE VIDEO of Harvesting of Experiment Samples from STS-135
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 26, 2011
Atlantis touched down at 5:57 a.m. EDT, this morning, ending 30 years of U.S. Space Shuttle Operations. Aboard her, for 200 orbits of Earth, was the payload containing SSEP experiments from student teams across the nation. The video below provides Atlantis’ approach to Kennedy Space Center and landing. We received confirmation this morning from [...]
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Tags: Atlantis, Experiment, From, Harvesting, home, LIVE, Samples, STS135, Video, Welcome
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