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  Micro-Satellites Shipped To Launch Site

  December 29, 2005 — NASA 's Space Technology 5 (ST5) micro-satellites have arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., launch site and are in the beginning stages of final launch preparation. ST5 is scheduled to ... > full story
• Weather
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  What Is A Cloud? Scientists Still Searching For A Clear-Sky Definition

  December 7, 2005 — All through the ages, humans have dreamily gazed at those shape-shifting cotton-balls floating gently across the sky-the clouds. Atmospheric scientists-Earth's professional cloud-gazers-have learned ... > full story
• Weather
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  Computer Model Recreates The Storm That Sank The Edmund Fitzgerald

  November 16, 2005 — On Nov. 10, 1975, Lake Superior swallowed the Edmund Fitzgerald, along with her 29 crewmembers and cargo of almost 26,000 tons of ore. The wreck evolved into a Midwestern legend. Thirty years later, ... > full story
• Information Technology
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  Software Fills In Missing Data On Satellite Images

  November 9, 2005 — New software is helping scientists get a more complete view of the environment from satellites that orbit the earth. Maps that depict the thickness of the ozone layer, for instance, frequently ... > full story
• Satellites
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  First Internet-Built Student Satellite Successfully Launched

  October 28, 2005 — SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the supervision of ESA's Education Department, was successfully launched this morning at 08:52 ... > full story
• Saturn
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  Cassini Finds Prometheus A Sculptor Of Saturn's Rings

  October 27, 2005 — Images of Saturn's narrow and contorted F ring returned by cameras onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed phenomena not previously detected in any planetary ring. The F ring is notorious for ... > full story
• Engineering
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  NIST Method Improves Reliability Of GPS Clocks

  October 11, 2005 — A statistical method, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and tested and implemented with the help of several collaborators, has made the job of analyzing the ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Satellites Continue To See Decline In Arctic Sea Ice In 2005

  September 30, 2005 — Researchers from NASA, the National Snow and Ice Data Center and others using satellite data have detected a significant loss in Arctic sea ice this year. On Sept. 21, 2005, sea ice extent dropped to ... > full story
• Telecommunications
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  CryoSat Launch Will Be Blast From The Cold War Past

  September 26, 2005 — CryoSat's 8 October flight atop its Rockot launcher will be of historical significance in more ways than one. In a striking juxtaposition of new and old, the ESA's ice satellite mated to a ... > full story
• Floods
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  Dartmouth Flood Observatory Tracks The Aftermath Of Katrina

  September 13, 2005 — Researchers with the Dartmouth Flood Observatory have been working to help map and analyze the flooding that has occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The maps not only provide an overview of ... > full story

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