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  Galileo Moves Forward: First Completely Civil Satellite Navigation System

  July 20, 2004 — The GalileoSat development and in-orbit validation phase is well under way and the European Space Agency (ESA) has just released its procurement process to Industry indicating that the first ... > full story
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  Aura Spacecraft Launched To Better Understand The Air We Breathe

  July 15, 2004 — Aura, a mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere, successfully launched today at 3:01:59 a.m. Pacific Time from the Western Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a ... > full story
• Vehicles
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  Autonomous Rendezvous Spacecraft Arrives At Vandenberg

  July 15, 2004 — The Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) flight demonstrator, a spacecraft developed to prove technologies to locate and maneuver near an orbiting satellite, has arrived at ... > full story
• Severe Weather
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  NASA Research Helps Highlight Lightning Safety Awareness Week

  June 22, 2004 — NASA will mark National Lightning Safety Awareness Week, June 20-26, through unique contributions its lightning research makes to climate studies, and severe storm detection and prediction. NASA ... > full story
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  A "Swarm" Of Satellites For A Unique Look Inside The Earth

  June 4, 2004 — Swarm, an Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission, is a constellation of satellites which will study the Earth’s magnetic ... > full story
• Atmosphere
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  USGS And NASA Magnetic Database 'Rocks' The World

  May 19, 2004 — USGS and NASA have recently teamed up to create one of the most complete databases of magnetic properties of Earth’s rocks ever assembled. Satellite data of Earth's magnetic field combined ... > full story
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  New NASA Technology Helps Forecasters In Severe Weather Season

  April 29, 2004 — NASA is providing new technology and satellite data to help forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) create the best possible forecasts of severe springtime ... > full story
• Climate
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  Satellites Act As Thermometers In Space

  April 22, 2004 — Like thermometers in space satellites are taking the temperature of the Earth's surface or skin. According to scientists, the satellite data confirms the Earth has had an increasing ... > full story
• Geomagnetic Storms
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  Biggest Ever Solar Flare Was Even Bigger Than Thought

  March 16, 2004 — Physicists in New Zealand have shown that last November's record-breaking solar explosion was much larger than previously estimated, thanks to innovative research using the upper atmosphere as a ... > full story
• Weather
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  NASA Satellites See Ocean Conditions In 3-D, Improve Forecasts

  January 30, 2004 — Freighters, cruise lines, marine rescuers and coastal managers are among those who could benefit from prototype three-dimensional, three-day ocean condition forecasts created with the assistance of ... > full story

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