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NOAA-N Launch Scrubbed Vandenberg AFB (SPX) May 10, 2005 
Launch of NOAA's latest polar-orbiting satellite NOAA-N has been delayed until early Thursday morning due to high winds. The launch team at Vandenberg AFB will make another attempt at 1022 GMT (6:22am EDT; 3:22am PDT).A Volcanic Dinosaur Debate 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 10, 2005At least 50 percent of the world's species, including the dinosaurs, perished 65 million years ago. A large meteorite struck Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula around the same time, and most scientists blame this impact for the mass extinction. CARTOSAT-1 Cameras Tested, HAMSAT Communications Started 
Bangalore, India (SPX) May 10, 2005The two panchromatic cameras on board ISRO's latest satellite, CARTOSAT-1, have been tested during the last two days. |
NOAA-N Ready For Launch
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 10, 2005The NOAA-N spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is being prepared for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on May 11, 2005. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale designed, built and tested the NOAA-N spacecraft. Earth From Space: The Bay Of Biscay 
Paris (ESA) May 09, 2005A break in the clouds in an Envisat observation of the west coast of Europe last week revealed a striking marine phytoplankton bloom currently dominating the Bay of Biscay. Killer Dinosaurs Turned Vegetarian 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) May 09, 2005Scientists have discovered a mass graveyard of bird-like feathered dinosaurs in Utah. The previously unknown species provides clues about how vicious meat-eaters related to Velociraptor ultimately evolved into plant-munching vegetarians. |
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Earth Surface Lightens Up
Richland WA (SPX) May 06, 2005Earth's surface has been getting brighter for more than a decade, a reversal from a dimming trend that may accelerate warming at the surface and unmask the full effect of greenhouse warming, according to an exhaustive new study of the solar energy that reaches land. Envisat Making Sharpest Ever Global Earth Map 
Jena, Germany (ESA) May 06, 2005The most detailed portrait ever of the Earth's land surface is being created with ESA's Envisat environmental satellite. Earth's Reflectivity A Great Unknown In Gauging Climate Change Impacts 
Seattle WA (SPX) May 06, 2005Earth's climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space. |
UN Nuclear Chief Says North Korea Has Close To Six Nukes
WASHINGTON (AFP) May 08, 2005The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that North Korea has close to six nuclear weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog's chief said Sunday. New Thermometer Reveals Wet Conditions On Earliest Earth 
Troy NY (SPX) May 06, 2005Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Australian National University have found new evidence that environmental conditions on early Earth, within 200 million years of solar system formation, were characterized by liquid-water oceans and continental crust similar to those of the present day. 
Indian Space Rocket Blasts Off With Two SatellitesSriharikota, India (AFP) May 05, 2005 An Indian rocket blasted off Thursday, carrying the country's ambitions to be a major global space power and two satellites that it launched into orbit. |
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