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Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal For GOES-R Bird
Denver CO (SPX) May 10, 2005A Lockheed Martin-led team has submitted a comprehensive proposal to NOAA for the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) Program Definition and Risk Reduction phase. Australia Offers Tsunami Warning 
Canberra (AFP) May 10, 2005Australian will fund a tsunami warning centre aimed at preventing a repeat of the Dec 26 catastrophe that killed 217,000 people on Indian Ocean coastlines, Treasurer Peter Costello said Tuesday. NOAA-N Spacecraft Set To Launch Today 
Vandenberg AFB (SPX) May 10, 2005NOAA-N, the latest polar-orbiting satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - is slated for liftoff at 1022 GMT (6:22 a.m. EDT; 3:22 a.m. PDT) today from Space Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base atop a Boeing-built Delta 2 rocket. |
China Weather Expert Issues Warning
Beijing (UPI) May 10, 2005A top official from the China Meteorological Administration is calling for early preparations for a difficult summer season with severe flooding and drought. Qin Dahe, said Monday that the country "may face potential damage worse than last year." 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 & HAMSAT Performing Well 
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 by switching them on through a series of programmed commands sent from Spacecraft Control Centre of ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore. |
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"200 Million Year Old" Tree Planted At London Park
London (AFP) May 10, 2005A "Jurassic" tree dating from the dinosaur age and long thought to have been extinct for 200 million years was planted Tuesday at a park in London by British wildlife expert Sir David Attenborough. 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. 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. |
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