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Johnson Space Centre
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Johnson Space Centre roof damage delays reopening Damage assessments from Hurricane Ike at NASA's Johnson Space Centre continued on Sunday, and a space agency spokesman said it could be late this week or even sometime during the week of Sept. 21 before the facility is ready to reopen for normal oper...
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Ocean Drilling Program
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What began as a farfetched idea 50 years ago, drilling a hole into the sea floor from a floating vessel, was successful and soon opened up an exciting new era of ocean exploration which continues today. The Ocean Drilling Program, by obtaining long cores of sediment and ancient rock from the floors of...
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Arthur W. Martin Observatory
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Tropical cyclone Sinlaku
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Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, currently centred about 400 km east of Manila, Philippines, is forecast to move slowly north-westward to northward and will reach typhoon intensity in 24 hours. Expand (2...
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Hurricane Ike
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Hurricane Ike is forecast to make landfall in the Bahamas probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 69 hours probability for TS is 55% in about 69 hours the Turks & Caicos Islands probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 45 hours probability for TS is 65% i...
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Birr Telescope
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Optical techniques are a a passion of mine: but this is a good story about the amazing Birr telescope in Ireland, where IES helped by completing the control system refurbishment This historical scientific landmark is located in County Offaly, in the heart of Ireland The Birr Telescope reigned for m...
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ASTC submersible
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Water locked underneath icecaps or glaciers can tell us about our planet's past and its possibly warmer future. Similar environments on distant worlds could tell us whether life can originate in these harsh conditions. To study the icy depths, a Swedish team of researchers is designing a tiny subm...
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Langya Observatory
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Only recently rediscovered. An ancient site in the port of Qingdao has revealed the oldest known observatory in China. The Chinese Astronomy Society, learned of the finding at its annual convention. Experts point to historical evidence, that the Langya Observatory in east China's Shandong Prov...
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Bowman Observatory
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Longtime Greenwich resident Anne Burns is the president of the Astronomical Society of Greenwich and reservations manager at the Bruce Museum. She recently sat down with Greenwich Time to talk about the society and the new dome at the Bowman Observatory, on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 18...
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Castlerigg Stone Circle
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The secrets of a 14th century castle and a second stone circle could soon be unveiled near Keswick. Remains of the mystery 14th castle, which was abandoned over 500 years ago, and a prehistoric stone circle are being hunted out in an investigation at Castlerigg on the eastern outskirts of the town. [u...
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One Giant Leap
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Three little boys who watched astronaut Neil Armstrong walking on the moon back in 1969, are now men obsessed with space. New show One Giant Leap sees Ian Johnston, Andy Cannon and David Trouton of theatre company Wee Stories telling the story of space from the dawn of time right up to the moon landing f...
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Hurricane Hanna
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Hurricane Hanna is forecast to make landfall in the Bahamas probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently probability for TS is 100% currently San Salvador (24.0 N, 74.5 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 27 hours probability for TS is 70% in about 27...
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Hurricane Gustav
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Hurricane Gustav is forecast to make landfall in Haiti probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% probability for TS is 75% The Dominican Republic probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% currently probability for TS is 85% currently Port-au-Prince (18.4 N, 72.3 W) ...
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National Remote Sensing Centre
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The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), an autonomous society under Department of Space (DOS) has been converted into a full-fledged Government organisation called National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) from today (September 1, 2008). [url=http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Sep01_20...
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Rosetta disk
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Paper, it turns out, is a very reliable backup medium for information. While it can burn or dissolve in water, good acid-free versions of paper are otherwise stable over the long term, cheap to warehouse, and oblivious to technological change because its pages are "eye-scanable." No...
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