NASA radar imaging flights over Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are in the second week of a three-week campaign.
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Radar Studies Continue in Hispaniola
GOES-P Set for Launch
The GOES-P spacecraft was fueled on Jan. 30 and mated with the Delta IV that will put it in orbit.
NASA's Aquarius Gets a Presidential Visit
Argentina's president got an up-close look at NASA's Aquarius instrument at the Argentine facility where it's being integrated with the SAC-D spacecraft.
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NASA Radar Captures its First Haiti Image
NASA has released imagery from its first airborne radar flights over Hispaniola. 3-D images created from such data after future flights will aid in quake studies.
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Weather/Environmental Probe Marks Major Milestone
The development of a new series of weather and environmental monitoring satellites has marked a significant milestone.
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NASA Launches 'Climate Kids' Web Site
Climate change can be a daunting topic for most adults to grasp, let alone kids. A new NASA Web site can help our future explorers and leaders understand how and why their planet is changing.
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NASA Airborne Radar Studies Haiti Earthquake Faults
NASA has added a series of overflights of quake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America.
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GOES-P Proceeds Toward Launch
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-P is proceeding through more checks in preparation for its launch, which is no earlier than March 1.
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End of the Second Warmest Year/Warmest Decade on Record
2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows.
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NASA Announces Two News Conferences To Discuss The 2011 Budget And A Bold New Approach To Exploration
01.31.10 - NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort.
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NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
01.29.10 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1.
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NASA Cues Up University CubeSats for Glory Launch This Fall
01.26.10 - NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission.
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High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
01.22.10 - NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet.
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