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NASA's SMAP Satellite Successfully Launches with Northrop Grumman AstroMesh Reflector
2015-02-06 11:31:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
CARPINTERIA, Calif. On January 30(th), NASA successfully launched the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on its mission to provide global measurements of soil moisture. A key feature of the spacecraft is the first application of the new AstroMesh-Lite reflector...
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Engineering the Relaunch of NASA's Historic VAB
2015-01-22 01:06:34| ENR.com: Headline News
Roughly $100-million redo will boost flexibility for future assembly of varying rocket designs
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NASA's GPM Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Mekkhala Organizing
2015-01-16 05:31:44| rfglobalnet Home Page
Tropical Depression Mekkhala strengthened and organized on Jan. 14 and overnight into Jan. 15 when it reached tropical storm status. As the storm was consolidating, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite captured rainfall data of the storm.
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NASAs New Horizons space probe: Powered by PlayStation
2015-01-15 21:11:38| Extremetech
The NASA New Horizons probe has begun to switch on in preparation for its six-month approach to Pluto -- and the entire system is powered by the same chip that launched Sony's original PlayStation.
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Technology Innovations Spin NASA's SMAP Into Space
2015-01-02 05:26:55| rfglobalnet News Articles
Scheduled for launch on Jan. 29, 2015, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instrument will measure the moisture lodged in Earth's soils with an unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The instrument's three main parts are a radar, a radiometer and the largest rotating mesh antenna ever deployed in space.
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