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NASA: Drought in 1998-2012 in Mideast worst in 900 years
2016-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A recent, 14-year dry spell in the Middle East was the worst drought in the past 900 years, according to a new NASA study released this week. NASA's researchers examined records of rings of trees in several Mediterranean countries to determine patterns of dry and wet years across a span of 900 years. They concluded that the years from 1998 to 2012 were drier than any other period, and that the drought was likely caused by humans. The study's lead author Ben Cook said the range of extreme weather...
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NASA awards Lockheed Martin team $20M for preliminary design work on new quiet supersonic passenger aircraft
2016-03-04 16:56:29| Green Car Congress
NASA Goddard Network Maintains Communications From Space To Ground
2016-03-04 05:00:43| rfglobalnet Home Page
Spending nearly a year in space, 249 miles from Earth, could be a lonely prospect, but an office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, made sure astronaut Scott Kelly could reach home for the entire 340-day duration of his mission.
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SSL Developing Robotic Sample Handling Assembly for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars 2020 Project
2016-03-03 11:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PASADENA, CA - Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced it will design and build a robotic Sample Handling Assembly (SHA) for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) through MDA US Systems, a division of MDA, managed by SSL. The arm will be used on a rover vehicle...
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This Year's Oscars Made with Same Laser Gold Plating Process Used in NASA Spacecraft
2016-03-02 11:31:13| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
100-year-old Brooklyn-based Epner Technology supplies gold plating for awards NEW YORK, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is fulfilling the task of returning the world-recognized statuette to its roots as a true art object. Epner Technology has done gold plating on bronze castings for such renowned...
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