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NASA's tiny 'PhoneSats' from smartphones show promise
WASHINGTON — NASA is an agency known for going big: big missions, big rockets, big budgets. But nestled in California's Silicon Valley is one NASA unit headed in the opposite direction. Its latest mission is tiny but has led to big expectations...Tags: Space Programs, Satellite Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science and Technology
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Underwriters Labs tightens tests for lithium-ion batteries
ReutersUnderwriters Laboratories has beefed up standards for lithium-ion batters like those used in electric vehicles and the 787 Dreamliner. Weaknesses were highlighted when regulators grounded Boeing's 787 for nearly four months this year after lithium-ion...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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Camp takes students into space
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- It looks like a crafts class, as students slice Styrofoam cups in half and thread strings so they cross into a peace sign, but they are really building a robotic "grappler" for space stations. Latrell Franklin, 12, shows how he twists...Tags: Western Branch, Students, The Salvation Army, Technology, Education
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An unexpected lesson in Antarctic ice melt
It's called calving, and it occurs when enormous chunks of ice burst free from glaciers or floating ice shelves and drop into the sea with an explosive, heart-stopping crash. This process, which produces icebergs, has long been viewed as the primary...
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His is the voice of Grand Central Terminal's history
NEW YORK — Danny Brucker, an oval-shaped man wearing black horn-rimmed glasses and a harried look, stared at the students circling him. "If you thought you were going to get a tour of Grand Central Station, you were WRONG!" he screeched in a voice...
Tags: here! (tv network), Students, Tourism and Leisure, Architecture, CBS Corp.
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Space Florida says launchpad is like airport
WASHINGTON — In trying to sell the idea of building a new rocket pad in Central Florida, Frank DiBello doesn't make comparisons to "Star Wars," "Star Trek" or moon landings. Instead, the head of Space Florida relies on a more earthbound analogy:...
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Space Programs, SpaceX, Air Transportation Industry, Atlantic Ocean
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Mars or bust, Buzz Aldrin says
Dancer, rapper, and, oh yeah, Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin is talking, but are the right people listening? One of the original moonwalkers (“Michael Jackson always did it backwards!” Aldrin complained) challenged the United States to pick...Tags: Michael Jackson, Space Programs, Richard Nixon, West Point, Satellite Technology
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EXCLUSIVE-US in antitrust probe of Lockheed-Boeing rocket venture
Reuters(Adds date of FTC document, sources saying FTC has requested for documentation) By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have opened a probe into whether a Lockheed-Boeing joint venture that launches U.S. government...Tags: Space Programs, Antitrust Issues, Corporate Crime, Anti Trust Crime, Lockheed Martin Corp.
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'Ride of the Valkyries' rouses Caltech students for finals
The courtyard at Blacker House at Caltech was quiet at 6:59 a.m. Wednesday, the empty concrete space littered with several splintered wooden pallets, three large tires, a crowbar and sledgehammer. A minute later, the crescendo of Wagner's "Ride of the...
Tags: Music, University of California, Los Angeles, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Entertainment, Science and Technology
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District offers free NASA ignite camps
SOUTH BEND -- South Bend Community School Corp. is offering a variety of free NASA Ignite summer camps now through mid-July. The camps are from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and they're geared toward students in fourth through ninth grades. Lunch is included...Tags: The Salvation Army
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U.S. safety firm bolsters battery standards after Boeing crisis
ReutersBy Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT, June 12 (Reuters) - Underwriters Laboratories, a 119-year-old U.S. company that develops product safety tests, is strengthening its lithium-ion battery standards after a string of high-profile battery failures that shed...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Curiosity rover's 'Mars rat' shares origins with Man in the Moon
UFO watchers' eyes were set ablaze recently by reports of what looked like a stony rodent lurking among the rocks on Mars. The so-called Mars rat, spotted in an image taken last year by the NASA rover Curiosity’s Mast Camera, captured imaginations...
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, Amina Khan
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