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    Discovery launched to deliver final solar wing to the ISS

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    Space shuttle Discovery launched to deliver the final set of solar wings to the International Space Station. The set, called S6 will be shifted to the starboard side of the ISS and then unfurling the solar arrays. Each of these … Continue reading3

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    Raytheon ships Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor to NASA

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    The Raytheon Company has shipped a special sensor to study climate change from space to NASA. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor was sent to Orbital Sciences’ facilities where it will be integrated with NASA’s Glory spacecraft and readied for launch. The … Continue reading3

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    NASA says oceanic tides can be used to generate electricity

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    The oceanic tides are beautiful from a distance but scary from up front. And since it is a very strong and powerful medium, why not put better use to it than surfing. That is probably what NASA scientists thought when … Continue reading3

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    NASA and JAXA satellites will monitor CO2 emissions from up there

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    Back in December, we reported about NASA’s venture, the Orbital Carbon Observatory (OCO), to keep a tab on the CO2 levels. Here is a small update on that topic. Keeping up with America’s green space mission, Japanese space agency JAXA … Continue reading3

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    ESA’s A-SCOPE mission employs Lasers to check CO2 levels

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    Yesterday we reported about the NASA’s move to keep a tab on the CO2 levels and today its time to cover the European Space Agency, a.k.a., ESA’s strategy to do the same. The Europeans are working on laser based technology … Continue reading3

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    NASA splurges $270 million to keep a tab on CO2 levels

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    If you are vary about the facts and the figures that are reported by various bodies to warn us about the dangerous levels of toxics in our environment then watch out for an assured source in the near future. To … Continue reading3

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    NASA releases ducks on glaciers to curb global warming!

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    With all the alternative energy techniques and products hitting the horizon, the current generation has an array of options to switch to an eco-friendly lifestyle. But NASA has some plans to duck the looming threat of global warming with ………ducks, … Continue reading3

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    Recycled urine to quench astronaut’s thirst in Space Station

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    A trip in space may actually seem to be out-of-this-world for all of us. But for the natives of space, it isn’t as hunky-dory as it seems to us, sitting here on this planet and sipping onto a glass of … Continue reading3

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