[ad_1] In this September 14 NASA image, workers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California prepare the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket, with NASA's Ice and Elevation Satellite on board. …
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[ad_1] ICESat-2 will use six laser beams to measure the height of the ice, as shown in this small scale artist's rendering. (Courtesy of NASA) According to NASA, its new $ 1 …
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[ad_1] In November 1969, six tiny works of art came to the moon. The journey, undertaken in secret during the Apollo 12 mission, began with the sculptor Forrest Myers, who solicited small …
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[ad_1] A normal desktop globe is designed to be a geometric sphereand turn smoothly in case you wander. Our faithful planet is a less perfect distance– in all forms and in rotation. …
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[ad_1] A typical desktop globe is designed to be a geometric sphere and to rotate smoothly as you rotate it. Our present planet is much less perfect, both in shape and in …
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[ad_1] After NASA sank more than four years and 100 million dollars in a lunar rover just to cancel earlier this year, authorities have cracked down on the concerns of the scientific …
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[ad_1] A $ 1 billion NASA mission, which will use a laser to track the evolution of ice levels on Earth, flew Saturday (Sept. 15) into a California sky before dawn from …
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[ad_1] A nanosatellite in phase of assembly in the buildings of the planet in San Francisco, September 11, 2018 In the Brazilian state of Para, authorities receive weekly alerts indicating which parts …
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[ad_1] Author's right of the image The NASA Legend ICESat-2 fires 10,000 shots per second as it moves around the Earth The US Space Agency is about to put a laser in …
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[ad_1] The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat-2, is to date NASA's most advanced ice-monitoring spacecraft. Able to measure changes in ice thickness, forest growth and cloud height up to …
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