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NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

01.08.09

NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon in Antarctica.

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NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming

12.19.08

The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics is increasing as a result of global warming.

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Modeling Radiation Exposure for Pilots, Crew and Passen...

NASA researchers are building a better model to predict the amount of damaging radiation received on commercial airline flights.

12.19.08

Did you know that flight crews on high-latitude routes are exposed to more radiation on an annual basis than nuclear plant workers?

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New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls

China had clearer skies and easier breathing in mind in the summer of 2008 when they temporarily shuttered some factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air.
Mission Operations Readiness Review for NPOESS Preparatory Project Completed

A comprehensive Mission Operations Readiness (MOR) review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) was successfully completed last month.
New Oceanography Mission Data Now Available

Oceanography data that will help scientists around the world better understand climate change are now available.
Researcher Hopes to Put Fuel Cells on the Fast Track

Sossina Haile is helping make fuel cell technology practical for today's energy needs.
Space Has Never Been Closer: NASA Instruments Document Contraction of the Boundary between the Earth?s Ionosphere and Space

Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earth?s upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes.

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New NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

01.08.09 - NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research.
NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather

01.05.09 - A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth.