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There are important changes for baggage allowance during Mainbody deployment ...

USAP Baggage Allowance Changes
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The NSF will use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for two special opportunities: the ARI-R² and MRI-R² programs ...

ARRA Funds Available For NSF Research Infrastructure and Instrumentation Programs
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The format of USAP email addresses for USAP participants is changing ...

USAP Email Address Format Changing
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The Maryland Science Center in Baltimore was the focal point of a range of public events April 4 and 5 that highlighted federally funded Arctic and Antarctic research programs. The events were held in conjunction with a meeting on the international treaty, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the first signing of the treaty. This is also the first time in 30 years the treaty parties have met in the U.S. ...

Arctic and Antarctic-themed Activities to Bring a Breath of Polar Air to Baltimore
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On April 4, 2009, as part of the International Year of Astronomy, two NSF-funded instruments at the South Pole were featured in a global Webcast ...

Two NSF Instruments at the South Pole Take Part in "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" Webcast
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Work continues on the world’s largest neutrino detector, IceCube, which will eventually occupy a cubic kilometer of ice beneath the South Pole Station.

Icecube is being constructed by deploying thousands of spherical optical sensors with the ultimate goal of detecting high-energy neutrinos.

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