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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey has recently incorporated 43 new GPS tracking sites into the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network. This increase includes 13 sites established by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of their Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Four of the new WAAS sites are located in Alaska, four in Canada, and five in Mexico.
Read MoreTime flys but not as fast as the lauches that take place at NASA. Fifty years is truly golden for NASA and NASA Television and www.nasa.gov will broadcast a gala event commemorating the agency's Golden Anniversary on Wednesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. EDT.
Read MoreA new partnership between NASA and the United States Air Force is underway as they look to university and industry partners to work together to advance hypersonic research. Hypersonic speed is defined as Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, and faster.
Read MoreJohn Auburn, VEGA’s Aerospace Business Development Director and Chairman of UKspace, has called upon the UK Government to “reinstate a robust national Space program” in order to “guarantee national security in an increasingly complex international environment.”
Read MoreFrom the Media Line News Agency, and subsequently published at The Jerusalem Post, comes an article headlined "Top Saudi cleric: Kill immoral satellite TV channel owners". Not a headline meant to endear Arab-owned satellite TV operators and broadcasters, to be certain.
Read MoreFrom a blog at the OrlandoSentinel.com, we learn the Senator John McCain, joined by Republican colleagues Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and David Vitter of New Orleans, sent a letter to President Bush this week, saying that in light of tensions with Russia, the White House should tell NASA to halt any further dismantling of the shuttle infrastructure for at least a year to keep open the possibility of more shuttle flights beyond 2010.
Read MoreAnother acronym to add to your list is ASAP which represents the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. The ASAP has released its 2007 Annual Report that examines NASA's safety performance, and advises the agency on ways to better their performance.
Read MoreAir Force Space Command has proposed an action to make Space Launch Complex (SLC) 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, available for operational use by the State of Florida, subject to completion of the environmental impact analysis. The proposed action would grant the state access to the property under a real-estate license for an initial term of five years.
Read MoreA landmark announcement by the U.S. Air Force and the state of Florida today states that they will fundamentally expand the state’s position and prominence in aerospace and the space industry in all three key sectors: civil, military and commercial, thereby broadening participation in space-related activities.
Read MoreThis week marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the space act that created NASA. To commemorate NASA's beginning, the agency has released an immersive multimedia experience that takes visitors on an interactive tour of its first five decades of exploration. Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art computer animation, the virtual exhibit takes a World's Fair approach to NASA history, featuring pavilions that host each decade of the agency's challenges and achievements.
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