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Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	ESA Picks CEDIP Cameras to Track Rocket Operating from its site at Kourou, French Guyana, the European Space Agency used a JADE LR infrared camera system equipped with long-range optics, operating in the 3-to-5-micron waveband to monitor flight V165.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	NOAA and NASA Begin Science Experiment With UAVs The UAV Flight Demonstration Project, using GA-ASI's Altair remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is the first time NOAA has funded a UAV Earth science demonstration mission.
Geotimes June 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Orbital Shuffle for Early Solar System The solar system is now full of clues to its past, and astronomers, with the help of computer models, are finding new ways to link together previously unconnected observations to explain how the planetary system came to resemble what it is today.
Geotimes June 2005 Sara Pratt	Cosmic Bursts to Blame for Mass Extinction Scientists say that a gamma-ray burst might have triggered the ice age that caused the Ordovician extinction 450 million years ago.
Geotimes June 2005 Megan Sever	Odd Microbes at Yellowstone Researchers recently found in Yellowstone National Park what could provide clues to finding life on other planets: a thin layer of living and fossilized microbes just beneath a rock's surface.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	Seeing Earthquakes From Space A small instrument aboard the International Space Station can be used to look for disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field that may precede large earthquakes.
Geotimes June 2005 Sara Pratt	Peaks of Eternal Light on the Moon Planetary scientists have found several spots near the north pole of the moon that receive continuous sunlight during the pole's lunar summer, making them prospective locations for future solar-powered equipment, or even a lunar station.
Geotimes June 2005 Sara Pratt	Revising the Asteroid Threat Scale Although scientists still assign Torino Impact Hazard Scale values via the same method, the language used to describe some levels has now changed to better inform the public -- and the media -- of the risk without unintentionally scaring people.
National Defense June 2005 Edward Swallow	Space Programs Aren't `Broken,' But Need Fixes As space programs come under increasing scrutiny in the U.S. -under the Nunn-McCurdy legislation--for cost overruns and schedule delays, it is important to understand the complexity and uniqueness associated with these systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Rhea	The $10 billion NASA market NASA's budget for fiscal year 2006 envisions spending $10 billion for new competitive opportunities with industry, academia, and the agency's own field centers -- with the big-ticket item being the President's plan for returning humans to the Moon and exploring the planets.
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