Daily non-political popular news in brief.
6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat
02-09-2007 · EurekAlert!Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire have experiments ready on the launch rails at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, and another scientist is waiting in New Hampshire to launch an additional experiment from Poker Flat.
Read more »
Keywords: aurora-research, rockets, launch, poker, flat, aurora, research, rocket
« Previous | Next »
Similar news on "6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat":
- JOULE II rockets launch with success
01-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
From Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, four NASA rockets launched into an aurora display over northern Alaska, starting at 3:29 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Scientists hope to learn more about electrical heating of the thin atmosphere from about 60 to 120 miles above Earth's surface with the launch of these rockets. The project is called JOULE II.
Similar news · Read more »
- HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat
02-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an experiment to learn more about winds associated with the aurora. Researchers saw the vapor trails from Poker Flat; about 30 miles north of Fairbanks, and aurora watchers at clear locations throughout northern Alaska should have been able to see them.
Similar news · Read more »
- Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras
03-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students who launched four rockets to study heat in the upper atmosphere.
Similar news · Read more »
- Research rocket launches from Poker Flat, through pulsating aurora
02-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
This morning, a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range into an aurora display over northern Alaska at 3:45 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, allowing researchers to gather more data about the power source behind pulsating auroras.
Similar news · Read more »
- Launch window to open at Poker Flat Research Range
01-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
Five NASA rockets are scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range this month. The launch window opens today, January 10, at 10 p.m. AST, and runs until 4 a.m. AST, each night through Wednesday, Jan. 27. The five rockets will launch in two separate campaigns.
Similar news · Read more »
- University of Alberta space research to solve aurora mystery
01-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
On Feb. a15, NASA will launch the largest number of scientific satellites ever sent into orbit aboard a single rocket. A handful of Alberta scientists will be at Kennedy Space Center watching and waiting. For Dr. Ian Mann and Dr. John Samson, researchers in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta, the real fun will begin when the satellites start taking measurements in the eye of space storms above observatories spread across North America.
Similar news · Read more »
- Students test 'space postal service' during Foton mission
05-10-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
How do you deliver a parcel down to Earth from space without using a rocket engine and fuel? The answer is YES2, a student experiment that was prepared, built and tested at ESA's research and technology centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Today, YES2 (Young Engineers Satellite) will be transported to Russia; the launch and operations will follow in September.
Similar news · Read more »
- Nanotech safety needs specific government risk research strategy and funding
01-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
"Prioritizing nanotechnology risk research isn't rocket science," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies chief scientist Andrew Maynard. Dr. Maynard's remark is in his testimony today before the federal government's first public meeting focused exclusively on research needs and priorities for the environmental, health and safety risks of engineered nanoscale materials.
Similar news · Read more »
- Scientists to preview new climate change research
01-17-2008 · EurekAlert!
NCAR scientists at next week's American Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans will present their latest findings on weather and climate topics, including connections between hurricanes and climate, the influence of climate change on precipitation and drought, and the impact of weather on rocket launches and aviation.
Similar news · Read more »
- Narrow band imaging colonoscopy identifies flat dysplastic lesions in ulcerative colitis patients
11-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
A pilot study from researchers at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, found that narrow band imaging colonoscopy used in cancer surveillance for ulcerative colitis patients can identify flat dysplastic lesions. The research appears in the November issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Similar news · Read more »
