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Unmanned aerial vehicle assesses the damage from wildfires in California
The vehicle is a cousin of the Predator B, a wartime surveillance plane
Ikhana captures thermal-infrared imagery used to pinpoint hot spots
NASA also has 2 Earth-observing satellites to monitor the wildfires
This week, Ikhana flew over blazes like the Witch fire in San [...]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the international space station joined forces Thursday, linking their ships and kicking off the biggest construction job ever attempted by a single team in orbit.
History was made with the 215-mile-high linkup: It was the first time two female commanders met in space.
Retired Air Force Col. [...]
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A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, will command the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include Air Force Col. Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Leland [...]
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