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NEWSALERT: Monday, November 15, 2004 @ 1739 GMT
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NASA 'SCRAMJET' TO LAUNCH ON MACH 10 FLIGHT TODAY
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NASA's high-risk, high-payoff Hyper-X Program is ready to attempt its
greatest challenge yet -- flying a "scramjet"-powered X-43A research
vehicle at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Launch will take place in
restricted U.S. Naval airspace over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Los
Angeles on today around 2200 GMT (5 p.m. EST).
http://spaceflightnow.com/
NEW SPACECRAFT WILL WATCH POWERFUL COSMIC BLASTS
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An agile gamma-ray observatory with a focus on the most intense explosions
in the cosmos -- cataclysmic blasts occurring every day throughout the
universe that seemingly foreshadow the creation of black holes -- will be
launched into space Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d309/status.html
BLACK HOLE FOUND TO PRECEDE GALAXY BULGE
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Astronomers using the Very Large Array radio telescope to study the most
distant known quasar have found a tantalizing clue that may answer a
longstanding cosmic chicken-and-egg question: which came first,
supermassive black holes or giant galaxies?
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/14galaxyform/
MARTIAN MOON PHOBOS IN COLOR FOR CLOSE-UP LOOK
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has taken
high-resolution pictures of the Martian moon Phobos. The pictures show new
detail that will keep planetary scientists busy for years, working to
unravel the mysteries of this moon.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/12phobos/
ASTRONOMERS MAKE A STAR
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The Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain has been gathering light from the
depths of the universe for 55 years. It finally sent some back early last
week as a team of astronomers created an artificial star by propagating a
4-watt laser beam out from the Hale Telescope and up into the night sky.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/12laserstar/
SATELLITE PROVES EL NINO HOLDS REINS ON GLOBAL RAINS
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NASA scientists recently found El Nino is the main driver of the change in
rain patterns all around the world. The joint U.S.-Japanese Tropical
Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has enabled scientists to look around
the globe and determine where the year-to-year changes in rainfall are
greatest.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/14trmm/
SCIENTIFIC PAPER SUBMITTED FROM SPACE
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A scientific manuscript submitted by International Space Station
astronauts while in space was published this past week. The research
findings show minimally trained operators using remote guidance can
perform ultrasound in space.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/14ultrasound/
NASA'S NEW SUPERCOMPUTER RANKED AMONG WORLD'S FASTEST
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NASA announced that its newest supercomputer, 'Columbia,' was named one of
the world's most powerful production supercomputers by the TOP500 Project
at SC2004, the International Conference of High Performance Computing,
Networking, and Storage in Pittsburgh.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/14supercomputer/
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