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NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge.
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:02:10 -0500
WASHINGTON: NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.
NASA Group Begins To Reshape Future.
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:57:21 -0500
NASA began the long process of redefining some of its missions today as it added four new committees to the external advisory group that helps guide the space agency’s directions...
Russia Cargo Jet Crash Kills 11.
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:59:45 -0500
A Russian cargo plane has crashed in the far-eastern Yakutia region, killing all 11 crew members on board. The government plane had just unloaded its cargo at Mirnyi airport. It took off and crashed 25 km (15 miles) away, Russian state media reports...
DARPA "Balloon Hunt" Could Win You $40K Cash.
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:57:54 -0500
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today offered up a rather interesting challenge: find and plot 10 red weather balloons scattered at undisclosed locations across the country.  The first person to identify the location of all the balloons and enter them on the challenge Web site will win a $40,000 cash prize...
Nine Survive Brazil Jungle Crash.
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:40:51 -0500
An Indian tribe in Brazil has found at least nine survivors after a plane came down deep in the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian air force says. At least one person is believed to have died and one is missing, reports say. The plane disappeared on Thursday...
Congress Calls for Study of GPS Backup.
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:10:40 -0500
As VORs are being decommissioned and with loran-C on the chopping block, pilots are relying more on satellite-based technology for navigation—but what will happen if there is a GPS outage? The House of Representatives is calling for the Coast Guard and Department of Transportation to study whether there is a continued need for a backup navigation system to GPS...

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