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NASA Developing Tablet-Based App for Alaska Pilots
The Associated PressAlaska has long been considered one of the most dangerous places to fly in the U.S., but a handful of NASA engineers and scientists hope the e-tablet app they're developing will help change that. The researchers are working on a project that aims...Tags: Science and Technology
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Solar "Spring Fling" to Spur Active Aurora
Channel 2 NewsNASA says a “spring fling,” or mid-level solar flare will spur the Northern Lights this weekend, April 12 to April 14. The aurora forecast for Friday and Saturday is high and weather permitting should be seen from “Barrow to Bethel,...Tags: Weather, Weather Reports
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NASA Video: Sea Ice Max 2013: An Interesting Year for Arctic Sea Ice
Channel 2 NewsNASA says "after a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year. Contact Neil Torquiano -
Poker Flat Research Preps for NASA Rocket for Aurora
Channel 2 NewsThe Poker Flat Research Range is preparing for the opening of a launch window for a NASA sounding rocket. The rocket experiment is named VISIONS, which means “Visualizing Ion Outflow via Neutral atom imaging during a Substorm.” The rocket... -
NASA Debunks the Mayan Calendar Myth
Channel 2 NewsOh NASA, you’ll never let the conspiracy theorists have some fun. The space agency has made numerous attempts to debunk the end of the world myths and once again it’s using science to make its case. Watch the narrated video to find out... -
Alaska Gets Prime View of Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Channel 2 NewsThe last lunar eclipse of 2012 will take place Wednesday morning and Alaskans will get a prime view, according to NASA and the U.S. National Weather Service Alaska. The full moon will pass through the outer edge of Earth's shadow, called the penumbra, to...Tags: Astronomy
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Air Force Says F-22 Oxygen Problem is Solved
Channel 2 NewsThe Air Force believes that it's solved the years-long mystery of why F-22 pilots have suffered potentially dangerous, hypoxia-like symptoms aboard the world's most advanced jet fighter. And the answer is so insanely simple, some Congressmen don't...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Air Force, Lungs and Airways, Langley Air Force Base, Air and Space Accidents
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Kodiak Launch Center: First Class But Too Quiet!
Channel 2 NewsThe Kodiak Launch Center has been quiet this year. Too quiet. The facility, which is considered one of the finest anywhere in the world for for "small-lift" polar launches, has -- ironically -- not seen a launch since September 2011. Part of the...Tags: Cape Canaveral, Politics, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), Personal Income, Kennedy Space Center
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Mars Landing a Big Hit Among UAA Cold Weather Biologists
Channel 2 NewsOn Sunday, space enthusiasts gathered at the University of Alaska Anchorage planetarium to view NASA's latest project - the Mars "Curiosity" rover landing on the Red Planet. The rover immediately sent back 3 fuzzy pictures and the first two shots showed...Tags: Science, Biology, Science and Technology
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UAA Scientists, Working for NASA, Find New Cold Weather Microorganism
Channel 2 NewsThis week, as a $2.5 billion rover touched down on the surface of Mars, U.A.A students were watching intently. And they weren't watching out of mere "curiosity" either (pun intended). They were watching because their research may play a pivotal role...Tags: Antarctica, Biology, Glaciers, Science and Technology, Landforms
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Moon Rocks Gifts to Alaska Back with NASA
Pat Forgey, Juneau-EmpireAlaska's moon rocks are back in NASA's custody, but the curator of the state museum says he would like to see them back in Alaska. The moon rocks were collected by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in 1969 and were a gift to Alaska by...Tags: Neil Armstrong, Museums, Richard Nixon, Buzz Aldrin, Arts and Culture
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Evidence of Flowing Water on Mars Piques Interest of Biologists Observing "Curiosity" Mission
Channel 2 NewsNASA has now assembled the first color, panorama of Gale Crater, seen through the eyes of its newest, most sophisticated Mars Rover, "Curiosity". The stunning color photo, composed from a large number of individual images (electronically pasted together...Tags: PBS (tv network), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs, Antarctica, Science
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