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Space

NASA Launches Aquarius to Help Measure Oceans’ Salinity

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

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As a part of a collaborative mission with Argentina’s space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), NASA last week successfully launched the Delta II Aquarius/SAC-D into space from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The purpose of the mission is to provide unprecedented global maps of surface sea water salinity to discover how our oceans respond to climate change and the water cycle. The Argentine-built SAC-D spacecraft will carry a suite of instruments on the three-year mission in space. Apart from NASA’s Aquarius technology…

Missile Defense

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Missile Defense

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Space

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Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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