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What the Range Rover's 700-Pound Weight Loss Looks Like
KickingTiresRemoving weight can improve nearly every dynamic of a car, including gas mileage, acceleration, braking and handling. Shedding pounds isn't easy, however, and often requires a substantial reworking of a car's chassis or body ??? unless it's a track-...Tags: Library of Congress, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Quadrantids meteor shower
Maryland WeatherBetween the clouds and the moonlight, I'm not sure how much you'll see, but the Quadrantids meteor shower will happen overnight. According to NASA, the Quadrantids have a maximum rate of about 100 per hour, varying between 60-200. Peak time...... -
International Space Station flybys this month
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: The International Space Station will make two passes of six minutes' duration each over our area in early 2012. The first comes Wednesday night at 5:53, when......Tags: Space Programs, YouTube
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Test flight this month at Wallops
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: NASA is hoping to conduct a test flight of a suborbital rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility on Jan. 11. The two-stage vehicle, with the friendly...Tags: Space Programs
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Fun with weather on SciJinks
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: SciJinks, the nifty NASA website for kids — and grownups — includes a look at folklore around the world through the microscope of modern science.... -
Panel OKs NHTSA's Handling of Toyota Recalls
KickingTiresA government panel has determined that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acted correctly in closing its investigation into Toyota's unintended-acceleration issues, but it has suggested that NHTSA needs to improve its knowledge of...Tags: National Government, Car Safety Tips and Advice, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Government, Space Programs
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Solar exhibit at Maryland Science Center
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Star light, star bright. On Thursday, the Maryland Science Center is scheduled to open a three-month exhibit featuring images of the sun taken during NASA solar.....Tags: Space Programs, Maryland Science Center, Science
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Astronaut applications flood NASA
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Apparently the lure of being an astronaut is not dampened by the fact that NASA doesn't have a spacecraft and rocket ready for launch. The U.S.......Tags: New Products, Space Programs
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Goddard explanation for Snowmageddon
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: So, what caused Snowmageddon—the three-storm punch two years ago that blanketed the region with 54.9 inches of snow? Three scientists at NASA's Goddard...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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WISE satellite one year later
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: On this date last year, NASA decommissioned its $320 million WISE satellite. With its 16-inch-in-diameter infrared-sensitive telescope, the Wide-field Infrared... -
First data from Cross-track Infrared Sounder
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: The newest polar-orbiting satellite that will help scientists predict nasty weather days in advance is sending back its first data to Earth. The Cross-track...Tags: Space Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science and Technology
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Jupiter at opposition tonight; grab the binocs
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:The planet Jupiter reaches opposition at 10 p.m. EDT tonight. That means it is “opposite” the sun from our perspective on the Earth. The gas giant now rises in the east as the sun sets in the......
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