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Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
-- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space."It couldn't have gone more smoothly," Read more »
Around the web
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Field Tests in Mojave Desert Pave Way for Human Exploration of Small Bodies
A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics has successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and wor 2:58 PM from Space Ref Read more »
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It's Artificial Afghanistan: A Simulated Battlefield in the Mojave Desert
Fort Irwin is a U.S. army base nearly the size of Rhode Island, located in the Mojave Desert about an hour's drive northeast of Barstow, California. There you will find the National Training Center, or NTC, at which all U.S. troops, from all the services from The Atlantic Read more »
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Alien Sightings Double In A Year (In Canada)
Sunken Ship in the Baltic Sea On June 19th the Swedish-based diving company Ocean Explorer discovered something they've never quite seen before. They were exploring in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland looking for sunken treasures when a very unu from The Huffington Post Read more »
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SDSU rocket might crack sound barrier
San Diego State University will attempt to break the sound barrier Saturday with an 18-foot rocket designed and built by student engineers. The hand-crafted rocket Swiss Miss is scheduled to soar into the atmosphere from a wind-swept spot in the Mojave D from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »
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Fresnans worry about fate of goslings in drained flood control basin
Nature's latest local spectacle is the sight of dozens of baby geese trudging in 100-degree weather across northwest Fresno's version of the Mojave Desert. Cheryl Richards is incensed, and she has plenty of company. "Look at them," Richards said Monday a from Fresno Bee Read more »
