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IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Sandra Upson	U.S. Earth-Sensing Satellites Left Out In the Cold The degree of precision needed to forecast hurricanes, and the future accuracy of climate modeling as well, may be in danger if recent trends in Earth-observing satellite programs persist.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	ITT Delivers Imaging Sensor for Next-Generation GeoEye-1 Satellite The electro-optical assembly (camera) will take pan-sharpened, multispectral images of the Earth with better than 0.5-meter resolution from 425 miles above the Earth.
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Geotimes August 2003 Matt Shindell	Mars Express for geologists Although Mars Express largely relies on old technologies, in many ways replicating past experiments, it can only contribute to an ever-growing body of knowledge about the early history of Mars and its water, and the processes that shape the planet today.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jennifer Bogo	NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet.
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling	X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core.
Geotimes December 2003 Megan Sever	A year of global ice observations Scientists are now getting the most accurate view ever of changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. The new maps, using NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, are shedding light on the processes controlling these ice masses, which comprise 75 percent of Earth's freshwater.
Search Engine Watch April 5, 2005 Chris Sherman	Google Debuts Satellite Images Google has added high-resolution satellite images to its Maps and Local search services, offering a birdseye view of millions of locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Science News August 19, 2000	Earth Views The "Global View of the Earth" Web site offers lesson plans and other material for middle school teachers interested in classroom use of images taken by NASA's Landsat-7 satellite.
Scientific American July 2005 Mark Alpert	Feeling the Pinch Voyager 1, now speeding out of the solar system after 28 years in space, is one of the NASA missions facing budget cuts, even though the craft is reporting remarkable discoveries.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.
Geotimes August 2004 Naomi Lubick	Slow Boat to a Small Planet For the first time in more than three decades, scientists are going to get a close-up view of Mercury, Earth's smallest neighbor and the rocky planet closest to the sun.
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PC Magazine July 12, 2006	The Earth, Updated Google has marked the one-year anniversary of its Google Earth satellite mapping software by delivering a new beta version 4.0.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Getting to the Bottom of Global Warming -- From Space The first of several satellites designed to monitor Earth's greenhouse gases has reached orbit and will begin collecting data in the coming months.
Popular Mechanics April 10, 2006 Benjamin Chertoff	NASA Announces New Mission to the Moon NASA uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter EELV launch vehicle as a lunar impactor in search for water ice in moon's poles.
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BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Google's Magic Carpet Ride Using Google Earth, you can fly anywhere on the globe and zoom quickly from an outer-space view to a close-up that shows skylights, swimming pools, and individual cars on roads.
Popular Mechanics March 3, 2008 Brian Lisi	Satellite Snaps Multiple Avalanches on Northern Cliffs of Mars NASA's long observation of the Red Planet has rarely sent home as stunning an in-progress geological change as this: not one, but four avalanches tumbling from the Martian north pole.
Popular Mechanics May 27, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Phoenix Lander Doesn't Crash, Snaps Pix of Mars (With Gallery!) NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on Sunday night in an unexplored region near the Martian north pole.
Search Engine Watch June 28, 2005 Chris Sherman	Google Earth Flies Free Google has released its long-anticipated geographic search tool, Google Earth, a new application that combines local search with satellite images and maps from around the globe.
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National Defense August 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry May Have Answer to Weather Forecasting Blind Spot The United States faces a gap in future weather forecasts. From less accurate to untimely predictions, there could be dire consequences for the U.S. population and economy, warned a recent Government Accountability Office report.
PC World July 24, 2005 Dennis O'Reilly	The World on Your Desktop Google Earth, MSN Virtual Earth combine satellite images with local search information.
Popular Mechanics December 23, 2008 Andrew Moseman	NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Ready for Its April Launch, but Will It Help the U.S. Return to the Moon? The orbiter is more than just another satellite looking at moon rocks -- this mission is one of the first steps in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon, and use the moon as a springboard to reach beyond.
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Geotimes June 2004 Sara Pratt	Why the Wobble? A new study says that the shifting of masses of water and ice around the globe's surface primarily drives the seasonal wobbleon its axis. The finding could lead to new ways to monitor global change.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	Electro-optics Briefs Image sensors from e2v help NASA to study Pluto... Jenoptik Laser names Coastal Optical Systems as North American distributor... High-performance IR camera for demanding applications... etc.
PC World December 2003 Alan Stafford	Digital Cameras: Impress With Pixels Even if you put money before megapixels, you can find a digital camera that takes great shots. But if you really care how your pictures come out, invest in the best digital camera you can afford.
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Scientific American November 2007 Robert Zubrin	Don't Wreck the Mars Program Devoting all the funding to just one mission would be a mistake.
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D-Lib Jul/Aug 2004 Bonita Wilson	Earth as Art The sample images downloaded from the collection that is at once a science site and a gallery of found art, demonstrate why the site has been a popular one: the images are stunningly beautiful.
PC World November 2000 Melissa J. Perenson	A Snappy, Go-Anywhere Webcam Intel's new $149 Pocket PC Camera, which works with Windows 98, 98 SE, or Me, joins a growing group of untethered Webcams--products versatile enough for videoconferencing and for capturing still images and making short videos away from the PC...
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