RNLI volunteers from Sunderland Lifeboat Station were called into action shortly after 3:50pm yesterday afternoon (Thursday, 29 November) after multiple sightings of a Red Distress flare near South Hylton.
Wildfires, Mars and Earth’s Radiation Belts Among NASA News Highlights at American Geophysical Union Meeting
WASHINGTON — A NASA spacecraft studying Mercury has provided compelling support for the long-held hypothesis the planet harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials within its permanently shadowed polar craters.
WASHINGTON — An international team of experts supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data from multiple satellites and aircraft to produce the most comprehensive and accurate assessment to date of ice sheet losses in Greenland and Antarctica and their contributions to sea level rise.
ORLANDO/MUNICH/ROME, November 29, 2012 – The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) detected, tracked, intercepted and destroyed an air-breathing target in its first-ever intercept flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test achieved all criteria for success.
MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 29, 2012 – An HC-130J Combat King II takes off for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. from the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] facilities here today.
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NRC/C.Cheung et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA
This composite image shows the most distant X-ray jet ever observed. X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue, radio data from the NSF’s Very Large Array are shown in purple and optical data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are shown in yellow. The jet was produced by a quasar named GB 1428+4217, or GB 1428 for short, and is located 12.4 billion light years from Earth. Labels for the quasar and jet can be seen by mousing over the image. The shape of the jet is very similar in the X-ray and radio data.
WASHINGTON — June Lockhart, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton are the latest entertainment icons featured in new public service announcements that highlight how some of NASA’s outstanding accomplishments in space are used to improve our life on Earth.
Trial proof of concept will help develop a biometric data repository for the Australian Department of Defence
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully delivered the trial proof of concept for an automated biometric information system (ABIS) for the Australian Department of Defence. The system will be operated for a trial period to enable testing and refinement of analytical techniques for producing biometrically enabled intelligence and to help determine the requirements for a future biometrics information management solution.
Sunderland RNLI volunteers with Mr & Mrs Walker.
Volunteers based at Sunderland RNLI lifeboat station have received a magnificent donation from a Scottish couple Mr & Mrs Walker.