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</div>In what should make 2012 a good New Year for some 5,500 aircraft mechanics a United Airlines, the Teamsters Union representing the mechanics announced that they have reach an agreement with the company which, among other things, will provide employees with an $11,500 signing bonus. […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>According to a statement, NASA’s most recent mission to explore and study the moon will take place over New Year’s Eve and into New Year’s Day. The twin spacecraft for the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission are scheduled to perform their main engine […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>According to a statement from the nations space agency, the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California has awarded ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS) with a $20 million contract to provide engineering, design and fabrication services. The award has a maximum value of […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>It has begun. Santa is officially on his way as Christmas day started earlier today in the south Pacific. Most recently the Santa Tracker officials at NORAD had spotted Santa and his team of reindeer, all nine including Rudolph, making deliveries in Ireland. At the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>On board the International Space Station (ISS) the station’s Commander Dan Burbank was able to capture some amazing views of of Comet Lovejoy, according to NASA. The crew was able to obtain such unprecedented views of a comet from their unobstructed perch at about 240 […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, and Sir Richard Branson are bringing commercial space travel for cargo and even everyday passengers closer to a reality. With funding from billionaires Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and Sir Richard Branson […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>In what will be the final meteor shower of this year, the Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak intensity tonight December 13th and into the morning of Devember 14th. The metwor shower itself actually runs from the 12th to the 16th if you can’t […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>In a statement, NASA announced that February 7th is the target launch date for the Dragaon Spacecraft developed by Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX). Once a final safety review and additional testing and verification are complete, SpaceX will launch the Dragon on a mission to become […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Months after the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans pause and flags are lowered as we mark the 70th anniversary of the attack on the United States by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. It was the attacks on our war ships, like […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>When it comes to quality control testing and the development of new products, Botanical Reference Materials (BRMs), also known as Herbal References are critically important. To help companies ultimately obtain all-important FDA approval, the Food and Drug Administration provides in its guidance a recommendation that […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Industrial drum mixers are normally applied to blend mixes of varying viscosities such as adhesive slurries or cement. Some of these mixers have the capability of blending mixes of very different particle sizes such as fruit and ice cream, and gravel and cement slurry. The […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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