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Ohio air park gets FAA-approved for testing U.S. Air Force’s domestic unmanned aircraft

On February 9, 2012, in Gov't & Politics, Military, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday gave the green light to the U.S. Air Force for the testing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) at an Ohio air park which was formerly used as a logistics hub by international shipper DHL. The certificate of operation was given to the Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air [...]

NASA captures raging eruption on the sun as scientists say earth’s temperature tied to solar cycles

On January 23, 2012, in Science & Tech, Weather, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

A massive eruption on the sun on January 22 has created the strongest solar radiation storm since September 2005. The coronal mass ejection (CME) and fast-moving, highly energetic protons are headed straight toward Earth in something known as a “solar energetic particle” event, according to NASA’s Goddard Space Weather Center. “The CME is moving at [...]