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March 05, 2013

Airborne 03.05.13: Dragon Docking, Boeing Layers Up, Gamera Hovers

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After a perfect launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday morning, the SpaceX Dragon supply capsule carrying stores and experiments to the ISS hit a glitch. The spacecraft reached orbit on time at 1010 EST Friday, but a problem with the capsule's thruster pods delayed the deployment of the spacecraft's solar arrays. Boeing officials say the battery solution they’ve put in place for the 787 Dreamliner offers “three levels of protection.” The Gamera II team from the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering ma

"This decision concludes a cautionary flight suspension that began on Feb. 21. Prolonged exposure to high levels of heat and other operational stressors on this specific engine were determined to be the cause of the crack." Source: Statement from F-35 program office official Kyra Hawn.

The heights above the earth's surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as “broken,” “overcast,” or “obscuration,” and not classified as “thin” or “partial.”

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