Army Floats a Trial Balloon
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The U.S. Army has leased a blimp from the nation's only airship manufacturer and outfitted it with sensors and cameras to determine how effective the electro-optical and infrared cameras are at detecting potentially threatening movements on the ground.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations...
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Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane&#39;s dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the
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Re-usable craft can carry a 0.5-kilogram payload up one kilometer in three seconds.
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LONDON, Ky. - An argument over birthday balloons escalated into a fight that ended with one person in the hospital and two others facing criminal charges.
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Floating free above Earth and carrying out an experiment in space has long been the preserve of orbiting travelers, but at taxpayerâs expense.
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NEW YORK - Two men were taken into custody Friday after illegally landing a hot-air balloon emblazoned with the names Kerry and Edwards in Central Park, police said.  Police said the men had permission to fly the balloon, but not to land it the park.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 12--WALLOPS ISLAND -- Disappointed Air Force officials say it will be Thursday "at the very best" before their Minotaur I rocket will blast off here for space.
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PAKISTANI PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf&#39;s Kashmir trial balloon has too many holes to float let alone fly, say observers in New Delhi.
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The Quincy Patriot  BALLOONS  We were witness to a scene a few days since which should serve as a caution to our young ladies, who venture abroad in windy weather, dressed in the extreme of the present fashion.
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In a nondescript conference room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside listened last week as an Army prosecutor outlined the criminal case against her in a preliminary hearing. The charges: attempting suicide and endangering the life of another soldier while serving in...
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Volunteers work on inflating the Sponge Bob Square Pants balloon Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004 on 81st Street near Central Park in New York.
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Ordinary people are being given the chance to have their name go into space with the first X-Prize contender craft.
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POTTUVIL, Sri Lanka (CP) - Canadian soldiers hit the beach here Saturday, but it was no holiday. They inflated three five-metre zodiac-like boats that will be used to ferry people and goods across scenic Arugam Bay on the southeast coast.
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By Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Dec. 9--AINSWORTH, Neb. -- Two trials have been set for a man accused of firing a rifle at groups of inner-tube riders floating down Long Pine Creek.
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India test-launched an Agni II surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons yesterday. The trial, on the testing range on Wheeler Island off eastern Orissa state, was the third trial of the
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.