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The U.S. military is considering Johnston Atoll, a remote Pacific island chain that serves as an important refuge for dozens of seabird species, for "two commercial rocket landing pads" to test giant ...
The Department of the Air Force has suspended plans to use an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets as it considers alternative sites. The service had chosen Johnston Atoll, an ...
Brown-footed boobies perch atop the posts of an old pier at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific. Masked booby and chick. Many different species of birds occupy Johnston Atoll — part ...
A Coast Guard HC-130 evacuates personnel off Johnston Atoll due to a hurricane threat in 2019. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is set to launch an environmental impact ...