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Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken by Old St. Nick and his reindeer. LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, December 20, 2010—For the 55th consecutive year, millions of people all over the world over will be able to keep tabs on Santa as he treks around the globe delivering presents to good girls and boys. And scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory are again part of the effort! Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken by Old St. Nick and his reindeer; visit http://santa.lanl.gov beginning at 6 a.m. December 24 to see his journey. "We expect Santa to arrive in Northern New Mexico around midnight, Mountain Standard Time, on Christmas Eve,” said scientist Diane Roussel-Dupré of the Lab's Space Data Systems group. Los Alamos is supporting Santa trackers at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), who've been following Santa on his Christmas journey since 1955. The Santa tracking program began after a youngster mistakenly called the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the commander on duty told the child Santa's whereabouts. That began the tradition of Santa tracking, which was carried on by NORAD when it was formed in 1958.
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