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It will be a profound irony if NASA’s lasting value will be to document from space the planet’s decline. Case in point: the agency released today a scientific visualization video showing the transition...
Currently, every satellite put into orbit will become interstellar refuse, destined to be tracked by DARPA or eventually disposed of by gigantic lasers. Naturally, NASA's not so keen on such waste, and it...
Have you ever wished you could see pictures of the farthest corners of the universe? That could become a reality in a few years. NASA announced this week that it has completed the...
Even the Mars Curiosity Rover needs software updates every now and then. NASA recently upgraded the rover's OS in order to update its ability to take better photos of itself by giving it expanded...
NASA has been taking advantage of its Neutral Buoyancy Lab near the Johnson Space Center in Houston to run a some new space suits through the wringer. The suits are a modified version...
NASA's newest tiny, cheap "PhoneSat", a super cheap satellite made out of off-the-shelf Android hardware, has dialed home from orbit, meaning all systems are go. The 2.2-pound satellite was built using...