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Nasa opens up space image library

Nasa opens up space image library

Nasa is to make its huge collection of historic photographs, film and video available to the public for the first time.
Clement James Jul 28 2008 9:27AM Software
Nasa may hitch a ride on Japanese spacecraft

Nasa may hitch a ride on Japanese spacecraft

Nasa is talking to Japan's space agency about using one of its spacecraft for servicing missions to the International Space Station, according to Japanese media reports.
Simon Burns Jul 22 2008 8:37AM Hardware
Nasa robots survey the Arctic

Nasa robots survey the Arctic

Nasa has developed "toy like" autonomous robots to carry out scientific surveys of treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2008 7:52AM Hardware
Nasa engineers propose new rocket system

Nasa engineers propose new rocket system

A row has broken out within Nasa over the future of the rocket system needed to replace the space shuttle fleet, which will retire in 2010..
Iain Thomson Jul 16 2008 4:07PM Hardware
Nasa details shuttle’s retirement

Nasa details shuttle’s retirement

Nasa has announced that it intends to officially retire the aging space shuttle fleet by 2010, four years before it has a replacement craft ready.
Iain Thomson Jul 9 2008 4:01PM Hardware
NASA hacker to appeal

NASA hacker to appeal

Gary McKinnon, the Briton who is facing extradition to the US for hacking into NASA's computers, is to appeal the deportation on Monday.
Richard Thurston Jun 16 2008 10:20AM Security
Nasa awards Moon suit contract

Nasa awards Moon suit contract

Nasa has awarded a contract worth US$183.8m to Oceaneering International for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system..
Clement James Jun 14 2008 12:19PM Hardware
Nasa solves Martian soil problem

Nasa solves Martian soil problem

Nasa scientists controlling the Phoenix Mars probe have successfully solved the problem of lumpy Martian soil which has held up analysis of samples for a few days..
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 12 2008 2:16PM Hardware
Google to move in with Nasa

Google to move in with Nasa

Google has signed a deal to build a series of research and development offices at a Nasa lab in Silicon Valley..
Shaun Nichols Jun 6 2008 7:44AM Software
Nasa plans 5G comms 'nanosats'

Nasa plans 5G comms 'nanosats'

Nasa is developing satellites weighing as little as 5kg for a future global telecoms network..
Iain Thomson Apr 26 2008 10:22AM Oddware
Nasa shoots down schoolboy asteroid claim

Nasa shoots down schoolboy asteroid claim

Nasa has stated that the odds of the Earth being hit by an asteroid in 2036 have not been reduced, despite earlier reports..
Iain Thomson Apr 18 2008 7:15AM Oddware
Schoolboy corrects Nasa on asteroid strike

Schoolboy corrects Nasa on asteroid strike

A German teenager has corrected Nasa's estimates of the likelihood that the Earth will be hit by a large asteroid in 2036..
Iain Thomson Apr 17 2008 7:20AM Oddware
Nasa beams The Beatles into space

Nasa beams The Beatles into space

Nasa is celebrating 50 years of space exploration by beaming a track by The Beatles into space.
Iain Thomson Feb 4 2008 3:17PM Networking
Nasa receives 700GB space probe download

Nasa receives 700GB space probe download

Nasa has received a whopping 700GB download of data from the Messenger space probe about the planet Mercury.
Iain Thomson Jan 21 2008 2:48PM Storage
Nasa zooms in on Hubble upgrade

Nasa zooms in on Hubble upgrade

Nasa scientists and astronauts have outlined details of a "challenging mission" to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope this year.
Robert Jaques Jan 10 2008 2:28PM Hardware
Nasa hacker McKinnon appeals to the House of Lords

Nasa hacker McKinnon appeals to the House of Lords

'Nasa Hacker' Gary McKinnon has been granted the right to appeal to the House of Lords to try and stop extradition proceedings that would see him tried in America.
Matt Chapman Aug 3 2007 1:10PM Security
Nasa sends robots to the North Pole

Nasa sends robots to the North Pole

Nasa has sent two robots to an isolated rocky polar desert within a crater in the Arctic Circle as part of a training exercise to help scientists learn how robots could evaluate potential outposts on the Moon or Mars.
Robert Jaques Jul 24 2007 12:13PM Hardware
Nasa delays Dawn mission till September

Nasa delays Dawn mission till September

Problems force Nasa to abandon July launch.
Iain Thomson Jul 10 2007 5:08PM Strategy
Nasa space probe launch delayed

Nasa space probe launch delayed

Dawn won't rise until Sunday.
Iain Thomson Jul 9 2007 4:56PM Strategy
Romanian NASA hacker appears in court

Romanian NASA hacker appears in court

A Romanian hacker accused of breaking into the networks of NASA and other federal agencies appeared in a Romanian court on Tuesday.
Frank Washkuch Jun 29 2007 9:58AM Security

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