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Photos: Do the moonwalk, Google-style
Photo Moon in Google Earth incorporates the data on the surface of the moon from Nasa. On the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, Google launched Moon in Google Earth, an addition to its... [21 Jul 2009]
Lunar satellite mission inches closer to blast off
News In addition to relying this scientific data back to Earth, the satellite system should also ensure a full four-bar mobile signal for lunar colonists living in a Moon base which Nasa wants to build after... [05 Dec 2008]
A Semantic Search Engine for Spatial Web Portals
White Paper Spatial Web Portals, such as NASA's Earth Science Gateway (ESG, esg.gsfc.nasa.gov) and ESIP's Earth Information Exchange (EIE, eie.esipfed.org) have improved the... [29 Nov 2008]
Photos: The best of Google Labs
Photo It works in much the same way as Google Earth, although instead of providing views of the globe, Google Mars offers the surface of our nearest planetary neighbour using images from Nasa's Mars Global... [19 Nov 2008]
Photos: The greatest tech sites from around the globe
Photo Nasa still launches spacecraft from both Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Centre on nearby Merritt Island. Cape Canaveral is famous as the site from which Nasa has launched countless shuttle and... [13 Nov 2008]
IPv6 and IPsec Tests of a Space-Based Asset, the Cisco Router in Low Earth Orbit (CLEO)
White Paper Off late, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cisco Systems and SSTL performed the first configuration and demonstration of IPsec and IPv6 onboard a satellite in low Earth orbit. These tests were performed using... [05 Nov 2008]
Photos: Second Life gets down to business
Photo This is Nasa's CoLab where people can find out about Nasa and participate in community meetings every Tuesday to decide how exactly the space is used. Meanwhile, back on earth, guitar... [31 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.09.08
Round-Up In an attempt to make science 'cool' and appeal to 'young people' a Nasa magazine has commissioned a postgraduate science student from the University of Glamorgan to write an 'Astrobiology Rap'. They've done it in other... [26 Sep 2008]
Woolworths slashes costs with supply chain tech
Case Study Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth High street retailer Woolworths has streamlined its distribution with supply chain management (SCM) software from long established partner SAP. Speaking at SAP's Sapphire... [02 Jun 2008]
Nasa Mars probe safely touches down
News The landing of Nasa's machine concluded a 422-million-mile journey that began last August. Smith noted that the ground looks like the "active surface of the Arctic regions of Earth". The first images... [27 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo To celebrate Earth Day, Nasa has released its 10 favourite photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. Photo credit: Nasa In this 2003 photo from Expedition 7, you can... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
Photo To celebrate Earth Day this week, Nasa released its 10 favourite photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. Photo credit: Nasa Photo credit: Nasa... [24 Apr 2008]
Using NASA's World Wind Component in Your Java Technology Applications
White Paper World Wind is open-source software, developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that allows the user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on earth. Leveraging Landsat... [29 Mar 2008]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News Satellite tech has been in the spotlight recently following reports Nasa is developing a satellite-based system to put a mobile phone network on the moon. But it is more usually used here on earth. The... [28 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News Spring is almost in the air but something else taking off this month was news Nasa is planning to build a mobile phone network on the moon. Clearly current levels of demand for mobile coverage on the big green... [28 Feb 2008]
