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News Nasa is upgrading its supercomputer to cater for an expected surge in workload associated with future missions and scientific research. Working with Intel and supercomputing specialist SGI, the Advanced Supercomputing facility at Nasa's Ames...
[09 May 2008]
Photo Photo credit: Nasa To celebrate Earth Day, Nasa has released its 10 favourite photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. This month silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath visited India to check out the high-tech goings on in...
[29 Apr 2008]
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 Photo credit: Nasa Photo credit: Nasa
[24 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The NASA Acquisition Internet Service is responsible for providing the general public with information regarding contract opportunities with the revered space organization. A network of servers interconnecting 12 of NASA's field installations, NAIS...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper A critical element of homeland security lies in the vitality of the environment, which is primarily defined by the availability and quality of our air and water resources. Homeland security efforts must therefore include advanced understanding...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This webcast explains global developments and the emerging nuclear terrorism threats. It also explains the primary potential nuclear threats.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This webcast explains global developments and the emerging nuclear terrorism threats. It also explains the primary potential nuclear threats.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This webcast explains global developments and the emerging nuclear terrorism threats. It also explains the primary potential nuclear threats.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper 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 satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar...
[28 Mar 2008]
Photo Photo credit: Nasa This competition is now closed. The winning caption from reader Lee was: "MTV release a trailer for their new series 'Pimp my Space Wagon'".
[29 Feb 2008]
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. The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge...
[28 Feb 2008]
Photo Nasa and the British National Space Centre intend to test a system to serve a lunar base planned for 2020. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas Hundreds of bags wait to be loaded into the high tech baggage system at Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5.
[28 Feb 2008]
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 cheese-wheel in the sky are not...
[28 Feb 2008]
Photo In space no one can hear your ringtone - something that could be a blessing from 2012 when Nasa and the British National Space Centre (BNSC) trial a mobile phone network on the moon. The joint Nasa/BNSC MoonLite mission, due to be launched after...
[25 Feb 2008]
Round-Up Anyway, the moon it is and the satellite system should ensure a full five-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the desolate, dusty rock. Nasa and the British National Space Centre are preparing...
[22 Feb 2008]
News Even in the cosmos there will be no escaping the ringtone as Nasa and the British National Space Centre (BNSC) prepare to trial a mobile phone network for the moon. The satellite system should ensure a full four-bar signal for lunar colonists...
[19 Feb 2008]
whitepaper In August 2002, the Mechanical Systems Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a NASA center managed by the California Institute of Technology, decided to use a single source for all the tools it uses for large-scale projects.
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper Rocketplane Kistler wanted to build a re-usable space vehicle as cost-effectively as possible to meet schedule targets imposed by NASA to be launched in 2009. The company used a virtual mockup of the entire spacecraft incorporating manufacturing...
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper These experiments have been jointly conducted by NASA's Glenn Research Center and Ohio University over the last six years. This paper outlines the main results of a number of ACTS experiments on the efficacy of using standard Internet protocols...
[14 Jan 2008]
whitepaper NASA engineers have designed an interface system that connects the Space Shuttle and Space Station communication system to the Internet on Earth. Such a system allows for the astronauts to use services like the World Wide Web and Electronic Mail.
[14 Jan 2008]
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