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RSS nasa in newsNasa hacker's last legal challenge fails
News Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations. McKinnon had applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for it to hear an appeal against his extradition. [28 Aug 2008]
Will Nasa hacker be granted European court appeal?
News McKinnon claims he broke into the systems up until 2001, including Nasa, in a search for UFOs. Gary McKinnon, the man accused of hacking US military systems, has been granted a short stay of extradition. [12 Aug 2008]
Nasa hacker loses extradition appeal
News Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his fight to block his extradition to the US where he faces a possible life jail sentence. McKinnon is accused of sabotaging vital defence systems after admitting accessing 97 US military and Nasa computers... [30 Jul 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday. McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force... [13 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. The first images from the Phoenix Mars Lander have confirmed that the solar panels needed for its energy supply unfolded as planned and that masts for its... [27 May 2008]
Nasa supercomputer gets rocket power
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]
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. The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge... [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 cheese-wheel in the sky are not... [28 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
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]
Vint Cerf gazes at interplanetary web
News Google hired Cerf in September 2005 to be its internet evangelist but before and since then, Cerf has been working on building communication standards for deep space for Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [25 Oct 2007]
Nasa hacker granted Law Lords appeal
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, has been given leave to appeal against extradition to the US. The US government wishes to try McKinnon on charges of unauthorised access to Nasa's systems. [16 Oct 2007]
Nasa hacker looks to Lords for appeal hope
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, may be able to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US. According to a firm of solicitors acting on behalf McKinnon, the law lords will consider... [02 Aug 2007]
Nasa gets supercomputer booster
News Nasa has signed a deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for the provision of supercomputing support over the next decade. CSC will provide support services to Nasa's Advanced Supercomputing Division at the Ames Research Center, which... [24 Jul 2007]
In brief: Top wi-fi, zombie attack, paradise lost, malware costs
News Nasa is blaming a power feed for "potentially catastrophic" computer glitches aboard the $100bn International Space Station, according to Reuters. The problem has occurred in the Russian segment and a Nasa spokesman said Russia will try to reboot... [15 Jun 2007]
Google Earth takes a dive
News As well as maps of the seabed, Google has produced interactive maps of the moon and Mars in a mash-up with Nasa's images. Google Earth maps of the seabed in UK waters have been released by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). [29 May 2007]
