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RSS NasaNasa 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... [16 Oct 2007]
Software gets Nasa back to the moon and Mars
Case Study Nasa has launched a software system to help its scientists work together more effectively as they design and build vehicles for the agency's Constellation Program - George Bush's brainchild to get the US back to the moon... [22 Jun 2007]
Nasa students try to sell moon...online
News The FBI has arrested three students who had summer jobs with NASA for attempting to sell stolen moon rocks online. Nasa has fired the students and, according to the BBC, will now tighten-up on security. [24 Jul 2002]
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... [24 Jul 2007]
Nasa hacker says will plead guilty in UK
News McKinnon has been accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", after entering Nasa and Pentagon systems. The Nasa hacker: All the coverage Nasa hacker says will... [13 Jan 2009]
Nasa trials BlackBerrys for engineering reports
News The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is soon to begin a pilot project using BlackBerry mobile devices to give engineers working on the space shuttle access to reports on the move. The space agency is... [18 May 2005]
NASA looks to e-conferencing to cut costs
News US space agency, NASA, is to implement audio and data conferencing at three of its key sites in an effort to slash the amount of money spent flying scientists and executives between locations. Ari Tapper, federal sales... [24 Aug 2000]
NASA's World Wind Puts the Planet at the Fingertips of Internet Users Anywhere
White Paper World Wind is a program developed by the Ames Research Center Learning Technologies, a division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C# .NET,... [31 Mar 2007]
Siemens Case Study: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
White Paper 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... [15 Jan 2008]
MySQL Case Study: Nasa
White Paper 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... [10 Apr 2008]
Nasa goes to eBay for shuttle parts
News US space agency Nasa is trawling through the internet in search of old computer parts to help keep one of its space shuttles going. Nasa is searching the web for the parts because most of the hardware... [13 May 2002]
'You space cadet': NASA hacker arrested
News US police have arrested a teenager from New Mexico for allegedly hacking into NASA computers in April last year. Officials say he created false accounts and modified documents after compromising the NASA... [03 Jul 2001]
NASA Provides Interactive, 3-D Views of the Next Mars Rover to the Public
White Paper A charter of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to educate the public and inspire students. NASA hosts a Web site for the purpose of generating public awareness about the Mars... [30 Jul 2009]
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... [30 Jul 2008]
Nasa sends robot to seek for life in the desert
News A three-year Nasa project to test a "search-for-life" robot will soon come to an end but not before one last trip to the Chilean desert. It's been developed and tested by Carnegie Mellon University and... [11 Aug 2005]
