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International Space Station's 15 Years of Continuous Human Presence Celebrated
Dec 29, 2015The International Space Station on Monday reached another milestone: the orbiting laboratory has been home to astronauts and cosmonauts for 15 consecutive years. Although placed in orbit in 1998, the station did not welcome its first ...
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Scientists Have Developed a Way to Use 3D Printing to Create Structures
Jul 16, 2013It may not quite be a character out of the Terminator 2, but university scientists have developed a way to use 3D printing to create structures made out of liquid metal. Researchers at North Carolina State University use 3D printing to ...
Tags: 3D Printer, Packaging, Printing
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ATA Engineering Has Recently Been Named The Winner of The 2012 George M. Low Award
Jul 8, 2013ATA Engineering has recently been named the winner of the 2012 George M. Low award, NASA's premier quality and performance award recognizing contractors that share the space agency's commitment to technical and managerial excellence. As ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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NASA Plans to Take 3D Printers Into Space to Enable Astronauts to Create Tools
May 30, 2013NASA scientists plan to take 3D printers into space to enable astronauts to create tools, and even food, onboard the International Space Station and later on the moon or even Mars. NASA's chief administrator Charles Bolden talked about 3D ...
Tags: 3D Printing, NASA
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NASA's Proposed $17.7 Billion Budget Includes Plans to Capture and Redirect an Asteroid
Apr 12, 2013NASA's proposed $17.7 billion budget includes plans to capture and redirect an asteroid into orbit around Earth so astronauts can study it. Ultimately, the project looks to learn more about the makeup of asteroids in an attempt to protect ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Amazon Has Recovered The Rocket Engines That Powered The Nasa Apollo Moon Missions
Mar 20, 2013A group led by Amazon's CEO has recovered the rocket engines that powered the NASA Apollo moon missions in the 1960s and 1970s from deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon.com, said his ...
Tags: Rockets, Computer Products, software
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One of The Most Complicated Missions Ever Attempted by NASA
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - One of the most complicated missions ever attempted by NASA, the landing of the one-ton rover Curiosity inside a crater on Mars after a 500 million kilometer journey, has apparently gone without a hitch. Curiosity ...
Tags: NASA, Curiosity Rover, Mars, organic instrument
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Nasa to Encrypt Mobile Computers After Loss of a Laptop Containing Personal Information
Dec 21, 2012US space agency Nasa is to encrypt all its mobile computers after the loss of a laptop containing personal information about more than 10,000 employees and contractors. Until the encryption process is complete, staff members are forbidden ...
Tags: Nasa, mobile computer, personal information, encryption process
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The SpaeX Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Blasted off From Florida's Air Force Station
Dec 20, 2012The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday night, marking a new chapter in America's space program. The rocket, carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, lifted off at 8:35 p.m. ...
Tags: SpaceX Falcon, rocket, space program, NASA, space travel
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With NASA's Super Rover Curiosity Successfully Investigating Mars
Dec 5, 2012With NASA's super rover Curiosity successfully investigating Mars,the space agency announced plans to extend its work there and even send up another robotic rover. "The Obama administration is committed to a robust Mars exploration ...
Tags: NASA, Mars exploration program, robotic rover, Curiosity
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NASA Is Scrambling to Implement Full Disk Encryption on Agency Laptops
Nov 14, 2012NASA is scrambling to implement full disk encryption on agency laptops after one containing unencrypted personal information on a"large"number of people was recently stolen. Agency employees were told of the October 31 theft of the ...
Tags: NASA, Encrypt Laptops, Laptop, sensitive data, personal information
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International Space Station Reached out and Grabbed Hold of The SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship
Oct 10, 2012Computerworld - A robotic arm onboard the International Space Station reached out and grabbed hold of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship today, attaching the commercial craft to the station. The station's Canadarm captured the spacecraft at ...
Tags: Robotic, Space Station, SpaceX
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NASA to Take a Deep Look Inside Mars to Figure out Why Red Planet Differently From Earth
Aug 20, 2012Computerworld-NASA has decided to take a much deeper look inside Mars to try to figure out why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth. The space agency announced late on Monday that it will launch a new mission in 2016,named ...
Tags: NASA, Mars'Core, exploration of Mars, Mars rover
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President Barack Obama Pledged on Monday to Keep Science and Technology Funding
Aug 13, 2012IDG News Service-President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to keep science and technology funding strong following the success of NASA's Curiosity rover landing on Mars. Obama made the commitment in a phone call to the Curiosity team at ...
Tags: Obama, Science, NASA Mars, technology funding
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NASA's on Track to Once Again Launch Astronauts Into Space From U.S. Soil
Aug 3, 2012Computerworld - NASA announced Friday morning that it's on track to once again launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil within five years. As part of its strategy to launch astronaut-carrying spacecraft again, NASA has inked deals ...
Tags: NASA, SpaceX, Boeing, Charles Bolden