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NASA satellite data shows how much the Congo rainforest has declined
It will be a profound irony if NASA’s lasting value will be to document from space the planet’s decline. Case in point: the agency released today a scientific visualization video showing the transition...
NASA tests new robotic refueling platform
Currently, every satellite put into orbit will become interstellar refuse, destined to be tracked by DARPA or eventually disposed of by gigantic lasers. Naturally, NASA's not so keen on such waste, and it...
NASA's new telescope will give us a glimpse of the beginning of the universe
Have you ever wished you could see pictures of the farthest corners of the universe? That could become a reality in a few years. NASA announced this week that it has completed the...
NASA gives Curiosity an OS upgrade
Even the Mars Curiosity Rover needs software updates every now and then. NASA recently upgraded the rover's OS in order to update its ability to take better photos of itself by giving it expanded...
NASA underwater testing slimmer suits for spacewalking on asteroids
NASA has been taking advantage of its Neutral Buoyancy Lab near the Johnson Space Center in Houston to run a some new space suits through the wringer. The suits are a modified version...
'PhoneSat' made from Samsung Nexus S calls Earth from space
NASA's newest tiny, cheap "PhoneSat", a super cheap satellite made out of off-the-shelf Android hardware, has dialed home from orbit, meaning all systems are go. The 2.2-pound satellite was built using...