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NASA satellite data shows how much the Congo rainforest has declined

Apr 23, 2014

It will be a profound irony if NASA’s lasting value will be to document from space the planet’s decline. Case in...

NASA tests new robotic refueling platform

Feb 12, 2014

Currently, every satellite put into orbit will become interstellar refuse, destined to be tracked by DARPA or eventually disposed of by gigantic lasers....

NASA’s new telescope will give us a glimpse of the beginning of the universe

Jan 27, 2014

Have you ever wished you could see pictures of the farthest corners of the universe? That could become a reality...

NASA gives Curiosity an OS upgrade

Dec 25, 2013

Even the Mars Curiosity Rover needs software updates every now and then. NASA recently upgraded the rover's OS in order to...

NASA underwater testing slimmer suits for spacewalking on asteroids

Dec 14, 2013

NASA has been taking advantage of its Neutral Buoyancy Lab near the Johnson Space Center in Houston to run a some...

‘PhoneSat’ made from Samsung Nexus S calls Earth from space

Dec 8, 2013

NASA's newest tiny, cheap "PhoneSat", a super cheap satellite made out of off-the-shelf Android hardware, has dialed home from orbit,...