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Friday, 10th May 2013

International Space Station Drops Windows For Linux

International Space Station Drops Windows For Linux

Some computers on the International Space Station used to run Windows XP. Now they run Linux.

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Monday, 11th March 2013

100-Year Starship Project: The Grandest Challenge At SXSW - Or Anywhere

100-Year Starship Project: The Grandest Challenge At SXSW - Or Anywhere

Meet the 100-Year Starship project, which aims to propel humanity to the stars. It won't be easy, but getting there could help solve this world's problems along the way.

Science Mark Hachman comments

Friday, 8th February 2013

SpaceX Team Tells Us To Learn C++, Says They'll Take Us To Mars In 5 Years

SpaceX Team Tells Us To Learn C++, Says They'll Take Us To Mars In 5 Years

The software engineers who power Elon Musk's fleet of advanced commercial spacecraft swung by Reddit today.

Social Taylor Hatmaker comments

Wednesday, 30th January 2013

Amid Boeing's 787 Scare, Competitor Elon Musk Takes To The Media

Amid Boeing's 787 Scare, Competitor Elon Musk Takes To The Media

Is Musk really trying to help, or is it just a marketing ploy for SpaceX?

Taylor Buley comments

Wednesday, 17th October 2012

How To Build And Launch Your Own Satellite [VIDEO]

How To Build And Launch Your Own Satellite [VIDEO]

Do you have a burning scientific question that can be answered only by putting a satellite into orbit? You're in luck. It’s now feasible to do just that, using only off-the-shelf technology, in a design called a CubeSat. It’ll run you around $50,000. For university, commercial or government projects, this new price point is a game changer.

Science Jon Mitchell comments

Wednesday, 22nd August 2012

Video: Watch Cosmonauts Toss A 20-Pound Satellite Overboard

Russian cosmonauts tossed a 20-pound spherical satellite overboard on Monday. Scientists will track the 21-inch target to test techniques for monitoring junk objects in orbit. The treacherous cloud of space junk threatens to take out the satellites that drive GPS, broadcast, remote imaging, and other functions. Canadian satellite watcher…

Science Jon Mitchell comments

Monday, 13th August 2012

Mars Rover: Big Tech, Little Camera

Mars Rover: Big Tech, Little Camera

We can take it to Mars but when we get there, the pictures we take - suck.

Science Adam Popescu comments

Tuesday, 7th August 2012

NASA Expanding Into Apps, More Video Games

NASA Expanding Into Apps, More Video Games

When Mars rover Curiosity touched down Sunday, August 5th, it was more than a technological triumph for the space agency; it was another victory in a four-year-old social-media campaign that has expanded to Google+ Hangouts, Angry Birds and Xbox 360 Kinect games and, in the future, maybe mission-specific apps.

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9 Ways to Follow the Curiosity Mars Rover Online

Will wonders never cease? NASA’s Curiosity landing was a social-media bonanza. The space agency had hits on several major social networks.

Science Fruzsina Eördögh comments

Friday, 3rd August 2012

SpaceX Wins $440 Million NASA Contract to Replace the Space Shuttle

SpaceX Wins $440 Million NASA Contract to Replace the Space Shuttle

Aerospace firm SpaceX announced Friday that it won a $440 million contract from NASA to modify its Dragon capsule for human space flight as a private-sector successor to the Space Shuttle. The plan is to launch the first Dragon flight carrying American astronauts by 2015.

Science Jon Mitchell comments

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