…At the time, NASA didn't know if the Moon harbored some kind of humanity-annihilating super virus. The technological legacy of the Apollo program While the Apollo program pushed the state…
…The same flight that launched JPSS-2 was carrying a NASA technology demonstration, Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID), which also went as planned. This inflatable module may…
…It represents a number of technological firsts, starting with being the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. This is the first image of Mercury that MESSENGER sent, way back in 2011: Credits: NASA…
Reaching the moon more than 50 years ago took all the technological might the US could muster. The communication and navigation systems aboard the Apollo 11 capsule were cutting edge for the…
…Some lakes near the equator show ring-like shapes on the dry regions surrounding the lakes. Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology attempted to simulate…
…The document doesn't get into the specifics of Swarm's technology, which is only superficially similar to Starlink. Starlink is intended as a replacement for terrestrial wireline internet, which is often…
…However, FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel doesn't think the agency should "publicly subsidize its still developing technology," which requires a $600 satellite dish. SpaceX was one of 180 companies vying for the…
…Cray XC40 at King Abdullah's University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia (5.536 petaflop/s). Last May, NASA's Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) announced it was almost tripling…
…that there have been breakthroughs in that field, presumably referring to NASA's recent work on warp drives , but such technology isn't on SpaceX's immediate roadmap. Finally, during the Q…
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