1970: Manned space flight has become so routine that it is easy to forget that it’s inherently dangerous to stuff astronauts inside a cramped capsule and blast them into the heavens on top of a Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 13 mission reminds us just how vulnerable we are.
A custom chip powered a disputed demonstration of quantum computing by D-Wave Systems.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed Thursday that it built a special chip used in a disputed demonstration of quantum computing in February.
NASA engineers used their experience with sub-micrometer dimensions and ultra-low temperatures to build a quantum processor for Canadian startup [...]
LONDON (AP)—The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
The Earth’s shadow took over six hours to crawl across the moon’s surface, eating it into a crescent shape before engulfing it completely in a [...]
A user interface that tracks eye movement may provide an alternate way to use a computer.
The eyes have it: Logo from the Gaze-enhanced User Interface Design (GUIDe) project at Stanford. The project’s goal is to use information about where a person is looking in order to develop applications that make interacting with computers easier.
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The crunch of Martian soil underfoot and the feel of Martian wind against your cheek could one day be experienced by anyone with an internet connection as a result of a new collaboration between NASA and internet titan Google.
Google has already produced interactive maps of Mars and the Moon by combining their own software with [...]
From the Earth to the moon and beyond. NASA announced plans to establish a base on the moon and make it into a permanent city by 2024. Crews of four astronauts are expected to work on the base, a week at a time, beginning around 2020.
Photographs from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor may indicate some level of occasional liquid water flow on the surface of Mars.
Though the Mars Global Surveyor may be lost in space, recent comparisons of images captured throughout the satellite’s decade of observing the Red Planet have shown changes in surface geography that, scientists theorize, could be signs [...]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 5 (UPI)—All countdown activities were proceeding normally toward a scheduled Thursday night launch of the space shuttle Discovery from Florida, NASA said.
“Our systems are in great shape,” said National Aeronautics and Space Administration Test Director Steven Payne. “The teams are ready.”
Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters said a cold front was moving [...]
NASA scientists conceded on Tuesday that the 10-year-old Mars Global Surveyor is probably lost in space after the U.S. agency tried unsuccessfully for two weeks to contact the probe.
The spacecraft, the oldest of five NASA robotic explorers studying Mars, was circling the planet snapping high-resolution images and studying the climate in a mission that led [...]
This mod, called Cold Fusion, was inspired by the modder’s passion for science fiction. He says it’s his first mod and the results are pretty amazing!
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