BROWSING: NASA

NASA is evaluating how to decommission its current systems in favor of satellite communications networks for near-Earth operations As part of an initiative to develop communications services for space travel, NASA awarded contracts to Amazon’s Project Kuiper, Elon Musk’s SpaceX and four other companies. Together,...

US aerospace and weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin has appointed NEC Corporation to help it to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for system diagnostics in the production and operation of spacecraft. At the same time, plans are emerging for the company to...

NASA said that it eventually will upgrade the 4G network on the Moon to 5G NASA intends to return to the Moon in 2024, and when it does, it wants reliable cellular coverage. To make this a reality, the space agency has provided Nokia with...

It takes a whole country — government, industry, academics — to work out sticky issues with drone flight traffic control. Drone test trials continue. Drones are becoming essential in many industries. The real estate agents and journalists love the drone, especially when selling a ranch that...

Alexander Sehlke, a post-doctoral fellow at NASA Ames Research Center, delivered a presentation titled “Designing for Human Space Flight” at the 2017 Sensors Expo and Conference. Sehlke’s presentation began by noting how NASA’s journey to Mars requires a revolution in the operational and engineer design...

One open source model referenced by many in the telecommunications space is that of OpenStack, which is a cloud-based platform initially begun in 2010 as a project between NASA and Rackspace Hosting aimed at creating an open source cloud platform that could be operated...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a center for the robotic exploration of space, having sent a robot towards every planet in the solar system. Cloud computing is an essential part of the tactical operations for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. From the control room...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a center for the robotic exploration of space, having sent a robot towards every planet in the solar system. Cloud computing is an essential part of the tactical operations for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. From the control room...

With the help of Vint Cerf, Google's chief internet evangelist, NASA is experimenting with a technology called delay/disruption tolerant networking to allow for remote monitoring and operation of experiments housed on the International Space Station. NASA has been working on DTN for a number of...

Tom Wagner: 'We're literally returning to dinosaur times' AUSTIN, Texas – The long-term impacts of climate change could flood coastal cities, upend agricultural production models and displace millions of people if we don’t make immediate changes to our energy consumption. That was the message from Tom...