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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed May 28, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- A spacecraft orbiting Mars has photographed the Phoenix Mars Lander on the surface of the red planet, NASA scientists announced Tuesday. Mission controllers also said the mission has hit its first snag, as the radio on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbite.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:29am neoform

BBC News -- Nasa is making a bid to join the elite group using supercomputers whose power is measured in petaflops. By 2009 the US space agency aims to be running a petaflop supercomputer that will be able to do 1,000 trillion calculations per second. By 2012 i.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- A NASA spacecraft has taken the first-ever image of an avalanche in action near Mars' north pole. The High Resolution Imaging Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took the photograph Feb. 19. The image, released today, shows tan clouds bill.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Feb 11, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Atlantis shuttle astronauts took a close look at a torn insulation blanket on their vehicle's engine pod Sunday as mission managers officially extended their flight by one day due to a crew member's illness. John Shannon, NASA's deputy shuttle program.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

CNN -- Near perfect weather was forecast over Florida for Thursday afternoon, giving NASA confidence that Shuttle Atlantis can continue its streak of on-time takeoffs. NASA began fueling the space shuttle at daybreak. Each of the year's previous shuttle count.. Read More