NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab uses Microsoft’s Azure Quantum to ease Deep Space Network’s traffic jam Microsoft has demonstrated how quantum-inspired algorithms can help smooth out Seattle’s snarled traffic, but can they solve NASA’s interplanetary data… Read More
NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio… Read More
NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars today and began a mission that’s meant to store up evidence of past… Read More
First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid Seattle-based First Mode has been awarded a $1.8 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for… Read More
Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters) Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s… Read More
Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead After months of silence from Mars, NASA finally read the rites over its Opportunity rover, hailing the six-wheeled machine as… Read More
Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next? Farewell, WALL-E and EVE: NASA says it’s lost contact with two briefcase-sized MarCO nanosatellites, more than two months after their… Read More
Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus… Read More
Make-believe Mars: Get a 360-degree view of the testbed for NASA’s InSight lander When NASA’s InSight lander touches down on Mars in November, its handlers already will have had lots of practice operating… Read More
NASA turns to Voyager’s dormant thrusters for first time in 37 years – and they work! Imagine you had a car sitting in storage since 1980, and suddenly you needed to start it up. Now imagine… Read More
Explore Mars like an astronaut: Mars 2030 VR experience lifts off Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that simulates living and working on the Red Planet, launched today for the HTC… Read More
NASA unveils a skill for Amazon’s Alexa that lets you ask questions about Mars Amazon’s Alexa has gained many skills over the past year, such as being able to read tweets or deliver election… Read More
NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and… Read More
NASA radar helps save four men under debris in Nepal by detecting their heartbeats This is simply amazing evidence of how the best technology can help us in the most desperate of times. A… Read More
