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Thursday, Jan 21
Bogged-down Mars rover may be doomed to chilly death
Unable to point solar panels at low midwinter sun NASA says that its "scrappy" Mars rover, Spirit - which has spent six years prowling the ochre wilderness of the red planet - may finally be stuffed. Bogged in a sand trap, the machine is unable to align its solar panels correctly for the comin...
Monday, Jan 18
One second-hand space shuttle: Yours for $29m
Knock-down price for retired NASA fleet NASA has knocked down the price of a used space shuttle to an affordable $28.8m - a considerable saving on the $42m it originally wanted for Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Friday, Jan 15
NASA Nebula - Obama's own private cloud?
Federal CIO munches Ubuntu's Koala food The open-source Amazon-like compute cloud under development at NASA's Ames Research Center could become a means of hosting websites across the US government.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Wednesday, Jan 13
Mini-asteroid sneaks up on Earth
Lunchtime flyby for diminutive rock A diminutive asteroid will today pass within 76,000 miles (122,000 km) of Earth at 12:46 GMT, although NASA has confirmed Bruce Willis's services will not be required.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
'Plutonium pinch' nips NASA
Shortage of fuel squeezes exploration programme NASA's future solar system exploration programme could be threatened by a shortage of plutonium-238, New Scientist reports.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Tuesday, Jan 12
Phoenix to rise from Martian ashes frost?
NASA checking for signs of life from Red Planet lander NASA will from 18 January check for signs of life from its Phoenix Mars Lander, which wrapped up its successful Red Planet arctic mission back in November 2008 and was pronounced probably dead.…
Friday, Jan 8
Endeavour stays toasty in Florida chill
Warm air purges prevent shuttle catching cold NASA technicians are keeping space shuttle Endeavour nice and toasty ahead of its forthcoming STS-130 mission to the International Space Station, as Florida enjoys "unusually cold weather".…
