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NASA Wants To Launch Tiny Moon Satellites On Its Next-Generation Rocket

Posted in Hardware on 25th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Atop the SLS rocket will be a suite of CubeSats that will explore the Moon as Orion makes its journey to our closest celestial neighbor.

Dark matter could be seen in GPS time glitches

Posted in Science on 19th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

GPS has a new job. It does a great job of telling us our location, but the network of hyper-accurate clocks in space could get a fix on something far more elusive: dark matter.

Tiny Satellites Could Bring Internet Access To The Entire Planet

Posted in Online on 16th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

While cell phones are pervasive in developing countries, 4.3 billion people still lack access to the Internet.

Elon Musk wants to bring the whole world online with affordable satellites

Posted in Hardware on 9th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Google, Elon Musk is setting his sights on bringing the world online with cheap satellites.

NASA seeks proposals for deep space missions

Posted in Science on 1st Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The proposals are designed to support NASA's deep space missions, such as that which Orion will carry out.