miles from Earth, posing as a Mars data-relay orbiter. The test also included nine computers planted firmly at JPL that emulated simulate Mars landers, orbiters and ground mission-operations centers; the DTN network ultimately consisted of ten nodes total....

in Houston, in the AP story. "The collisions are going to be becoming more and more important in the coming decades." NASA officials also confirmed that the ISS was not thought in danger (orbiting at an altitude of 220 miles) and that, as has happened in...

Ocean in 2016. Even more, the space station is only now nearing completion, costing taxpayers and "government partners" a whopping $100 billion to construct thus far. Orbiting just 220 miles above the earth, the space station has serves as a symbol of humanity's...

The water-transforming device had been in development for years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but is a breakthrough for long-term orbiting astronauts. According to NASA, water is extremely precious, especially when you’re sitting in an enclosed...

Hubble Telescope Completes 100,000 Orbits. Hubble space. The Hubble space telescope's 100,000th orbit Monday was marked by U.S. astronomers who took a picture of a "dazzling" region of the universe.. The Hubble space telescope’s 100,000th orbit Monday was...

Computer Viruses Make It To Orbit. virus NASA space. Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.. Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG....