7 posts and columns on spacecraft

Now Leaving Your Solar System; Welcome to Interstellar Space

in News on December 27, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is getting awfully close to the outer edge of our solar system.
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Xilinx Say New Chips Adept at Surviving Space Radiation

in News on July 20, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

With all the chatter lately about cellphone reception it’s easy to forget that some companies have much tougher technical challenges–particularly those that make hardware that is sent into space. Xilinx thinks it can help.

Netflix Back in Business

in News on August 15, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Don't Suppose There's Any Crude Oil Up There …

in News on August 1, 2008 at 8:22 am PT

Six years after the Mars Odyssey first discovered evidence of water on Mars, the Phoenix Lander has confirmed it. On Thursday afternoon, a clump of soil pulled from the Red Planet’s frozen arctic sands and brought aboard the spacecraft for testing revealed what appeared to be a small bit of ice.

Don’t Suppose There’s Any Crude Oil Up There …

in News on August 1, 2008 at 8:22 am PT

Six years after the Mars Odyssey first discovered evidence of water on Mars, the Phoenix Lander has confirmed it. On Thursday afternoon, a clump of soil pulled from the Red Planet’s frozen arctic sands and brought aboard the spacecraft for testing revealed what appeared to be a small bit of ice.

iPhone Credit, Yip, Yip, Yip

in News on September 14, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Bang, Zoom–To the Moon, Sergey! To the Moon!

in News on September 14, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

With the establishment of the Google Lunar X Prize, Google’s 2004 Copernicus Center announcement seems less April Fool’s Day hoax, more company aspiration. At Wired NextFest in Los Angeles yesterday, Google said it will award up to $30 million in prize money to anyone able to land a privately funded spacecraft on the moon.