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• NASA on 'brink of a new future' with SpaceX launch

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 03:33

  The nation's space efforts entered a new chapter today with the launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station.

• NASA says no sensitive information breached in Unknowns hack

  By Jeremy Kirk | 04 May, 2012 12:23

  NASA acknowledged Friday an attack on one of its websites by "The Unknowns," a group that has been publicly trickling information on websites it has hacked over the last few weeks.

• In Pictures: The SpaceX blast into history

  By Michael Cooney | 04 May, 2012 08:46

  NASA watches as SpaceX gets set for first space shot

• Step aside Anonymous, here comes The Unknowns

  By Ellen Messmer | 04 May, 2012 05:46

  The latest shadowy hacker group to strike is calling itself The Unknowns, and they're bragging they've hacked NASA Glenn Research Center, the U.S. Air Force, the European Space Agency and others, posting some network-access details.

• Government moves to the cloud, slowly

  By Brandon Butler | 26 April, 2012 07:22

  A year and a half after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget declared a "cloud first" strategy requiring government organizations to at least consider cloud-based services when launching new applications and IT services, experts say the government is only moving slowly to the cloud, and it has a long way to go.

• When it comes to analyzing safety data, FAA might be in database hell

  By Michael Cooney | 26 April, 2012 06:28

  One of the most important functions of the Federal Aviation Administration is to gather, review and analyze all manner of aviation safety data to reactively and more to the future, proactively prevent accidents and manage safety risks.

• Help for the Help Desk

  By John Brandon | 24 April, 2012 00:24

  A help desk can be a real lifesaver for employees, not to mention a productivity boost. If a keyboard stops working or Outlook keeps crashing, a technician is just a phone call away. Even complex problems can usually be resolved internally, and relatively quickly, without the need for an outside vendor.

• How to brag online without appearing to brag

  By Paul McNamara | 23 April, 2012 14:36

  Last week I posted to Buzzblog a list of the 50 best "bragging rights" claimed by users of Google+.

• The industrial robot revolution

  By Sandra Gittlen | 20 February, 2012 22:25

  One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.

• Earth to satellite: When will you hit?

  By AAP | 22 September, 2011 09:13

  NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.

• NASA amps up wicked cool competitive prize program

  By Michael Cooney | 16 July, 2010 11:52

  NASA this month greatly expanded its public prize competition program known as the Centennial Challenges.

• 10 Apollo-era technologies used today

  By Keith Shaw | 31 July, 2009 17:32

  It's been 40 years since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space in Apollo 11, with the historic moon landing occurring four days later.

• NASA research finds way into IT, consumer products

  By Sharon Gaudin | 18 November, 2008 09:02

  Aware of a history of heart disease in his family, then-50-year-old Gary F. Thompson saw his doctor for a checkup before he ran a Los Angeles marathon in the mid-1990s.