NASA is struggling to fix a computer glitch that has sidelined the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. While the problem is an uncomfortable reminder of the aging observatory's eventual mortality, ...

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As NASA continues to diagnose a computer glitch on the Hubble Space Telescope, engineers are preparing to turn on some of the observatory's backup hardware. The main computer on the venerable ...

SGI (SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA’s Ames Research Center has selected an SGI(R) UV(TM) 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active ...

NASA said Friday it had completed additional diagnostic testing in an effort to identify a problem with the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) payload computer. This announcement comes on the heels of ...

The 31-year-old space telescope had been in safe mode for a month. Now it's back to science. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in ...

NASA engineers are planning to send a software fix to a rover that has been working on Mars for nearly 11 years longer than expected. The Mars rover Opportunity has been suffering from a glitch that’s ...