Space.com

NASA preparing to switch glitchy Hubble Space Telescope to backup hardware if needed

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 ...
CBS News

NASA working to resolve computer glitch, return Hubble Space Telescope to service

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, ...
Business Insider

Even the Hubble Space Telescope's backup computer is glitching now — raising new questions about what's gone wrong

NASA has been trying to figure out what's wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope for nearly two weeks, but the mystery just deepened. Hubble, which launched into orbit in 1990, is the world's most ...
ZDNet

NASA is fixing a computer glitch on a giant telescope in space. That's just as hard as it sounds

After more than a month of testing and trying, NASA's engineers have finally diagnosed the source of an ongoing glitch on Hubble, the 31-year-old giant telescope that is currently orbiting in space ...
Silicon Valley

NASA computer network a security mess under HP Enterprise management: report

A key NASA computer network managed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise has so many security holes that the space agency’s head of IT refused to sign off on a standard authority to operate, a new report ...
SpaceNews

NASA and Apple Computer Provide Resources to Help Educators

NASA’s multimedia exhibits and educational resources are now available to educators for classroom use through the Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) online educational environment. NASA’s educational ...
Computerworld

NASA seeks clues to onboard computer actions

NASA investigators want to know if adjustments made to the position of the space shuttle Columbia during its last minutes by the vehicle’s onboard control computers could have played a role in its ...
SpaceNews

NASA Develops New Software to Detect Bugs in Java Computer Code

NASA scientists today announced they are releasing free software that will find ‘bugs,’ or defects, in Java computer code. The new software, Java Pathfinder, is classified as ‘open source software.’ ...
GeekWire

NASA reviews computer security after newly reported data breach

NASA says it is reviewing its network security processes and procedures after a computer break-in exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information about the space agency’s current and ...
USA Today

Hubble Telescope's payload computer is down. NASA has spent days trying to fix it.

NASA has spent more than a week trying to fix the Hubble Telescope's computer hardware issues. The problem: a 1980s-era payload computer, which is supposed to control and coordinate scientific ...
Wired

New NASA Computer Chip Operates Under Fiery Conditions

Maybe this will finally put concerns about flaming laptop batteries to rest. NASA scientists have designed and built a new computer chip that can operate for long periods of time under extraordinarily ...