NASA stories

NASA is migrating back to on-premises 640 TB all-flash mission-critical storage
Tue, 20th Jul 2021
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NASA is migrating back to on-premises high-density storage technology, using Storbyte and StorONE.

New Zealand and NASA partner up, allowing Aotearoa to grow space industry, minister says
Wed, 2nd Jun 2021
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New Zealand and NASA have partnered up under the multi-lateral Artemis Accords, in an effort to enhance space exploration efforts.

NASA's cybersecurity incidents rose 266% last year
Tue, 9th Jun 2020
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The aeronautical organisation holds data relating to US national security, intellectual property and other sensitive data which could pose a serious risk if lost to data breaches.

Mines, underwater, outer space - the weirdest data centers on Earth and beyond
Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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Demand for data is exploding, and data center leaders are getting creative in building new facilities. Here are the most unusual locations for data centers around the world.

Aussie researchers to help NASA advance astronaut health
Fri, 25th Oct 2019
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“The research supports ambitions for further and longer journeys into space and will help astronauts to monitor and mitigate the physiological effects of longer exposure to space environments."

NASA got hacked (again)
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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The compromised servers stored personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to current and former NASA employees.

DDN part of data mining mission on Mars
Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced that it will be playing a role in one of NASA’s most critical missions.

These were the voyages of the Kepler space telescope
Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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After nine years exploring deep space, NASA's spacecraft and telescope will now be another piece of historical space junk.

HPE opens up ‘cloud above the clouds’ for space travel
Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
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HPE today announced it is launching high performance computing capabilities to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) following a successful 12 month experiment.

Dicker Data NZ and Plantronics’ out of this world experience
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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The vendor and distie got together to take six reseller partners on a once in a lifetime trip to the US that included a tour of NASA facilities.

Data centre operators: It’s not just about TCO, think about the TCE
Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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Co-produced by Intel and in association with NASA, Supermicro has released a short film that highlights the swelling problem surrounding data centres.

Rocket Lab preparing to launch miniature NASA satellites
Tue, 1st May 2018
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The launch will carry research and development payloads from NASA and educational institutions that will conduct a variety of new, on-orbit science.

Senior NASA advisor joins TEDxAuckland lineup
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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A senior NASA economist will tell thousands of Kiwis about the future of space exploration...

HPE’s Spaceborne computer successfully powers up in space
Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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"It has been a long month for us, as we waited for an update from NASA..."

NASA, SpaceX and HPE team up to send a supercomputer to space
Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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The Spaceborne Computer includes a high-speed HPC interconnect running an open source Linux OS...

One small step toward Mars, One giant leap for supercomputing
Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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"This represents the first step into the next frontier of space exploration..."

Facebook in space: Zuckerberg to call ISS astronauts
Mon, 30th May 2016
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Mark Zuckerberg will host a live call with three astronauts aboard the International Space Station, using Facebook Live.

Even astronauts get the blues
Sun, 1st Nov 2009
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HEALTH Informatics Chairman Professor Jim Warren says a highlight from the organisation’s recent conference was hearing from Harvard Medical School professor James Catreine, who works with NASA.