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Computer virus goes into orbit: SAN FRANCISCO AFP — NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. A "worm type" virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, computer, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, virus; Research articles 2008-08-27
National briefs: Hacker's fate: A BRITON accused of the "biggest computer hack of all time" learns today whether he has escaped extradition to the US where he could face a life sentence. The Law Lords decide on a plea by Gary McKinnon, pictured, who was never charged in Britain after admitting he gained access...; Tags: Britain, computer, hacker, NASA, plea, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-07-30
World Tonight: Hacker plea: A BRITON accused of the 'biggest computer hack of all time' learns today whether he has escaped extradition to the US where he could face a life term. Law Lords decide on a I plea by Gary McKinnon, pictured, who accessed 97 US military and Nasa computers, to quash an...; Tags: computer, NASA, plea, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-07-30
World Tonight: Brit faces life: BRITON Gary McKinnon, pictured, accused of the 'biggest computer hack of all time' lost lost his appeal to the Law Lords against an order for his extradition to the US where he could face a life sentence for gaining access to 97 American military and Nasa computers from his London...; Tags: computer, London, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-07-30
Robot digger ready for Sunday landing on Mars: LOS ANGELES -- Like a miner prospecting for gold, NASA hopes its latest robot to Mars hits pay dirt when it lands Sunday near the red planet's north pole to conduct a 90-day digging mission. The three-legged Phoenix Mars lander fitted with a backhoe arm is zeroing in...; Tags: NASA, Phoenix Technologies, PRODUCTIVITY, Robots; Research articles 2008-05-20

Sensis wins NASA contract on air-travel simulation: DeWITT - Anyone who's ever stepped into an airport could tell you the skies above the United States are somewhat complicated. "You can't really look at a small piece of [the nation's airspace] to understand it," says Douglas Sweet, director of Sensis Corporation's Seagull Technology Center in California. "You can...; Tags: Government, Manufacturing, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, Sensis; Research articles 2008-04-11
'Focused' Solar Explosions Get Hotter: To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Rani Gran, rani.c.gran@nasa.gov, or Bill Steigerwald, william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov, both of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, +1-301-286-2483 or +1-301-286-5017 GREENBELT, Md., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA- funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter...; Tags: NASA, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-04-02
DeVry University Appoints Long-Time Area Resident as Center Dean of New Palmdale Location: Former NASA Aerospace Education Coordinator to open doors of DeVry's newest Southern California location on March 25 PALMDALE, Calif. -- DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management has appointed Kimberly Irizarry as center dean of its new Palmdale location. DeVry University's newest Southern California location is located...; Tags: Antelope Technologies, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2008-03-25
Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques: WASHINGTON AFP — Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station ISS...; Tags: Columbia, Earth, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shuttle, technique; Research articles 2008-03-20
NASA tech. transfer report: NASA's "Spinoff 2007" report describes 40 NASA technologies that have been applied in the medical, computer, industrial, environmental, public safety, transportation and consumer sectors. It describes NASA's research, education and innovative partnerships programs. It provides contacts of the technology transfer officials at all NASA locations. The 172-page report is located...; Tags: FINANCE, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, Transportation; Research articles 2008-02-12
NASA'S Marshall Center names Clyde Jones as Michoud Assembly Facility Chief Operating Officer.: M2 PRESSWIRE-2 January 2008-NASA: NASA'S Marshall Center names Clyde Jones as Michoud Assembly Facility Chief Operating OfficerC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02012008 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Clyde S. "Chip" Jones has been appointed chief operating officer for Michoud Assembly Facility in New ...; Tags: Manufacturing, Marshall, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2008-01-02
Conflict and COMPLEXITY: Problem solving and logical thinking techniques could have saved NASA's Challenger FOURTEEN YEARS BEFORE the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch in 1986, NASA unknowingly set in motion a series of events that culminated in the tragic disaster that stunned the proud space agency and rocked a nation. Following...; Tags: NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, tool; Research articles 2008-01-01
Back to the Moon, then on to Mars: Using modal data from LMS Test.Lab, researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center created hybrid models with LMS Virtual.Lab to determine critical loading on giant rocket nozzles of NASA's nextgeneration Ares launch vehicle. As part of its responsibility for many of the modal tests within the U.S. space agency, Marshall's...; Tags: NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, vibration; Research articles 2008-01-01
NASA on target for return to the moon by 2020: officials: WASHINGTON AFP — Despite funding uncertainty, NASA is on track to return humans to the moon by 2020 and set up a lunar outpost to serve as a springboard to explore Mars, officials said Monday. "Our job is to build towns on the moon and eventually put tire prints...; Tags: FINANCE, MARKETING, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, Taxes; Research articles 2007-12-10
Why MATHCOUNTS®!: The Top Ten "Greatest Math Hits" Of The Last 25 Years ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- "Mathematics continues to invigorate and deliver innovative advances to our culture and society, yet the significance math played in their creation usually flies under our radar," states Lou DiGioia, Executive Director of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation....; Tags: car, computer, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2007-12-06
To The Moon! (In a Minivan): T he essential technology America's space-shuttle astronauts depend on, which almost no one outside NASA knows about, is paper. Not just a file folder of vital checklists but actual piles of paper--stacks and stacks of it. Every minute of flight, every experiment, every space walk, is scripted. The routines are...; Tags: Apollo, Lockheed Martin Corp., NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shuttle; Research articles 2007-12-01
US astronauts walk in space to fix up lab: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts at the International Space Station completed a seven-hour space walk hundreds of miles above Earth on Saturday, fixing up equipment to develop the orbiting laboratory, the US space agency NASA said. Two US astronauts, Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani, completed the spacewalk at 1654 GMT...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY; Research articles 2007-11-24
$1.5 Million NASA Grant: San Jose State University Engineering Faculty to Study Ways to Reduce Air Traffic Congestion.: Byline: San Jose State University SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 13 AScribe Newswire -- Professors Wenbin Wei and Kevin Corker of San Jose State University's Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering have won a $1.5 million National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA grant for "Integrated...; Tags: computer, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, professor, San Jose State University; Research articles 2007-11-13
Innovators: Florida inventions: from the battlefield to the football field ...(Trendsetters: Aerospace & Technology): [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Engineering Visionary Three suggestions for science success: Keep abreast of the scientific literature to know what has been tried before; rely on intuition to judge which ideas of all the ones that pop into your mind are worth pursuing;...; Tags: aerospace, computer, Florida, habitat, Lockheed Martin Corp., Manufacturing, MARKETING, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, scientist, video; Research articles 2007-11-01
To the moon: To The Moon: A subsidiary of SAIC Inc. said it has a contract to build testing facilities for NASA's next-generation spacecraft. The Benham Cos. LLC, based in Oklahoma City, has a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to design and build two facilities to test the Orion spacecraft. The tests will...; Tags: NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, spacecraft; Research articles 2007-10-22