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A new report from NASA's Office of Inspector General finds that the agency's cybersecurity, while improving, still has holes — namely that NASA's cyber security operation doesn't monitor all of the agency's networks, and that

While it's not landing on Mars any time soon, NASA took a breather from Curiosity's adventures to showcase the Morpheus Lander. The prototype went.

Gone are the days when a NASA control room would be filled with guys with buzz cuts and pocket protectors. In 2012, it's all about the Mohawk or, specifically, the Mohawk of one now very popular NASA employee, flight director Bobak Ferdowski.

James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, warned Wednesday that human-made climate change could lead to the deaths of millions of species. “If we continue with business as usual this century,

At 10:32 PM PST last night, NASA announced that the Curiosity Rover had safely landed in the Gale Crater on Mars. Here's a slide show of great photos from NASA history, from one taken by the first Lunar Orbiter to a picture

NASA's Curiosity rover hasn't even been on Mars a full 24 hours, and already the science world is reaping the benefits. Nerds, too, actually. The shot.

While it's not landing on Mars any time soon, NASA took a breather from Curiosity's adventures to showcase the Morpheus Lander. The prototype went.

Space | Curiosity | Before Curiosity sets off across the Martian landscape, it needs a chance to catch its (metaphorical) breath. As the rover performs health checks on its systems.

What NASA fears most on Mars (image). By Xeni Jardin at 11:31 am Tuesday, Aug 7. "Curiosity makes me very angry, very angry indeed!" By David Silverman Read more curiosity edl jpl Mars MARS ROVER MSL NASA Space space flight

This is a screen capture of the 6 minutes before and after the NASA MSL Curiosity rover landed on Mars. The entire mission control room bursts into cheers ar

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 9 to discuss the upcoming launch of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), a mission to study Earth's radiation belts. The event

NASA's next-generation blended-wing-body aircraft completed its first flight today at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The X-48C is the latest in a series of designs from the Boeing/NASA partnership to explore the design, using a a large, delta

When an oxygen tank explosion crippled Apollo 13 two days after it lifted off from Earth in April of 1970, NASA engineers began working frantically to come up with a solution to save the three astronauts on board. But a retired

When Mars rover Curiosity touched down Sunday, August 5th, it was more than a technological triumph for the space agency; it was another victory in a four-year-old social-media campaign that has expanded to Google+ Hangouts, Angry Birds and Xbox 360 Kinect

NASA's Curiosity rover hasn't even been on Mars a full 24 hours, and already the science world is reaping the benefits. Nerds, too, actually. The shot.

At 10:32 p.m. PST on Sunday night, NASA's robotic space rover, “Curiosity,” touched down on the surface of the Red Planet — in the “Gale Crater” for those keeping track. The landing was a landmark event — the culmination

Computerworld – While the Mars Curiosity rover is the most complex machine NASA has ever sent to another planet, the computer that runs it is no more powerful than the one in your smartphone. The robotic rover, which landed in the Gale Crater on Mars

Computerworld – While the Mars Curiosity rover is the most complex machine NASA has ever sent to another planet, the computer that runs it is no more powerful than the one in your smartphone. The robotic rover, which landed in the Gale Crater on Mars

NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Su

Flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, better known as the NASA Mohawk Guy, has caused quite a stir with his unique hairstyle, rugged good looks, and geek credentials. In the process of helping to successfully land the Mars rover, Ferdowsi also landed many

Activity lead Bobak Ferdowsi, works inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory on August 5, 2012 in Pasadena, California. (Pool / Getty Images)

Writing in a recent op-ed article written for the Washington Post, James E. Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, explains how when he “testified before the Senate in the hot summer of 1988,” to warn of the kind of future we

The one ton, $2.5 billion Curiosity is the most scientifically equipped probe ever sent to another planet. And when the robot rover touches down on Sunday, it will begin an intensive search for signs that Mars may have once

NASA Curiosity's ambitious Mars mission. NASA's sedan-size Mars rover landed safely Monday on the Red Planet and will begin its search for the building blocks of life. This is one of the first images from the Curiosity rover: its wheel after it. 1/21

7, 2012 – NASA has released a low-resolution video of the Curiosity rover during the final few minutes of its descent to the Martian surface. Video silent from source. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: Story: For NASA, a touchdown

In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory

The Curiosity Rover may have landed safely on the surface of Mars, but like all good things, it's not invulnerable to completely bogus DMCA takedown requests.

If you didn't manage to stay awake to watch the "7 Minutes of Terror" as NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in the wee hours of Monday morning, you're probably wondering what's up with this "Mohawk Guy" and why is the Internet pitching a collective

NASA Curiosity's ambitious Mars mission. NASA's sedan-size Mars rover landed safely Monday on the Red Planet and will begin its search for the building blocks of life. This is one of the first images from the Curiosity rover: its wheel after it. 1/21

7, 2012 – NASA has released a low-resolution video of the Curiosity rover during the final few minutes of its descent to the Martian surface. Video silent from source. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: Story: For NASA, a touchdown