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Nasa has successfully tested a communications system for use in space that it calls an "interplanetary internet".  

New Vint Cerf network to fly on ISS in 2009 NASA has announced successful space tests of its new purpose-designed interplanetary communications networking protocol, which it calls Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN). Famed TCP/IP pioneer Vint Cerf was instrumental in the space net's design...  

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- NASA is offering U.S. students the opportunity to name the space agency's new Mars Science Laboratory.  

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Two NASA astronauts successfully completed a high-tech lube job today on the International Space Station, replacing and greasing joints that keep the outpost's solar panels facing the sun.  

USRA to Participate in NSF/NASA Mission to Study Link Between Lightning and Gamma Ray Flashes  

Following the signing of the International Network Statement of Intent on July 24, 2008, NASA is seeking information regarding potential instruments to be flown on the U.S. nodes that will be a part of the International Lunar Network (ILN).  

NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about...  

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station today for a high-tech lube job, aiming to replace and grease joints that keep the outpost's solar panels facing the sun.  

The US space agency NASA said it successfuly conducted a first test of a deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.  

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says Rick Gilbrech, the associate administrator of its exploration directorate, is leaving NASA for a position in the private sector.  

By By MARCIA DUNN -- NASA cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a Friday night launch to the international space station, but the weather outlook was not too promising. A cold front was making its way toward Florida on Wednesday and was expected to bring rain and thick clouds by the weekend...  

67 WALL STREET, New York - November 12, 2008 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Alternative Energy issue, a report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 48-page feature contains an expert roundtable and industry commentary...  

(AP) -- NASA's Spirit rover, which is nearing its fifth year on Mars, is struggling to survive after a dust storm sapped its power, mission scientists said Tuesday.  

Qualcomm unveils a “PC alternative” designed to allow consumers in developing countries to access the Internet wirelessly without a computer.  

A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.