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AR | Comment

Astronauts Get Augmented Reality Headsets

BY Chris DannenTue Sep 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM

Dutch AR developer Layar announced a 3D API today--but this AR headset dwarfs their Android app. The Wearable Augmented Reality (or WEAR) headset was developed for astronauts to view schematics and specifications while ...READ»

NASA | Comment

Will NASA Reinvent Its Lunar Rocket Program?

BY Kit EatonWed Jul 1, 2009 at 8:21 AM

NASA's ambitious design to return humans to the lunar surface has been controversial right from the get-go. It calls for ditching the Space Shuttle entirely and abandoning nearly all of its technology except for the solid rocket ...READ»

NASA | 3 comments

The Tools You Need to Fix the Hubble Telescope

BY Cliff KuangThu May 14, 2009 at 3:31 PM

Today, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis spacewalked to the Hubble Telescope and kitted it with a new camera. Should everything go right--and so far, the mission has been a success--the Hubble should be good until ...READ»

APOLLO | 6 comments

Obama Funds NASA's Return to the Moon

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 27, 2009 at 5:48 AM

Just the other day, an influential group of ex-astronauts--including Buzz Aldrin--publicly called for a new direction in the U.S. space effort, demanding more human space flight and even a Department of Space. And it's just possible ...READ»

EDUCATION | 3 comments

Fancy a Space Shuttle? NASA's Giving Some Away

BY Kit EatonThu Dec 18, 2008 at 6:31 AM

The end of an era is rapidly approaching: Soon the skies will shake no more to Space Shuttle stacks rocketing into orbit, and the world's first real space ship will go gently into retirement. It's so soon, in fact, that NASA's beginning to plan ...READ»