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Google leases historic Moffet Airfield from NASA for R&D

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 10 Nov 2014 9:50 pm
Google subsidiary 'Planetary Ventures' leases historic Moffet Airfield from NASA for R&D
Google will soon be leasing Moffett Airfield, a former Navy air base, from NASA. The deal, detailed in a NASA press release today, will see Google subsidiary 'Planetary Ventures' paying out roughly $1.16 billion over the course of the next 60 years to rent the airfield. Additionally, the deal will benefit NASA by reducing its maintenance and operation costs by $6.3 million per year.

Nexus S back in space as part of NASA's PhoneSat project

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 9 Dec 2013 9:01 am
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Smartphone innards powering low-cost satellite Of all the various Android phones to have been blasted into space, the humble Nexus S is perhaps the most prolific. The handset first took a trip into the stratosphere in late 2010, followed by a return trip on the space shuttle Atlantis the following year. Now, just in time for its third birthday, Samsung's first Nexus is heading towards the...

Curiosity rover stars in Angry Birds Space Mars update

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Posted by Simon Sage on 23 Aug 2012 2:29 pm
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Angry Birds Space just had a timely update to go along with all of the NASA Curiosity rover excitement. Here's the changelog for version 1.3 of Angry Birds Space. NASA and Angry Birds team up for the most epic episode yet! The piggies have hijacked the Curiosity Mars Rover -- but instead of searching for ice crystals, they're looking for eggs! Blast through 20 fiery levels on the red...

Now might be a good time to check out the NASA app for Android

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 6 Aug 2012 4:59 pm
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Mars. Pictures of Mars. Video from Mars. You know, that planet next door. Now, we don't wanna get all up in your business here, but if you've yet to download the NASA Android application, perhaps this is the time to do so. See, there's this red planet out there. It's called Mars. And there's this little robot guy who touched down on the surface last night. We'll call him "Curiosity." And he's...

NASA astronaut/scientist/engineer explains Angry Birds in Space

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 8 Mar 2012 10:22 am
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Youtube link for mobile viewing In case you're a little worried after seeing this, the international space station is still up there. (We chceked.) And it's presumably doing stuff other than this. Angry Birds Space hits March 22.

Aboard space shuttle Atlantis, Nexus S is enjoying a productive vacation

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Posted by Anndrew Vacca on 1 Sep 2011 2:25 pm
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  Since NASA launched the final Atlantis shuttle mission earlier this summer, the two Nexus S devices on board have been hard at work upgrading three SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) aboard the shuttle. NASA has expressed interest in Android due to its open-source nature, which has enabled engineers to build the sensor logging app that is currently...

NASA App now officially available on Android

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 8 Jul 2011 10:23 am
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Just in time for the final space shuttle launch, NASA has released an official app. It features NASA twitter feeds from around the agency, live streaming of NASA TV, current NASA mission information, and a whole lot more. So, if you need to get your outer space fix while on the go, be sure to download this free application from the Android market today! Download links available after the break.

Nexus S hitching a ride back into space on the final shuttle flight

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 8 Jul 2011 9:49 am
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The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for its (and the shuttle program's) final launch today (weather permitting). And while its most precious cargo is the astronauts on board, probably the most nerdy is the addition of a pair of Nexus S Android smartphones, making yet another jaunt into the final frontier. The "Pure Google" phones will be put to use on Synchronized Position Hold, Engage,...

NASA TV for Android launches just in time for shuttle launch (and delay)

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Posted by Bla1ze on 29 Apr 2011 3:11 pm
Although today's launch attempt of the STS-134 has been scrubbed and rescheduled, we still wanted to let Android users know that NASA has been working on its NASA TV live streams so that they do work on Android devices. Today was set to be a beta test of those streams and while some did have issues with playback, others had no problems at all.NASA is looking into the matter so that when STS-134...