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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Adds New Stops to Its Virtual Tour

. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Adds New Stops to Its Virtual Tour Your browser cannot play the provided video file(s). Now you can see the Mars Yard up close, roam the world-class Microdevices Lab, visit the shop where spacecraft parts are made, and stop into a clean room where spacecraft take shape. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has just…
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Pegasus spyware group blacklisted by the US government

The US Department of Commerce has ordered American companies to not sell their tech to NSO, citing reports that the group’s Pegasus spyware is used against journalists, government officials, activists, and more. In its press release, the regulator says that the company is…
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Small but Mighty NASA Weather Instruments Prepare for Launch

. Small but Mighty NASA Weather Instruments Prepare for Launch Working together, two instruments could open the door for a more efficient, cost-effective way to gather key information for weather forecasting. Two instruments launching to the International Space Station in a few weeks could be weather-forecasting game changers. The…
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Getting NASA Data to the Ground With Lasers

. Getting NASA Data to the Ground With Lasers Two optical ground stations, including one managed by JPL, will support NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission when it launches this fall. NASA launches satellites…
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a damn good superhero video game

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy surprised the hell outta me. I expected standard, blockbuster action-RPG fare painted with an ’80s nostalgic gloss that would never elicit an emotion more meaningful than, “cool, they got the rights to Blondie!” And while the developers at Eidos Montreal did indeed get the rights to Blondie and an impressive host of other ’80s mainstays, I was shocked to…
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