NASA is struggling to fix a computer glitch that has sidelined the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. While the problem is an uncomfortable reminder of the aging observatory's eventual mortality, ...

NASA has been trying to figure out what's wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope for nearly two weeks, but the mystery just deepened. Hubble, which launched into orbit in 1990, is the world's most ...

As NASA continues to diagnose a computer glitch on the Hubble Space Telescope, engineers are preparing to turn on some of the observatory's backup hardware. The main computer on the venerable ...

NASA’s multimedia exhibits and educational resources are now available to educators for classroom use through the Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) online educational environment. NASA’s educational ...

After more than a month of testing and trying, NASA's engineers have finally diagnosed the source of an ongoing glitch on Hubble, the 31-year-old giant telescope that is currently orbiting in space ...

After 11 years, NASA scientists running the Mars Odyssey Orbiter have decided to switch the machine’s redundant computing functions from one side to the other in an attempt to keep the technology ...

NASA scientists today announced they are releasing free software that will find ‘bugs,’ or defects, in Java computer code. The new software, Java Pathfinder, is classified as ‘open source software.’ ...

A pair of Apollo-era NASA computers and hundreds of mysterious tape reels have been discovered in a deceased engineer’s basement in Pittsburgh, according to a NASA Office of the Inspector General (OIG ...

Cyberattacks against NASA's are increasing in both number and complexity and the space agency needs to better protect its computer networks, according to a new report from NASA's inspector general.

NASA’s internal computer network is full of holes and is extremely vulnerable to an external cyberattack, an audit by the Office of the Inspector General has found. Even worse, it appears several of ...

NASA has spent more than a week trying to fix the Hubble Telescope's computer hardware issues. The problem: a 1980s-era payload computer, which is supposed to control and coordinate scientific ...