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'When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before' — Quote of the day by NASA's former software director Margaret Hamilton on the birth of software engineering

The computing industry was once unrecognizable from the one we see today, with the idea of discipline centered around writing code treated as some kind of fantasy.

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Petapixel ·5 days ago

NASA's Voyager 2 Space Probe Just Got New Software From Over 13 Billion Miles Away

Nearly 49 years after it launched into space aboard a Titan III rocket, NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe received yet another software update, this time reaching the speeding probe from nearly 13.

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Engadget ·5 days ago

NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe's lifespan yet again - Engadget

NASA updates Voyager 2 to extend the 1977 probe's lifespan yet again A software update, sent across 13 billion miles, gives it one more year of operation.

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Tom's Hardware ·8 days ago

NASA modded space station's laptops so everyone could use the same charger — standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points

NASA ensured that all laptops destined for use in the International Space Station (ISS) had the same power connector.

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Petapixel ·9 days ago

James Webb Space Telescope Opens Up a Cosmic Treasure Chest

The newest NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month delivers a spectacularly colorful look at a cosmic “Treasure Chest,” a neat feature of the nearby Carina Nebula, located just 7,500 light-years…

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Digital Trends ·11 days ago

NASA built the Roman Space Telescope to study dark matter, but it can also help protect Earth from killer asteroids

NASA is about to launch a telescope built to unlock some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, and it turns out that same design could help protect Earth along the way.

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SlashGear ·15 days ago

Volkswagen Pioneered A Feature In The '60s Every Car Relies On Today - SlashGear

Volkswagen Pioneered A Feature In The '60s Every Car Relies On Today With hundreds of gigabytes of memory storing millions of lines of programming code, today's high-tech automobiles have more memory than NASA's Apollo…

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SlashGear ·17 days ago

Every VTOL Fighter Jet Ranked From Worst To Best - SlashGear

Every VTOL Fighter Jet Ranked From Worst To Best The first-ever powered flight was short. On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright took to the air in the plane he built with his brother Wilbur and covered 852 ft in 59…