Certified space-nerd and all-around retro-tech guru [Fran Blanche] has just outdone herself with a comprehensive look at how NASA ran the Mission Control “Big Boards” that provided flight data ...

Cheers erupted in the NASA control room after the landing, and the mission director announced on the livestream that they could confirm “without a doubt, that our equipment is on the surface of ...

After donating the usable parts deemed unnecessary for space exploration, [MelkorsGreatestHits] had even more room inside the case for the throng of toggles that make this controller so touchable.

The issue first occurred in late November; after four weeks of troubleshooting, NASA decided to replace the controller, which will take place over the next few weeks. An updated forecast of when ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ... the first time in the 60 years that nobody was actually in the mission control office there at JPL, because they had to relocate to the emergency ...

Refrigerators have built-in televisions and internet connections, while our phones contain more computing power than a NASA control room from the '70s. Automakers are also ready to ride the tech ...