Deep Space

NASA Successfully Tests Deep Space Internet (PC World)

20 Nov 2008

With the help of Internet pioneer Vint Cert, NASA has successfully tested its own deep space Internet.

NASA Tests New Deep Space Cyber-Net (TechNewsWorld.com)

20 Nov 2008

NASA has announced it has successfully tested the first deep-space communications network. The new network, modeled on the Internet, was able to transmit scores of space images between Earth and a NASA science spacecraft located more than 20 million miles away. Dubbed the "Interplanetary Internet," the software protocol was a joint venture between NASA and Vint Cerf, a vice president at Google, ...

NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet (The Aero-News Network)

20 Nov 2008

But If You Thought Dial-Up Was Slow... Whoa, Boy And here, we thought the idea of wireless connectivity onboard a commercial airliner was a nifty idea. NASA announced this week it successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.