NASA Tests a Palm-Sized Processor That Gives Spacecraft Real Computing Muscle

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a short email last February. Its subject line read simply “Hello Universe.” The message came straight from a new processor now moving through a full round of checks for deep-space work. Space computers have operated under tight limits for decades. Radiation from the sun and deep space can [...]

NASA Tests a Palm-Sized Processor That Gives Spacecraft Real Computing Muscle
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent a short email last February. Its subject line read simply “Hello Universe.” The message came straight from a new processor now moving through a full round of checks for deep-space work. Space computers have operated under tight limits for decades. Radiation from the sun and deep space can [...]

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