Tag: NASA

  • HTC Nexus One gets a first class ticket to space

    HTC Nexus One gets a first class ticket to space

    Do you remember when we brought you news last year that NASA was planning to send the HTC Nexus One into outer space? Well, que up the song by Aerosmith from the soundtrack for the movie Armageddon, because this rocket has lifted off. According to CNET, Surrey Satellite Technology and the University of Surrey’s Surrey…

  • Captain’s Log 2013 – NASA sends Nexus One to Outer Space

    Captain’s Log 2013 – NASA sends Nexus One to Outer Space

    HTC has confirmed that it will send a Nexus One into space in 2013 as part of NASA’s PhoneSat program which focuses on creating small, low-cost, nano-satellites.  This test will be the final one after years of rigorous testing including high-altitude balloon rides, extreme vibration tests and entering thermal-vacuum chambers. The advanced technology present in…

  • NASA sending HTC Nexus One into outerspace

    NASA sending HTC Nexus One into outerspace

    Last week sources discovered that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has started working on a project to send a few smartphones into outerspace. The smartphones, two HTC Nexus One handsets and a Samsung Nexus S, are being integrated into a small box of tech gadgets to create a new nanosatellite, a project NASA is…