As sunrise broke across the eastern seaboard of the United States on August 10th, mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, was preparing for the day’s activities with the International Space Station (ISS). Little did they know that a power outage would disrupt the link between the two sites and send teams… Continue reading Power Outage at Mission Control Temporarily Disrupts NASA’s Link to ISS
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FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file
On April 2018, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was forced to ground all domestic US flights as a result of a widespread nationwide outage of its flight systems. The chaotic day of cancelled flights, frustrated passengers, and delayed flights had a single, disappointing cause: an antiquated technology system and a damaged database file. The… Continue reading FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file