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Watch: NASA Performs ‘Dance of the Rover’ to Transport Mars 2020
Eight months ahead of its scheduled launch, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is undergoing testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Last month, bunny-suited engineers moved the vehicle from the Spacecraft Simulator Building […]
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Astronaut Smart Glove Could Control Drones on Moon, Mars
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) has successfully field tested an “astronaut smart glove” for exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The prototype for a human-machine interface (HuMI) allows cosmonauts to wirelessly operate […]
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Curiosity Rover Snaps Impressive Martian Selfie
After it’s retired from space exploration, NASA’s Curiosity rover could find a new career in photography. A fresh selfie, snapped by the spacecraft on Oct. 11 at Glen Etive, is impressive not only […]
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Students: There’s Still Time to Name the Mars 2020 Rover
K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and home schools have until Nov. 1 to enter for a chance to baptize NASA’s Mars 2020 rover. Submit your proposed name and a short essay (no […]
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NASA’s Shape-Shifting Robot Could One Day Explore Saturn’s Moons
Move over, Michael Bay: NASA is designing its own shape-shifting robots to investigate Saturn’s moons. The agency’s fleet of mini androids can roll, fly, float, and swim—then morph into a single machine capable […]
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NASA Eyes Up to 12 Artemis Moon Missions With New Contract
NASA has announced a new Orion spacecraft production contract that will support as many as 12 Artemis missions—including the one set to carry the first woman and next man to the lunar surface […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Teases Big Announcement With Space-Themed Riddle
Robert Downey Jr., NASA, and the Rolling Stones are set to make a major announcement tonight and they are keeping details under wraps with a puzzling, space-themed “riddle.” The Avengers: Endgame star shared […]
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NASA Robots to Compete in Underground Challenge in Mining Tunnels
Robots are about to go underground — for a competition anyways. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the branch of the U.S. Department of Defense dedicated to developing new emerging technologies, is holding […]
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Butter Sculptures Celebrate Apollo 11 Astronauts
Forget Mount Rushmore: The Apollo 11 astronauts have been memorialized in butter at this year’s Ohio State Fair. A series of sculptures carved from more than 2,200 pounds of butter capture the most […]
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NASA Spacecraft Ready for Artemis 1 Lunar Mission
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday announced the completion of NASA’s Orion crew capsule for the first Artemis lunar mission. The effort—named […]
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