May 8, 2024 | Featured, Space
After much waiting, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is almost ready to launch humans to space. This month, the vehicle will lift off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with two NASA astronauts on board, the culmination of a...
Apr 25, 2024 | Featured, Solar, Space
A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes. Rocket Lab’s Electron blasted off at 6:32 p.m. ET on April 23, successfully delivering both payloads to low Earth orbit. The short...
Apr 25, 2024 | Robots, Space
This summer, a group of scientists will travel to Oregon’s snow-capped Mt. Hood to train a dog-shaped robot named Spirit how to walk. The slopes of Mt. Hood are strewn with volcanic rocks and sprinkled with glaciers, a rugged environment that researchers think...
Apr 25, 2024 | Environment, Space
Colorado has led the nation on regulating methane emissions and now companies in the state are major contributors to a new satellite expected to be an important tool in identifying and quantifying the emissions globally. Space & Mission Systems, formerly Ball...
Apr 18, 2024 | Featured, Space
NASA’s delayed Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn’s largest moon Titan is on track to launch in July 2028, the space agency confirmed late Tuesday (April 16). The highly anticipated decision greenlights the mission team to proceed to final mission design...
Apr 18, 2024 | Robots, Space
Robotic engineers are no stranger to turning to nature for inspiration. In recent years, birds, dogs, extinct sea creatures, and even humans themselves have all served as jumping off point for new mechanical designs. Now, researchers from Stanford are citing the...
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