Aug 24, 2022 | Featured, Robots, Space
A tiny robot known as MIRA will be blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024 to perform simulated surgical procedures in microgravity. MIRA, or “Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant,” will fly to the International Space...
Aug 18, 2022 | Aeronautics, Space
The smallest lunar lander to date is designed to make a “semi-hard survivable landing” on the moon. NASA’s upcoming Artemis 1 mission might be flying to the moon, but it won’t be landing there. One of its payloads will be, however. The...
Aug 4, 2022 | Featured, Space
On June 9, with only a few hours’ notice, NASA held a press conference to announce a study it was commissioning on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The acronym is a rebranding of what are more popularly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, a topic...
Jul 28, 2022 | Robots, Space
Not every worker aboard the International Space Station is a human. As a matter of fact, not every worker is an organic life-form. Hundreds of miles above Earth, floating right next to trained astronauts in this space-borne laboratory, you’ll find Honey,...
Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, Imaging, Space
Even NASA’s next-generation space observatory can’t manage to see supermassive black holes directly, but that doesn’t mean astronomers can’t use its data to better understand the mysterious behemoths. The opportunities are even on display in...
Jul 21, 2022 | Featured, Mobility, Space
“NASA’s Artemis program to live and work on the Moon has a clear need for lunar surface transportation that we intend to meet with vehicles driven by astronauts or operated autonomously without crew,” said Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar...
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