Posts Tagged Nasa
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U.S. Air Force X37B Space Plane has Finally been Launched!
Originally a NASA's project, the X37B Space Plane has made its first launch on the runway of the U.S. Air Force, as an unmanned robotic orbital test vehicle. We first heard the news about this old spacecraft way back in October 2009. And after many years of engineering works, X-37B space plan...
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Goodbye Spirit. Go Opportunity!
Just recently, NASA made their official announcement to leave NASA's Mars Rover Spirit, after painstakingly doing everything to pull her up from the sand. Remember Spirit? no, not the horse, but NASA's mobile Mars Rover which after six long years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, co...
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NASA All Set for 2010 FIRST Kick-off
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency or NASA is all geared-up for the 2010 FIRST Robotics design and build competition which will kick-off on Saturday, January 9, 2010. FIRST was first founded in Manchester, NH back in 1989 with Dean Kamer as the founder. FIRST started its robotics competiti...
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Robonauts: NASA’s Telepresence Space Mechanic
In aid of extreme conditions, NASA developed a humanoid astronaut to assist astronauts in space. The extreme temperature and pressure in space, makes astronaut preparation a lot longer. They have to wear space suits that cost 12 million dollars apiece. And before going out from the space shuttle, th...
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NASA Robots Practiced In The Arctic Circle for Future Moon Survey
NASA have designed robots that will conduct future surveys on the moon's surface. But before that happens, these robots, like the humans, must practice actual survey first on the earth's craters to evaluate its capabilities and endurance in extreme environments. K10 Black and K10 Red, are the spe...
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NASA’s Superbot Is A “Real Transformer”
Remember the "Transformers" fictitious characters like Megatron and Optimus Prime? They have the abilities to quickly transform into a ten-wheeler truck or a trailer. Well, this motion picture has finally come to the real world. "Real transformers" are actually here. NASA's Superbot is the "real ...
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LaserMotive Qualified for $900T in Space Elevator Games
On November 4, 2009, the whole world have again witnessed the legendary space elevator games sponsored by Spaceward Foundation in partnership with NASA's Centennial Challenges program and Trumpf. Several teams competed for the grand prize of $2 Million for climbing up at the speed criteria of 11 mil...
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TRESSA: NASA’s Rock-Climbing Trio
Seeing it for the first time, i thought it was a robot climbing by itself. It was not. Tressa, is the team name of three mobile robots helping each other climb a steep rock of up 90 degrees. A perfect slope for an autonomous robot huh? Tressa, Teamed Robots for Exploration and Science in Steep A...