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Spirit Undertaking More Soil Investigation Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2009
Spirit remains stationary on the west side of Home Plate in the location called "Troy". The rover continues to be busy with an ambitious observation campaign employing both remote sensing and in-situ (contact) science with the robotic arm (instrument deployment device, IDD). The soil disturbed by the rover's embedding has been the subject of extensive science investigation. Five out of the ... read moreOpportunity Clearing The Dust
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2009Opportunity has been stationary this week resting the right-front drive actuator. During this time, the rover is conducting a series of robotic arm (IDD) activities. On Sol 1913 (June 11, 2009), the rover collected a set of microscopic imager (MI) sky flats to calibrate the camera images. Opportunity also began a mitigation effort for apparent dust on the elevation mirror of its ... more
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4Frontiers Team Members Lead Simulated Mars Mission
Tampa FL (SPX) Jun 25, 20094Frontiers Corporation is pleased to announce that it is spearheading this summer's expedition to the Mars Society's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. 4Frontiers consultant Walter Vernon Kramer has been selected as commander of a crew of six, the 12th crew to inhabit the station. He will be assisted by 4Frontiers Vice President Joseph ... more Never-Before-Seen Images From Saturn
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2009In anticipation of the upcoming equinox at Saturn, the imaging science team on NASA's Cassini spacecraft is releasing a series of images and movies capturing scenes possible only once every 15 years. This bounty of sights, that includes time-lapse sequences in which Saturnian moons eclipse each other and cast long shadows onto the planet's famous rings, represents only some of the fruits ... more Autonomous Robot Detects Shrapnel
Durham NC (SPX) Jun 23, 2009Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance. The successful proof-of-feasibility experiments lead the researchers to believe that in the future, such a robot could not only help treat shrapnel injuries on the battlefield ... more Robotic Ferret Will Detect Hidden Drugs And Weapons
London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2009A new type of robot being developed will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers. Dubbed the 'cargo-screening ferret' and designed for use at seaports and airports, the device is being worked on at the University of Sheffield with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The ferret ... more |
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Unique Sky Survey Brings New Objects Into Focus
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2009An innovative sky survey has begun returning images that will be used to detect unprecedented numbers of powerful cosmic explosions - called supernovae - in distant galaxies, and variable brightness stars in our own Milky Way. The survey also may soon reveal new classes of astronomical objects. All of these discoveries will stem from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) survey, which combin ... more NASA probes lead way back to moon
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2009NASA embarks on a landmark mission of lunar exploration this week with the launch of probes to scout for water sources and landing sites, in a bid to lead humanity back on the first visit to the moon since 1972. The US space agency, with its eye on sending astronauts to Earth's natural satellite by 2020, is on course to blast off the dual LRO and LCROSS missions on Thursday atop an Atlas V ... more US to take stake in key European mission to Mars
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 15, 2009NASA is likely to shoulder a major chunk of a planned unmanned European mission to Mars that has been troubled by rows over design and budget, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday. The ExoMars mission, the flagship of ESA's "Aurora" programme to explore the Solar System, was initially sketched in 2005 as a small robot rover that would be sent down to the Red Planet and cost no more ... more NASA Ames Robots Explore Lava Flow In Simulated Lunar Mission
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2009NASA robots soon will begin exploring the dusty, rocky terrain of a barren desert on Earth much like the moon. Scientists and engineers will study the images and information the robots gather to help plan where humans should venture next. To simulate robots scouting on the lunar surface before a human space crew arrives, the "K10 Red" and "K10 Black" robots developed at NASA Ames Research ... more |
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Reliable Robotics Pursues FAA Certification for Network-Agnostic UAS Datalink System
Small-Body Robot Review Charts Path From Module Design to System-Level Co-Design
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