The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows …
Humanoid robots in space: the next frontier
Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, named after a female figure in Norse …
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NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space
On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to view a cat video, wondering if it would be in the pristine high definition for which they had …
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International Space Station at risk of falling on Earth, NASA warns
The American space agency NASA is brainstorming ways to safely retrieve the International Space Station (ISS), a mission that looks trickier than it seems. NASA is taking this matter extremely …
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns from record-setting mission in space
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year. Rubio and his two Russian colleagues — …
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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of …
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After record flight, Firefly, Space Force look to accelerate launches
In 2018, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the small, nimble research arm of the Pentagon, challenged the space industry to do what it said “no one has done before”: launch satellites to …
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NASA’s mega moon rocket is ‘unaffordable,’ according to accountability report
Senior NASA officials say that the agency’s Space Launch System — the massive rocket designed to propel its ambitious Artemis program to establish a base on the moon — is “unaffordable,” according to …
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NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows
Increasing demand but decreasing budgets are putting a strain on NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), threatening its ability to provide communications for the agency’s science missions and Artemis lunar …
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SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-7 astronauts to International Space Station
SpaceX's next astronaut launch has been pushed back by at least 24 hours. The company was counting down to launch the four-person Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA in …
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