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    Philae: A proof of concept for cometary landing
    We asked Alan Winfield what the first successful landing on a comet means for the future of space mining. Find out his answer below. The successful landing of Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasim...
    01 December 2014, by

    One giant leap: Rosetta and the space mining frontier
    The Rosetta mission’s dramatic rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko captured the attention and imagination of the world earlier this month. It was thrilling to see an ambitious 10-year pr...
    24 November 2014, by

    Google commits $1.36 billion for NASA facility, to house their robotics, space and flight technologies
    Google subsidiary Planetary Ventures has committed to a 60-year $1.16 billion lease of the 1,000 acre Moffett Field Naval Air Station. The agreement includes an additional $200 million to refurbish th...
    12 November 2014, by

    Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae makes first ever landing on a comet
    UPDATE: ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03...
    12 November 2014, by

    Antares orb-3 accident
    A very unfortunate incident for NASA and the commercial orbital transportation services program took place yesterday. The Antares rocket that was about to send the Cygnus spacecraft on the ISS explode...
    29 October 2014, by

    UAE starts process of building Arab region’s first Mars probe | Gulf Business
    The UAE has taken the “first practical steps” towards its mission of sending the Arab world’s first unmanned probe to Mars, the UAE’s VP and PM and Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid A...
    21 October 2014, by



    ESA confirms primary landing site for Rosetta | ESA News
    ESA has given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver its lander, Philae, to the primary site on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November, in the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown o...
    15 October 2014, by

    NASA 3D prints rocket injector, initial tests successful | NASA News
    Engineers just completed hot-fire testing with two 3-D printed rocket injectors. Certain features of the rocket components were designed to increase rocket engine performance. The injector mixed liqui...
    29 August 2014, by

    Mars Opportunity Rover sets off-world driving record | NASA News
    From a NASA press release: NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. ...
    28 July 2014, by

    Curiosity’s Martian anniversary selfie is a sign of the times
    NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover captures a selfie to mark a full Martian year - 687 Earth days - spent exploring the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Robots, selfies and remote connectedne...
    26 June 2014, by and

    Robot selfies, and the road to self-recognition
    People take selfies with smartphones and digital cameras (or even with flying robots), and share them on social media, blogs, microblogs and image platforms for social purposes, and though selfies m...
    09 June 2014, by

    SpaceX unveils its next generation Dragon V2
    Tonight at 7PM PT SpaceX will reveal Dragon V2 -their next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to space. UPDATE: read our de-briefing of the presentation below...
    29 May 2014, by

    Extreme-environment robotics under development at Keio University
    At Keio University in Japan, the Ishigami Laboratory, in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, is investigating robotic mobility systems. The main mission of thi...
    20 May 2014, by

    ROS goes to space!
    As part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station, ROS will board a SpaceX Rocket on March 16 and, barring inclement weather, will launch into space. According to a blogpost by Brian Ge...
    13 March 2014, by

    Robonaut doctor to practice in space
    Astronauts all know how important it is to stay healthy in space. Weightlessness alone can cause a number of physiological changes including muscle atrophy, loss of blood volume and bone loss. Most as...
    12 March 2014, by and

    Back on Earth
    I guess all those other Mars rovers just landed in the wrong spot? I had this idea yesterday to try something a little different. In the comments below, tell me, what questions would researchers want ...
    28 February 2014, by

    Mission to Mars, Part 8
    The mission to Mars concludes now that Nate is back on Earth, but do you think the adventure is really over?  Learn more about Nate's wacky life at his Website....
    21 February 2014, by

    Mission to Mars, Part 7
      Stay tuned next week for the exciting conclusion of Nate's "mission to Mars" experience.  As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
    17 February 2014, by

    Watch Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge live
    NASA, MIT and DARPA will host the Fifth Annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Student Challenge today at 7:30am (EST). The event will take place at MIT's campus in Cambridge, Mass. where student teams from the...
    17 January 2014, by

    GLXP Update: Penn State Lunar Lions now in #3 spot
    What are they putting in the water in the Keystone state?  It turns out that Penn State Lunar Lions team announced plans to get launched to the moon as well.  They have made a deposit for a ride in ...
    07 January 2014, by

    Video: Panel discussion celebrating 10 years of the Mars Exploration Rover
    Tuesday, Jan. 7, 10:30AM - 12PM Eastern Time:  NASA and the Smithsonian team up to facilitate two panel discussions on Mars robotic and human missions. Held in NASM's Moving Beyond Earth gallery, par...
    06 January 2014, by

    Mission to Mars
    I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break!  As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
    03 January 2014, by

    China’s moon landing and rover tip of iceberg
    Yutu (“Jade Rabbit”), China's rover-like robot was soft-landed on the moon earlier this month. China's plans to become a global leader in robotics and space exploration are just beginning to be s...
    20 December 2013, by

    Soft robotics in space
    Space robotics is understandably conservative. When the cost of putting a robot on a planet, moon or asteroid runs into the billions we need to be sure the technology will work. And with very long pro...
    14 December 2013, by

    Google Lunar X Prize leader board: Barcelona Moon Team schedules launch ahead of Astrobotic, Moon Express, and Team Indus
    The private space race is on! With the $40M at stake from the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) leading other private and pseudo-private investment, this is a real race. I, for one, love racing.  By foot, ...
    09 December 2013, by

    CubeSats: Launching education into space
    Three Cubesats were deployed November 19, 2013 from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm. Image Credit: NASA. Four more student-built CubeSat rese...
    06 December 2013, by

    Air, water, energy and food in a nutshell: Space exploration as driver for sustainable robotic agriculture
    University of Colorado's robotic plant growth is demonstrated at the Kennedy Space Center. Source: NASA. Targeting a sustainable presence of humans in outer space will require solving air, water, ...
    04 November 2013, by

    NASA closes most of its doors due to US Congress shutdown, but Jet Propulsion Lab continues operating
    We had hoped to be sharing highlights with you this week from NASA's Asteroid Initiative Idea Synthesis Workshop, which was scheduled to run this September 30 to October 2 at the Lunar Planetary Ins...
    02 October 2013, by

    NASA to host workshop exploring ideas for protecting Earth from asteroids | NASA News Release
    NASA has chosen 96 ideas it regards as most promising from more than 400 submitted in response to its June request for information (RFI) about protecting Earth from asteroids and finding an asteroid h...
    04 September 2013, by

    SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully completes 100m lateral maneuver before returning to launchpad
    Yesterday SpaceX's Falcon 9 test rig (code name Grasshopper) successfully completed a 100m lateral maneuver, beginning at an altitude of 250m, before returning to the center of the pad from which it w...
    14 August 2013, by

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