Robotics
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Innovative Diffractive Solar Sail Funded by NASA Could Take Science to Exciting New Destinations
Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Sun’s poles.…
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Space Station Crew Explores How Space Affects Eyes, Brain and Heart
NASA astronauts (from left) Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines are pictured inside the International Space Station’s seven-windowed cupola monitoring the…
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NASA: Swarm of Tiny Swimming Robots Could Look for Alien Life on Distant Worlds
According to a NASA proposal, swarms of tiny swimming robots could search for alien life on other worlds, such as…
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Space Station Astronauts Ready Free-Flying Robots, Prepare Sample Returns
Animation of Astrobees on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 67 crew kept…
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Home Stretch: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Nears Completion of Crew Training
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada works on water survival training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Cassada, along with NASA…
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Cosmonauts Complete Robotics Spacewalk at International Space Station
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab…
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Soyuz Rocket Launching New Crew to Space Station Rolls Out to Launch Pad
The Soyuz rocket that will launch three new crew members to the space station stands at its Baikonur Cosmodrome launch…
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New Space Station Crew Launching Today on Russian Rocket
The service structure is raised into position around the Soyuz rocket, Sunday, September 18, 2022, at site 31 of the…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Astronauts Meet Their Dragon
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rendering. Credit: SpaceX The astronauts who will travel to orbit on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission next month…
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The Top 15 Most Stunning Photos Taken by the Dark Energy Camera
The Dark Energy Camera has taken more than a million exposures of the southern sky while perched high in the…
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