Behold the Autonomous SWARM
Fasten your seat-belts, folks; the Navy is going autonomous. Well, partially. Last week, they released a demo video of the highly anticipated autonomous swarm technology. These autoboat centurions are...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: NASA’s Plans to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet. An artist...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: Curiosity Heading for Mount Sharp
The lower slopes of Mount Sharp appear at the top of this image taken by the right Navigation Camera (Navcam) of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity at the end of a drive of about 135 feet (41 meters) during...
View ArticleWell Hello There, Mars Rover
There comes a time in every SciFi enthusiast’s life when you realize that you need to interview a robot in space. It had to be done. Now, I’ve interviewed a space robot before. I had a rousing...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: Curiosity Self-Portrait, Wide View
On the 84th and 85th Martian days of the NASA Mars rover Curiosity’s mission on Mars (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2012), NASA’s Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture dozens of...
View ArticleNational Guard Joins Mars Rover Team on Airdrop Problems
From left, Col. Edward Black, Dr. Don Erbschloe and Dr. Adam Steltzner of NASA share ideas Nov. 6, 2012, at the AATTC in St. Joseph, Mo. Steltzner joined with Air Mobility experts from across the Air...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: Welcome To Mars
This is the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The panorama was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the Mast Camera....
View ArticleCuriosity, Oh The Places You’ll Go!
This is one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech In case you missed it last night,...
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