NASA's Mars InSight flexes its arm
New images from NASA's Mars InSight lander show its robotic arm is ready to do some lifting.
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News tagged with robotic spacecraft
Safely on Mars, InSight unfolds its arrays and snaps some pics
After safely landing on Mars following its nearly seven month journey, NASA has released the first pictures taken by its InSight spacecraft, which has opened it solar arrays to charge batteries.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2018
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Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at space station
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit.
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Apr 4, 2018
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Faulty satellite? Robot geek squad is on the horizon
Hundreds of millions of dollars can go into the school bus-sized satellites that blast into orbit above Earth and provide services including broadband internet, broadcasting and military surveillance.
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2017
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Another chance to put your name on Mars
When it lands on Mars in November of 2018, NASA's InSight lander will be carrying several science instruments—along with hundreds of thousands of names from members of the public.
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Oct 4, 2017
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Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit
Future space exploration aims to fly further from Earth than ever before. Now, Italian Space Agency scientists have expressed an interest in contributing to the development of robotic technologies to bring an asteroid from ...
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Aug 7, 2017
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Image: Robot meets its masters
Seen at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands, BepiColombo has completed its final tests in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being reassembled at the launch site next year to begin ...
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Jul 13, 2017
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Prototype capture system, mock asteroid help simulate mission sequence
A prototype of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) robotic capture module system is tested with a mock asteroid boulder in its clutches at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The robotic portion of ...
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Nov 2, 2016
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NASA to reveal 'surprising' activity on Jupiter's moon Europa
There's something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. But what?
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2016
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JPL seeks robotic spacecraft development for Asteroid Redirect Mission
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking design, development and build of the robotic spacecraft that will capture a multi-ton asteroid boulder from deep space ...
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Sep 21, 2016
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