Photos from Japanese space rovers show asteroid is ... rocky
New photos taken on the surface of an asteroid show that it is (drumroll, please) ... rocky.
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Underwater robots help NASA plan future deep-space missions
An expedition that will help NASA search for life in deep space launched today – not with a rocket's roar, but with a gentle splash into the deep Pacific Ocean. The project, called the Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical ...
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2018
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Image: DLR's Rollin' Justin robot
This Friday 17 August, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will be directing this humanoid robot Rollin' Justin – based in the DLR German Aerospace Center establishment in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany – from aboard the International ...
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2018
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SpaceX delivers AI robot, ice cream, mice to space station
The International Space Station got its first robot with artificial intelligence Monday, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2018
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ECOSTRESS launches to space station on SpaceX mission
An Earth science instrument built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and experiments investigating cellular biology and artificial intelligence, are among the research heading to the International ...
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Jul 2, 2018
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A satellite with a harpoon, net and drag sail to capture space junk is in orbit and will be tested soon
After almost 70 years of spaceflight, space debris has become a rather serious problem. This junk, which floats around in low Earth orbit (LEO), consists of the spent first rocket stages and non-functioning satellites and ...
Space Exploration
Jun 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.
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2018
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New robotic arm that could service satellites or pick apples developed
An innovative new type of robotic arm that could be useful in outer space or in the orchards has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
Robotics
Mar 22, 2018
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Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair
Spacewalking astronauts wrapped up months of repair work Friday on the International Space Station 's big robot arm.
Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2018
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Japanese, US astronauts end spacewalk to fix robotic arm (Update)
A Japanese and an American astronaut floated for hours outside the International Space Station Friday on a spacewalk to repair the orbiting outpost's robotic arm and move some equipment into storage.
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