In just a few years, NASA’s next Mars rover mission will be flying to the Red Planet. At a glance, it looks a lot like its predecessor, the Curiosity Mars…
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The highly anticipated moment that all you FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams that submitted an application for a NASA FRC grant, has finally arrived! NASA’s award selection is listed in…
NASA is diligently working through the application review process and will make an announcement as soon as possible. We know that you are all anxiously awaiting the results of the…
Color-discerning capabilities that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been using on Mars since 2012 are proving particularly helpful on a mountainside ridge the rover is now climbing. These capabilities go…
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity team is working to restore Curiosity’s sample-drilling capability using new techniques. The latest development is a preparatory test on Mars. The five-year-old mission is still several…
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/large-solar-storm-sparks-global-aurora-and-doubles-radiation-levels-on-the-martian-surface
The Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE), an exciting concept which enables long duration in-situ mobility on the surface of Venus through robust mechanisms. An automaton is a mechanical device…
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that’s grabbed scientists’ attention since before the car-sized rover’s 2012 landing. + More Information
Chezy Champs is an annual off-season FIRST robotics tournament hosted by FIRST Team 254. The forth annual Chezy Champs tournament takes place Saturday – Sunday, September 16-17, at Bellarmine College…
The NASA FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Registration Sponsorship application system for the 2018 FRC season is now closed. + Information about FRC
