On a recent spacewalk, Mike Fossum and Ron Garan completed installing he Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment onto a platform on Dextre, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. In the future,…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is entering the final stages prior to launch on August 5th, 2011. Juno is NASA’s first of three planetary missions launching this year. The principal goal for…
The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late this year and land in August 2012. The target crater spans 96 miles (154 kilometers) in diameter and…
At the Global Conference on Educational Robotics the 2011 International Botball Tournament is takes place. The Botball tournament will be webcast live on July 12, 2011 from 9:30AM-2:00PM PDT and…
Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis carries a crew of four…
Space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis will carry a…
The 2011 Global Conference on Educational Robotics will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County, in Anaheim, California. The conference is intended for everyone that is interested in robotics…
The 10th Anniversary of the MATE ROV Competition will take place on June 16th, 2011 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston Texas. This event will be…
The National Underwater Robotics Challenge (NURC) begins this weekend June 10th-12 in Chandler, Arizona! Live video will begin streaming on June 11th, 2011 at 9:00PM EDT! + More information about…
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011, passing 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) in total odometry during 88 months of driving on Mars. That’s…
