Students from four countries had a chance to learn about and control FIDO, the prototype Mars rover in JPL’s Mars Yard as part of the Planetary Society’s Red Rover Goes…
Wednesday, March 13 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., San Francisco Bay Area teachers have the opportunity to review space-related classroom materials and see demonstrations by NASA’s AstroVenture and Quest. For…
The science instruments on NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which began its mapping mission last week, have sent back some exciting initial data, including possible identification of significant amounts of frozen…
NASA’s Liftoff to Space Exploration provides information for students on spacecraft, the universide, fundamentals of space, and tracking and human exploration of space. Log on to http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/ to learn how…
The Advanced Thermal and Structural Technology Group at JPL is working on developing things like balloon and ballute aerobots, cryocoolers, inflatable rovers, and instrument design — engineering that will aid…
A human with bionic muscles?? On Thursday, February 21, at 7 p.m. Pacific Time, Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL Senior Research Scientist, will discuss recent developments in electroactive polymers (EAP) may…
A team, including researchers from JPL, successfully completed a test with Cryobot in which the probe successfully melted down 23 meters (75 feet) into the glacier. Robots like Cryobot might…
The ROVer Ranch is an interactive, Web-based robotics workshop for assembling the hardware and instructions for making a software robot to perform a mission in a virtual environment.
It takes a large, diverse group of people and machines to work on getting to Mars and learning more about it. Visit the Mars Exploration Spotlight page to learn about…
The FIRST Robotics season has started! You can find information about this year’s challenge and upcoming regional and national competitions on the FIRST web site!
