It’s hard enough getting to Mars. But once you get there, you’ve also got to land safely! Engineers at JPL are working hard on landing softly in preparation for the…
It’s hard enough getting to Mars. But once you get there, you’ve also got to land safely! Engineers at JPL are working hard on landing softly in preparation for the…
Dark Matter, an engineering laboratory in Santa Clarita, CA, has developed a new kind of remote ocean vehicle (ROV) that moves on a tiny fiber-optic cable, allowing increased mobility and…
Mars Odyssey’s MARIE (Martian Radiation Environment Experiment) is turned on and ready to collect data. MARIE will help characterize the radiation environment on Mars and help scientists better understand the…
Robotic Autonomy
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…