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
Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth’s ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. + More Information
Curiosity’s First Five Years of Science on Mars + Visit the Curiosity Mission website
For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will occur across the entire continental US, and NASA is preparing to share this experience of a lifetime. +…
On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, exalted at radio confirmation and first images from Curiosity after the rover’s touchdown using a…
“THE ROBOTS ARE COMING!” “The FIRST Festival of Champions will take place where it all began, in New Hampshire (where the inaugural FIRST competition was held over 25 years ago)….
