Hosted on MSN8d
NASA's nuclear leap: Robots to revolutionize Mars travel
For centuries, we have been gazing into space with fascination, dreaming of travelling to distant planets. To make these ...
A rover has been collecting rocks from Mars for years. How will they get back to Earth?
A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...
OPB22d
Dog-like robots train in Northwest caves to sniff out life on Mars
We’re long past the stage of imagining the inhabitants of Mars as little green men. But as we explore the red planet, what kind of life might we find there? NASA scientists think life on Mars mi ...
Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Nasa's Valkyrie robot was built by the Johnson Space Center to compete in a 2013 robotics challenge trial. Weighing 300lb and standing at 6ft2in, it looks not unlike a Star Wars Stormtrooper, but it ...
Evidence of Life on Mars? NASA’s Bold Strategy to Recover the Proof
NASA unveils a groundbreaking approach to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2026, introducing competition between ...
Euro Weekly News2d
Why are scientists creating robot-insects?
Why are NASA and CIA scientists making robot insects? They’re small, they’re mighty, and they might just save your life!
Interesting Engineering on MSN11d
NASA plans football field-sized space radiator for nuclear-powered Mars ship
Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
Why there's a piece of Mars in Stevenage
The simulated environment at Airbus is used to test robots destined for space missions. The Airbus Mars Yard was built in 2013 and includes a control room and an area 30 x 13m of Mars-like surface.