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10 Years Of Opportunity: Celebrating The Rover’s Role On Mars And Earth
On January 25, 2004, a strange object fell out of the sky on a distant planet—and when it hit the surface, it started to bounce. Even though that airbag-cushioned descent was exactly how things were planned, it wasn't exactly an elegant start to what's turned out to be a record-setting journey for Opportunity, which continues to operate long past its minimal mission time of 90 days. Read More »
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3D printing techniques Will Be Used To Construct Buildings, Here And In Outer Space
Within a couple of years, researchers at the University of Southern California believe 3D printing techniques will be used to construct entire buildings in less than a day. Read More »
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Announcing The Challenges For The 2013 International Space Apps Challenge
The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration that takes place over 48-hours in cities around the world. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions. Today, we are announcing the challenges for this years event! Read More »
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Canadians Take On NASA Design Challenge For Space Exploration
Toronto and Winnipeg are among the 75 cities worldwide taking on NASA's challenge to design both software and hardware to make space more accessible and more fun to explore. Read More »
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Libelium Sensors Launch Into Space In the First Open Source Satellite
With the successful space launch of ArduSat aboard a H-IIB rocket, the first open satellite platform that allows private citizens to design and run their own applications in space is now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Read More »
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NASA Launches Next Space Apps Challenge
International competition brings together developers from around the world to create software, hardware and visualization tools for space exploration missions. Read More »
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NASA Space Apps Challenge Lands At The iSchool
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and its New Explorations in Information and Science (NEXIS) lab sponsored the NASA Space Apps Challenge last weekend, where students used their collaborative skills and passion for technology exploration to create open-source solutions that address issues both on Earth and in space. Read More »
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NASA Successfully Tests 3D Printed Rocket Components
The use of printers in space to make everything from food and tools to rocket parts aims to reduce costs and improve safety. Read More »
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NASA Takes To Reddit To Spur ‘Grand’ Ideas For Finding Asteroids
NASA is going to put a man on an asteroid in the next dozen years, and, like Uncle Sam, it wants you to help. Read More »
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NASA Wants You To Hack Space (And Life On Earth)
NASA announced the launch of its second International Space Apps Challenge featuring 50 space exploration related challenges that range from building applications to designing visualizations based on NASA data. Read More »
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NASA's Massive Free E-Book Collection
Who could resist Exploring Space With a Camera? Or Rockets and People, the autobiography of rocket designer Boris Chertok? Read More »
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Open Source Outer Space: How A Couple Of Guys Are Building A Homemade Rocket Ship For The Masses
Anyone with enough brains and balls can build their own rocket and fly it to space. Or at least that’s what the non-profit, open source space project Copenhagen Suborbitals wants to prove. Read More »
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Quora Response: Fueling Innovation and Entrepreneurship
On the Q&A platform Quora today, Chief Technology Officer Todd Park answered a question about President Obama’s efforts to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship. Read Todd's response below, or join the conversation on Quora. Read More »
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Why Humans Still Can't Go To Mars
Long-distance human spaceflight is, famously, a bust. So far, anyway -- no doubt we'll figure it out someday. But the reason we haven't sent humans on five-year missions seeking out new life and new civilizations isn't because of cost, politics, or lack of warp drive. The real reason is that astronauts would probably be killed by radiation before they met their first gas giant. Read More »
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