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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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Detecting Asteroids, Meteors Takes On New Urgency
A meteor-mapping satellite is envisioned that could serve as a space sentry to detect future close encounters and allow scientists to better protect the planet. Read More »
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Epic Hacker Projects Compete For A Trip To Space
A prize for hackers seeks the next transformative piece of open-source hardware. Its grand prize? Out of this world...
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Ford Thinks Russian Space Robots Could Help Make Your Car Safer
...The communication system between the International Space Station and Earth is one of the most robust ever created. And that’s why Ford is tapping Russian researchers to learn how they maintain the flow of information to both the systems and their robot caretakers, and then apply it to create safer cars that talk to one another. Read More »
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Get Ready For Some Really Bad Space Weather
That’s the message from four space scientists at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory who warned of increased solar activity -- which can disrupt all types of communications, including GPS signals -- with the sun pumping out more solar flares over the next five years than any time since 2003. Read More »
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India Is Quite Capable Of Sending A Rocket To Mars And Fighting Poverty At The Same Time
This morning, India successfully launched a rocket to Mars. Christened Mangalyaan, or Mars vehicle, the rocket is part of a scientific mission that cost a grand total of Rs 4.5 billion, or $73 million. In terms of the space business, that’s a bargain. By contrast, NASA’s next Mars mission will cost $671 million and do the same thing as India’s craft: orbit the red planet collecting data. Read More »
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Nasa Cannot Monitor Most Potentially Devastating Asteroids
Asteroid 2012 DA14 will not hit Earth when it whizzes past us on Friday - but we may not be so lucky in future, space experts fear. 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 Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Tech Bettering Your Life Today
A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital's halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and registrations. The 2012 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication captures a nation and world made better by advancements originally achieved for space technology. 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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One Small Step For NASA, One Giant Leap For Open Source
"Space: the final frontier." These may be the opening words of the Star Trek series so loved by geeks far and wide, but lately, they've been on the tip of more Linux bloggers' tongues than ever. Why? Because Linux recently scored a major victory some 230 miles up in the sky... Read More »
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Russia To Spend Billions On Asteroid Defense
Moscow believes an operable national defense against threats from outer space can be built within 10 years’ time. The 500-kiloton explosion of a space bolide above the Urals region has sped-up allocation of some $2 billion to prevent future threats. Read More »
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