Browse Archive
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Counting down to the IRVE-3 launch window, July 20-24
Learn about Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment designed to demonstrate that inflatable heat shields may be used to protect future spacecraft.
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Sample Return Robot Return Challenge at WPI Concludes
Autonomous robots roamed across the grassy terrain at Worcester Polytechnic Institute at the 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge in Worcester, Mass.
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Garver Opens $1.5 Million Robot Challenge →
Five teams of engineers compete at WPI for a chance to win the Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge.
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Robotics 101: NASA's Chris McQuin, Jaret Matthews
Unlike what Hollywood may portray, the reality of current robotics isn't sinister, emotional or out for world domination.
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Human Robotic Systems: Reaching Out-Touching the Future
In space, extending the human touch is bolstered by a fusion of astronaut and robot skills.
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NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition June 4-8, 2013
Autonomous robots will compete for a NASA prize of $1.5 million at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 4-8.
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“Science Friction”
Beating the Heat of Atmospheric Entry
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NASA's Space Technology Program
NASA's Space Technology Program is building, testing and flying the technologies needed for future missions.
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Space Exploration by Leaps and Bounds
Small bodies in the cosmos offer tantalizing insight about the very formation of our solar system.
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Cutting-Edge Approaches to Protecting Interplanetary Astronauts →
Planetary Radio Broadcast