NASA Teaches Humanoid Robonaut 2 Medical Skills for Space Emergencies (Video)
February 18th, 2014
NASA is training one of its humanoid robots to perform telemedicine, envisioning a future where the bot could act like a surrogate doctor, guided by experts on the ground to provide care for astronauts in space.
Read More » This Wall-Crawling Gecko Robot May Fly in Space One Day (Video)
January 28th, 2014
Meet 'Abigaille:' a six-legged gecko-inspired robot that might be able to climb walls in space with sticky feet, borrowed from nature. The wall-walking robot is still in its experimental phase, but its creators hope lead to spaceship hull droids.
Read More » Photos: NASA's Valkyrie R5 Space Robot in Pictures
January 20th, 2014
See photos of NASA's Valkyrie (R5) space robot, a humanoid robot built to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and advance the state of the art of robotics within the agency.
Read More » Boeing to Use Former Space Shuttle Hangar for Secret Space Plane
January 6th, 2014
A NASA space shuttle hangar will serve as the new servicing facility for a fleet of secret military space planes. The Boeing Company will convert Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to support the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.
Read More » This Is What a Laser From the Moon Looks Like (Photo)
November 19th, 2013
NASA's newest moon orbiter LADEE is zapping data back to Earth via laser beam as part of a push to develop sophisticated interplanetary communications systems that don't rely on radio waves.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Clean Up Dangerous Space Junk
September 30th, 2013
The vast amount of manmade debris in orbit around Earth is untenable, but emerging and currently available technologies could be used to get this space junk under control.
Read More » Elon Musk Unveils 'Iron Man'-like Design Tech for SpaceX Rockets (Video)
September 6th, 2013
Serial innovator Elon Musk is living up to his reputation as a real-life Tony Stark. In a new video, Musk shows off the excessively cool "Iron Man"-like tech that is quite literally at his fingertips inside the rocket-making labs of his company SpaceX.
Read More » How Astronaut Hibernation for Deep-Space Travel Works (Infographic)
August 27th, 2013
Scientists are hoping to induce an unconscious state in astronauts so that they can be stored in cold capsules for long space flights. Here's how astronaut hibernation and suspended animation might one day work.
Read More » Engage! Warp Drive Could Become Reality with Quantum-Thruster Physics
August 21st, 2013
Warp drive technology, a form of 'faster than light' travel popularized by TV's 'Star Trek,' could be bolstered by the physics of quantum thrusters — another science fiction idea made plausible by modern science.
Read More » Hyperloop Unveiled: Billionaire Elon Musk Reveals Wild Idea for Superfast Travel
August 12th, 2013
The Hyperloop, Musk revealed today (Aug. 12), is a solar-powered transportation system that could rocket passenger-packed pods through long tubes at 760 mph or so (1,220 km/h). The technology could cut the LA-San Francisco travel time to 30 minutes.
Read More » Japan Launches Talking 'Robot Astronaut' Kirobo Into Space
August 3rd, 2013
Japan has launched Kirobo, the talking space robot, to the International Space Station to test new technology on how robot-human interactions can help astronauts. See how Kirobo launched with 3.5 tons of cargo on Japan's HTV-4 spacecraft.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Find Life on Mars
July 16th, 2013
Finding life on Mars isn't easy. Scientists still haven't been able to detect a definitive sign that either single cellular or multicellular life once roamed the Red Planet.
Read More » NASA's Robotic Lander Morpheus Soars in Test Flight (Video)
February 13th, 2014
NASA's next robotic moon lander Morpheus successfully completed its fifth free-flight test this week.
Read More » NASA's Humanoid Robonaut 2 Waltz Both Elegant and Creepy (Video)
January 26th, 2014
NASA's robot butler for astronauts, Robonaut 2, is still waiting for its legs to be delivered to the space station. In the meantime, video of the robot's twin on Earth shows how its climbing legs will allow the droid to move with eerie elegance.
Read More » How Scientists Tackle NASA's Big Data Deluge
January 18th, 2014
The deluge of mission data poses some big challenges for NASA. But a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is coming up with new strategies to tackle problems of information storage, processing and access.
Read More » Orbital Sciences Names Next Private Space Station Freighter for NASA Astronaut
December 9th, 2013
The next U.S. commercial spacecraft to fly to the International Space Station has been named for Gordon Fullerton, the late NASA astronaut who helped to deploy air-launched rockets built by the same company behind the space freighter.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How Future Space Missions May Hunt for Alien Planets
November 11th, 2013
Over the next decade, NASA and the European Space Agency aim to launch a handful of spacecraft that should discover many thousands of additional exoplanets and characterize some of the most promising new finds in detail.
Read More » NASA Picks 10 Innovative Space Tech Ideas for Funding
September 26th, 2013
NASA is awarding grants to 10 university-led projects that could help develop the advanced technologies needed for future science and long-duration manned missions. The Space Technology Research Grants Program will award $250,000 to teams.
Read More » Photos: Meet Kirobo, Japan's 1st Talking Space Robot
September 5th, 2013
See photos of Kirobo, the first talking space robot.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How Astronauts Could Hibernate On Mars Voyage
August 26th, 2013
By the time humanity is ready to put boots on Mars, the long cruise to the Red Planet may be as easy as a dream. NASA-funded scientists are investigating ways to induce hibernation in astronauts, which could make the Mars trip cheaper and more efficient.
Read More » 20 Years Ago: Novel DC-X Reusable Rocket Launched Into History
August 16th, 2013
Nearly 20 years ago to the date, a pioneering reusable spacecraft called the Delta Clipper Experimental, or DC-X, made its first flight. This weekend, veterans of that program are gathering in New Mexico to celebrate the anniversary of that amazing feat.
Read More » Schoolgirls Build Homemade Mars Rover You Can Drive
August 9th, 2013
Two girls in North Carolina have proven that age is no obstacle to building a Mars rover. From their garage at home, Camille Beatty, 13, and her sister Genevieve, 11, built a functioning robot modeled after NASA's now-deceased Spirit rover.
Read More » Wanted: Space Tech Innovations for NASA's Future
July 29th, 2013
Technological innovation isn't necessarily one size fits all for NASA. The space agency and private industry are working to help spacecraft go farther and more efficiently into space than ever before, but different missions have different needs.
Read More » How Russia's Proton Rocket Works (Infographic)
July 5th, 2013
Russia's Proton rocket has been a workhorse booster since 1965, but some recent versions have been plagued by failures. See how the Proton rocket works in this SPACE.com infographic.
Read More » Stunning NASA Photo Shows Night Rocket Launch into Space
February 6th, 2014
A time-lapse photo shows an Atlas 5 rocket streaking into the heavens carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-L) into Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 23, 2014.
Read More » Photos: NASA JPL's RoboSimian Robot in Images
January 24th, 2014
See photos of NASA's amazing RoboSimian robot, an adept robot to aid space exploration and Earth life built by engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The robot competed in DARPA's Robotics Challenge in December 2013.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Search for Advanced Alien Civilizations
January 14th, 2014
Look at a picture of the Earth at night, and one would see the world is literally glowing. Now, scientists are starting to look for signs of advanced alien civilizations by the glow given off by technology used to harvest the energy from a star or galaxy.
Read More » How to Turn the Moon Into a Giant Space Solar Power Hub
December 3rd, 2013
When it comes to space and energy, we need to think big. That's what one Japanese company is doing — and they're reaching for the moon, literally.
Read More » Robot Detects Breast Cancer With Space-Grade Tech
November 5th, 2013
The technology for huge robotic arms designed to help astronauts in space is being brought back to Earth to do some heavy lifting in cancer treatment — in the form of a surgical robot that promises to take breast biopsies with remarkable precision.
Read More » Mars Rover Camera Invention Could Help NASA Robots Explore Solo
September 11th, 2013
TextureCam, a technology whose development is led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is designed to take pictures of rocks in 3-D and prioritize the ones that are most scientifically interesting. The smart camera could be used on Mars or more distant lo
Read More » NASA Funds 6 Futuristic Space Exploration Tech Ideas
August 29th, 2013
NASA has granted funding to six next-generation tech concepts that could help advance humanity's understanding and exploration of the cosmos down the road. The ideas were selected under Phase 2 of the NASA Innovative Concepts program.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Make Reusable Rockets for Cheap Space Travel
August 23rd, 2013
The aerospace industry has long sought to build a fully reusable rocket launch system to bring down the cost of ferrying people and payloads into orbit. What does it take to create one?
Read More » Hyperloop Explained: How Elon Musk's Futuristic Transit System Works (Infographic)
August 13th, 2013
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's vision for a futuristic Hyperloop transportation system concept involves sleek passenger capsules flying within a tube on a cushion of air. See how the ultra-fast system could get from N.Y. to S.F. in 30 min.
Read More » Incredible Technology: How to Build a Space Station Colony
August 5th, 2013
Life in space would be different from life on Earth. Gravity would be a thing of the past, everyone would need to drink distilled urine and a whole generation of Earthlings could grow up without ever having set foot on the surface of the planet.
Read More » NASA Funds 12 Far-Out Space Tech Ideas
July 19th, 2013
NASA has granted funding to a dozen imaginative tech concepts, in the hopes that one or more of them will lead to big breakthroughs in space science and exploration. The 12 ideas were selected under Phase 1 of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program
Read More » India Launches Its First Navigation Satellite
July 2nd, 2013
India launched its first navigation satellite, the IRNSSA-1A, into orbit on Monday, July 1, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in southeastern India.
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