NASA’s human spaceflight chief said SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is performing “beautifully” on the ISS as the space agency looks for a backup Soyuz astronaut seat as a safety net.
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With its soaring temperatures and toxic atmosphere, Venus is a punishing place. The longest amount of time a spacecraft has survived on the planet’s surface is just over 50 minutes, when the Soviet-designed Vega 2 mission landed there in 1985.
That’s why NASA dubbed the latest challenge in its Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE) project “Exploring Hell”: Could designers build a mechanically powered robot that can withstand the harsh environment and explore the unknown world?
Female Scientist invents new rocket engine 10 times faster than current engines. More.
How Fast Can We Travel In Space?
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To monitor the prevalence of the virus among employees nationwide, the tech billionaire worked with researchers to build an antibody-testing program. Here’s what he learned.
Soft Robots
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NASA researchers are developing a series of soft robot actuators to investigate the viability of soft robotics in space exploration and assembly.
The first human Martian explorers will face huge risks, there’s no way around it.
It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now worth $74 billion and investors believe the company’s Starlink and Starship projects will drive that valuation even higher.
