NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as the rover checks in at key locations and posts photos and tips, all while exploring the Red Planet.
While on its way to first destination, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has encountered a football-size rock. With only 8 ft of distance and halfway from Bradbury Landing, Curiosity's landing site to Glenelg, the rock will be the first target of examination for rover. Using spectrometer, researchers will analyze and resolve the elemental composition of rock, followed by capturing pictures using an arm-mounted camera.
Unmanned NASA Global Hawks developed by Northrop Grumman has been recently adopted in the U.S. East coast. Based on Global Hawks, environmental scientists can achieve improved data collection during Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) missions.
BAE Systems has declared that the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), for the first time, will be integrated onto an unmanned aerial vehicle. The guidance section of the laser-guided rocket was created and crafted by the company that has now received a U.S. Navy contract to integrate the APKWS onto the MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV.
Eight advanced robotics projects have been recognized by NASA. These projects will aid agency's future missions to support Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative. These projects will facilitate the development and deployment of robots by experts in the U.S. and even for operations like space exploration.
Opportunity, NASA's long-running rover, has delivered a mystifying picture of tiny Martian spheres that are differing in many ways from blueberries, an iron-rich spherule detected by the rover at its landing site in the beginning of 2004 and at several other Martian locations until today.
NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative.
NASA Television has aired the virtual launch ceremony of the 2012 Zero Robotics High School Tournament live on September 8 at 1 p.m. EDT.
Following a long drive after landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been making efforts to utilize the tools on its arm to the fullest.
"NASA 360: Robots, Rocks and Rovers" will feature the 2012 Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge, which was conducted from June 14 to17 with 7,000 attendees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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