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Community College Students to Design Robotic Rovers in NASA

Selected students from the Community colleges have won the opportunity to design robotic rovers, in association with NASA. Around 92 school students were selected from 24 states to develop rovers at the NASA center, through a National Community College Aerospace Scholars program.

5 Mar 2012

Astrobotic Technology Presented with New Task in Lunar Landing Contract

Astrobotic Technology has been presented with one more contract by NASA, supplementing its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contract.

From Astrobotic Technology, Inc 1 Mar 2012

FIRST Robotics Competition Fever Hits

FIRST Robotics Competition fever has hit the schools once again. At the annual robotics competition the students get a chance to test their skills as part of a robot building team. They go through the process of designing and building their robots for the competition and learn a lot more than robotics in the process.

21 Feb 2012

Aviation Week Reports the Release of X-56A UAV

Aviation Week has reported about the release of the X-56A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), a new X-plane of the U.S. Air Force.

7 Feb 2012

Zero Robotics Competition Held Onboard ISS and on Earth

Zero Robotics, the international student competition, was conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on board the International Space Station (ISS) on the same day.

27 Jan 2012

Finalists in Zero Robotics Challenge Prepare to Pit Their Machines Against Each Other on ISS

On Monday, high school students from across the country assembled in a lecture hall at MIT, patiently awaiting a call from NASA.

25 Jan 2012

Demonstration and Testing of Argus One Unmanned Airship Begins at Nevada Test Site

World Surveillance Group, a developer and provider of aerospace communications products including lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs has successfully completed the initial demonstration of the Argus One UAV to the US Department of Defense (DoD).

19 Jan 2012

Innovative Application Can Allow Marines to Send for Robotic Helicopter

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is funding a program that is developing a new application that can allow marines running on insufficient ammunition to send for robotic helicopters to transport supplies within a short period of time.

12 Jan 2012

Aurora Commences Delivery of Composite Structures for BAMS UAS Program

Aurora Flight Sciences, a provider of advanced aerospace vehicles and robotic aircraft for military and scientific applications, has delivered composite aerospace structures for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program of the U.S. Navy. The first complete ship set was delivered to the global security company, Northrop Grumman.

5 Jan 2012

Mars Rover from NASA Embarks on Mars Exploration Mission

The Mars Rover, named Curiosity, from NASA has begun its space research by monitoring the space radiation as part of its trip to Mars spanning eight months. The research findings of the rover will be helpful in planning for future human missions to Mars.

15 Dec 2011