Posts Tagged ‘ NASA ’

Early this morning, NASA blew a hole in the Moon in order to find out if there is water that can be used for future exploration and space development.  While the results won’t be in until the scientists examine the data, Historical Model Builder, Howard West already knows that they will find water, and...
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Paul’s Robotics, a group centered in Worcester, Massachusetts will be competing with their robot “Moonraker” in the 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge organized by NASA and the California Space Authority. A new robot, Moonraker, is being developed by Paul’s Robotics (http://www.paulsrobotics.com) to compete in the 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge.  The event, held at NASA Ames,...
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Currently many industries are developing artificial intelligence software and decision matrix protocols to evaluate and determine the best choice of action for a given scenario. In the future probability and complexity will be no match for such tools.
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The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies on NASA’s Aqua satellite has amazing resolution from space, and captured Cleo’s cloudless eye early this morning. Cleo has intensified from a Tropical Storm into a Cyclone. MODIS captured an image of Cleo today, December 8 at 08:15 UTC (03:15 a.m. ET) as it passed...
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NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. Drawing on observations from NASA’s Mars missions, the “Be a Martian” Web site will enable the public to participate as citizen scientists to improve Martian maps, take part...
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NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities — 37 teams nationwide — to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects. Their challenge is to build powerful rockets of their own design, complete with a working science payload, and launch them to an altitude...
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Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars. The new research focused on investigating alternate proposals for the creation of materials thought to be signs of ancient life found in...
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Global Imagination® today announced that President Obama was supported by a Magic Planet digital video globe when he unveiled the administration’s Educate to Innovate campaign, an initiative to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Magic Planet, provided by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, served as an example of innovative...
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