All the stories tagged with nasa
NASA funds tractor beam study
11/02/2011, US space agency NASA is willing to throw some cash towards the direction of folks who are interested in performing a study on “tractor beams” which in the future, will be able to see action to gather samples for analysis [...]
NASA rocket reborn for commercial use
09/13/2011, Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. What if you’re a defunct rocket sitting in some secret hangar of NASA? Well, the national space agency decided that there are still some miles left in their now defunct rocket, and [...]
Robonaut by NASA is alive and kicking
08/23/2011, NASA’s humanoid robot aptly known as Robonaut has awakened from its slumber – in space, to boot. This was made possible as ground controllers sent the word to have Robonaut up and running, marking its “birth” ever since it was [...]
Cocoon Grid-It! used in NASA experiment
08/15/2011, One of the best ways to attract the attention of the public when you’re selling a product is by attaching big names to it. And that’s what Cocoon Innovations did when it got NASA to use its Grid-It! storage system [...]
Google teams up with NASA and CAFE for the Green Flight Challenge
08/05/2011, Remember the Elektra One, the electricity-powered plane that PC-Aero developed for NASA and CAFE’s Green Flight Challenge? Well, it has just been announced that Google will be joining NASA and CAFE in sponsoring the Green Flight Challenge. The event, which [...]
NASA’s Juno space exploring robot is solar-powered
08/02/2011, NASA might be done with the Space Shuttle, but that doesn’t mean the national space agency has given up on exploring those orbs we call planets that lie yonder. No sir, they in fact have a mission to Jupiter down [...]
Swedish company 13th Labs comes up with augmented reality game for the iPad
07/12/2011, Are you a fan of augmented reality? If you are, there’s a new game out on the iPad called Ball Invasion by Swedish company 13th Labs. It’s basically a shooter game that uses your surroundings as the battle field.
NASA announces where space shuttles go to rest
04/12/2011, In a ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center today, NASA’s Administrator Charlie Bolden announced where all the space shuttles that have taken their final flights will go to rest. In addition to announcing the resting places of the shuttles, [...]
Space suit that generates energy when moved
04/08/2011, A team of college students that have been conducting NASA research on the innovative ways to use nanotechnology recently made an exciting breakthrough. They’ve managed to come up with a suit that can harness all the energy generated by a [...]
NASA’s Mars rover: Curiosity almost complete
04/06/2011, The NASA rover, Curiosity, which had to abandon its plans to bring 3D cameras to Mars, is almost ready for its mission later this year. NASA has just announced that the exploring vehicle is nearing its final stages of completion [...]
NASA to broadcast Soyuz events and launch in HD
04/01/2011, Great news for fans of the NASA TV HD channel. The space administration has officially announced that the launch for their next space mission will be broadcast live on the NASA TV HD channel. The mission that sees the ISS [...]
Elektra One: the electricity-powered plane
03/29/2011, In the future, our airplanes might not need gas to fly anymore. For NASA’s CAFE Green Flight Challenge, PC-Aero recently came up with a prototype plane, the Elektra One; that runs completely on electricity. Powered by batteries, the single seater [...]
No 3D Rover camera from NASA
03/28/2011, Here’s an expansion on our previous post about the lack of a 3D camera on the upcoming Rover to Mars – you can forget about seeing the surface of Mars in 3D – NASA has decided to stop any more [...]
