All the stories tagged with: space
Project Calliope wants to turn atmospheric measurements into music
05/19/2011, In one of the more interesting Kickstarter projects we’ve seen recently, Sandy Antunes, has plans to send a satellite into space to convert the ionosphere into music that people can listen to. But he can’t do it without your help. [...]
Fujifilm 3D camera brought to space by the European Space Agency
04/20/2011, In an official announcement from Fujifilm UK, they have stated that the European Space Agency (ESA) has brought one of their 3D cameras into outer space to record stunning 3D movies in space as well as to capture 3D images. [...]
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 [...]
SpaceX to launch the world’s most powerful rocket in 2013 or 2014
04/05/2011, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has just announced their plans for the Falcon Heavy – the world’s largest and most powerful rocket. The Falcon Heavy will have the ability to carry satellites or interplanetary spacecraft weighing over 53 metric tons or [...]
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 [...]
3D cameras removed from Mars rover
03/28/2011, For those of you who were hoping to watch 3D footage from NASA’s Mars expedition later this year, you’re out of luck. NASA announced that they have ditched the plans to include 3D cameras on the Mars rover, Curiosity. James [...]
Swarming robots could be used to search for life on mars
03/21/2011, An engineer from the University of Southampton, UK recently wrote a paper in which he mentioned that the best way for robots to explore mars would be to send swarms of rolling, jumping robots. These Jollbots, as they were called, [...]
Japan to send tweeting robot to space
02/17/2011, The Japanese Space Agency is planning to send a humanoid robot into space along with some astronauts for a space mission in 2013. The humanoid robot will be used to provide companionship for the astronauts on their long and lonely [...]
iRing wheels for lunar rover prototype
01/03/2011, Some smart folks over at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada, have actually decided to go ahead and reinvent the wheel as part of the Lunar Exploration Light Rover (LELR) project. The aim of the project is to build a [...]
Google Sends The Nexus S Into The Skies
12/14/2010, The folks over at Google seem to enjoy performing all sorts of wacky experiments and now they’ve set up seven Styrofoam beer coolers, each containing the Nexus S that you’re so hyped up about and lifted it to the edge [...]
Laser Powered Helicopter Paves The Way For Space Elevators
09/03/2010, There’s something about lasers that seems to appeal to everybody, and now LaserMotive has managed to use a few watts of laser power to keep a 22-gram model helicopter hovering for about an hour. While we can easily think of [...]
