Stories about: NASA

Space Shuttle Discovery Lands for the End of an Era

10 Mar 2011, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very emotional moment took place yesterday at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On a clear sky and with the sun behind it, space shuttle Discovery glided down to Earth, as the STS 133 mission was about to ...

Nuclear War, the Solution to Global Warming

27 Feb 2011, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Forget EVs. Forget all the efforts made by an entire industry to try and limit the amount of harmful gases released into the atmosphere, Forget the efforts of law makers to try and put a cap on the ...

Robonaut 2 Meets Astronaut

24 Feb 2011, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The countdown to the historic day when the history's first humanoid robot will fly into outer space continues, with the final touches to what is to be the last mission of space shuttle Discover...

NASA Finds No Problem with Toyota, Auto Maker Happy

10 Feb 2011, 06:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Something went terribly wrong last year, when Toyota was forced to conduct the biggest recall the world has ever seen, but that something was not (we say again, was not) the electronic throttle cont...

Robonaut 2 to Predict Super Bowl MVP

3 Feb 2011, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having missed out on the opportunity to be the first humanoid robot to go into space in 2010 (and now waiting to become the first humanoid robot to go into space in 2011, NASA-willing), Robonaut 2 h...

Optimus Prime, the NASA Teacher

19 Jan 2011, 19:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It comes a time in everybody's life when they just want to quit. Give it all up, all the excitement of past days, the endless, at first glance, energy that powers them, all the glory of doing s...

Curiosity Searches for Life with SAM

19 Jan 2011, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the past year or so, conspiracy theoreticians have joined hands and, building on the at times poorly timed and organized NASA press conferences, have decided that all the info about black holes,...

NASA Gives Us a First Look at the Airplanes of 2025

17 Jan 2011, 18:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Late last year, NASA awarded three contacts to teams from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing, to study what future aircraft designs could look like in 2025. Now, NASA is giving us a previe...

HANS Going to Outer Space

27 Dec 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two worlds have collided in 2010 perhaps more than they have ever collided before. Maybe for the first time in history, a great level of collaboration between the automotive and space exploration in...

New Mars Rover Gets Laser Weapons

26 Dec 2010, 12:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Martians, beware! The new Mars Rover is coming, and this time it brings some Earth-made weapons with it. Well, not quite, but at least Martian rocks will get their brains zapped when the next Ma...

Buzz Aldrin Endorses Private Space Vehicles

21 Dec 2010, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the past year or so, we have witnessed the growth of a brave new industry. Spearheaded by Virgin Galactic, one of the many companies owned by Sir Richard Branson, the race for the creation of a ...

Space Shuttle Slow Motion Launch [Long Video]

12 Dec 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've all seen, for decades now, on various TV shows and documentaries, how space shuttles are launched. Strapped to their towers on the launch pads, the space shuttles await for days at times ...

Shuttle Launch Delayed

19 Nov 2010, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another delay in the launch of the last mission of space shuttle Discovery is also postponing the moment when the first humanoid robot will reach space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administra...

Flat-Free Tire Honored at the R&D 100 Awards

15 Nov 2010, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 2009, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), together with tire maker Goodyear, presented the Spring Tire, a very special piece of rubber meant for traveling on the moon ...

Discovery Launch Delayed

30 Oct 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bad news for the crew of the space shuttle Discovery and their unlikely companion, the Robonaut 2: due to some helium and nitrogen leaks, the launch of the shuttle has been delayed. The new take off...

Robonauts: The Future in Robot Hands

26 Oct 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if the glory of the early days of space exploration is pretty much gone (mostly because of the lack of any notable results in the field since landing on the Moon), there are still some people o...

Robonaut 2 Flies to Outer Space

26 Oct 2010, 05:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The moment American manufacturer GM and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been preparing for is approaching: next week, space shuttle Discovery will leave the planet, car...

Robonaut 2 Gets in Shape for 1st Space Flight

7 Jul 2010, 19:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced this April, the robot built by American manufacturer GM together with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will take to space this fall, in what some might consider ...

From Rockets to Race Cars in Charlotte

26 May 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / “Hold on to your hats race fans, NASA is coming to NASCAR. From better brakes and safer tires to heat-resistant paint and cleaner emissions, NASA's contributions to the racing world will ...

Caterpillar Supporting NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition

24 May 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Caterpillar announced it will be offering support for the NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition, which will be held at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 27-28.The event is aimed ...