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"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the ...
Oak Ridge High Class of '82 grad Ron Garret worked with JPL, Google, formed several companies, made a film, and more.
A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin offered to "execute Mars Sample Return (MSR) as a firm-fixed price solution for under $3 ...
Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its ...
American space agency NASA says the SPHEREx telescope has begun returning science data, and it will all be shared with the ...
What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...
The Mars rover found geological formations in Gale Crater showing how water percolated beneath the surface, and ...
NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped its first images of web-like "boxwork" features on the surface of Mars. The zig-zagging ...
From spacecraft engineers to open-source rebels, these innovative women are changing the face of what engineering looks like, one bold idea at a time.
Robots that navigate challenging environments need a lot of battery power for their cameras and other sensors. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Many of these robots can't rely on GPS for navigation. They keep ...
In a recent paper in Science Robotics, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) outlined the design and testing of what was once the Europa Lander prototype, a four-legged robotic ...