Technology
Designing a Better Astronaut Glove
If you can build a better mousetrap, then you can certainly build a better glove for astronauts! Making a glove…
LaserMotive Takes Prize During Space Elevator Games
The 2009 Space Elevator Games ran from November 4-6, and there is a winner! LaserMotive from Seattle took home the…
Going Up? Top Floor, Space Elevator Games 2009
BREAKING NEWS: LaserMotive successfully qualified for the $900,000 prize! Their official speed was 3.72 m/s. Way to go! See more…
Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become ‘Cyborg Astrobiologists’
Ever heard of a 'Cyborg Astrobiologist'? Probably not. But I bet you'll want to be one after learning that future…
WiFi in Space Coming Soon?
[/caption] Although current astronauts are Twittering and blogging from space, it's a cumbersome process as the ISS, shuttle and Soyuz…
Manned Solar Plane Will Attempt Flight Around the World
[/caption] A man who circled the globe in a balloon in 1999 has a new global adventure planned. Bertrand Piccard…
5 Spinoffs from the Hubble Space Telescope
[/caption] As we wait (impatiently) for the Hubble Space Telescope to return to action following its repair and updating by…
NASA Creates a New NEBULA: Cloud Computing Project
[/caption] NASA has developed a new cloud computing project based on open source components that provides high capacity computing, storage,…
Dextre vs. HAL
As Endeavour departs from the International Space Station on Monday, the space shuttle crew leaves behind a two-armed robot, the…