WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will discuss the status of its Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity in a media briefing at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) Wednesday, Feb. 13, from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The briefing will air live...
Read More »Airborne LiDAR Market by Component, Application, and End User: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2018 – 2025
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Airborne LiDAR Market by Component (Lasers, Inertial Navigation Systems, Cameras, GPS/GNSS Receivers, and Micro-electromechanical Systems), Application (Corridor Mapping, Seismology, Exploration & Detection, and Others), and End User (Aerospace &...
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SHANXI, China, Dec. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The offline promotion campaign themed "Shanxi Yungang Grottoes Exploration" was held in November 2018 in Datong by the Shanxi Department of Culture and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Department). During the campaign, fans of stone...
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The Exploration Vessel Nautilus is livestreaming what could be the first recovery of a meteorite from the bottom of the ocean.
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Didi, the company that purchased the rights to Uber in China, plans to build an electric, autonomous ride-sharing service with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi and other automakers. The two companies are currently in the exploration stages, but Renault said...
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A Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut worried he might be outgrowing his clothes while in space.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft was always destined to be a doomed hero. After two decades in space, diligently exploring Saturn and its many strange and beautiful moons, operators deliberately crashed the spacecraft into the planet to make sure the moons...
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The InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander has passed its last major environmental test ahead of a planned May 2018 launch to Mars. The thermal vacuum testing, or TVAC, lasted two weeks and simu...
Read More »Google Doodle honors explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen – CNET
Nansen, first known for his exploration on cross-country skis, turned his attention to helping refugees and prisoners of war during World War I.
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The Int-Ball from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency captures video and still images, and it can move autonomously or under remote control from Earth.
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Astronauts on board the International Space Station have a new robotic companion to play around with. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released the first images shot by the "Int-Ball," a spherical camera that floats around alongside...
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Elon Musk's vision of Mars colonization has us living under geodesic domes made of carbon fiber and glass. But, according to a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, those domes may end up being made of brick, pressed from the Ma...
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While NASA already has plenty of scientists, it still regularly works with research teams from various universities and non-profit orgs. It even created the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) to oversee some of its collabora...
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If you felt a little let down by No Man's Sky, perhaps Astroneer can restore your faith in procedurally generated universes. System Era's space exploration game is finally nearing completion, and will be released on Steam Early Access, as well as Xbo...
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Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking spoke at the Oxford Union earlier this week, and the headline takeaway from the speech has been a statement that humanity needs to find a new place to live, and fast. The Daily Mail reports the professor...
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